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Re: [PATCH] git-tag: Fix -l option to use better shell style globs.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 1, 2007, 05:39 UTC
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
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> Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This patch removes certain behaviour of "git tag -l foo", currently
>> listing every tag name having "foo" as a substring.  The same
>> thing now could be achieved doing "git tag -l '*foo*'".
>
> Even though this is a behavior change, I think its the right thing
> to do.  The current behavior of searching "*$arg*" is downright
> annoying.

Yes, I concur. It is very annoying that "git tag -l gui" matches "gitgui-0.7.0".

Let's fix this.
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Message 3 of 6 in “git-tag: Fix -l option to use better shell style globs.”
  1. git-tag: Fix -l option to use better shell style globs.Carlos Rica, Sep 1, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceSep 1, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2007
  5. Carlos RicaSep 1, 2007
  6. Carlos RicaSep 1, 2007

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