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Re: [PATCH 1/4 (alternate)] Add '--fixed-strings' option to "git log --grep" and friends

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2008, 19:47 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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>> So I am reluctant to
>> see it grab a short-and-sweet -F option letter that might have
>> better uses, but I do not have major objection against a more
>> explicit --fixed-strings.
>
> This version doesn't use '-F' short option.

Thanks for re-rolling, but after having slept on it, I think your original is just fine, so I'll take it with short and sweet "-F" option.

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  1. 0/4 Improve gitweb search, and other thingsJakub Narebski, Feb 26, 2008
  2. 1/4 Add '--fixed-strings' option to "git log --grep" and friendsJakub Narebski, Feb 26, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiFeb 27, 2008
  5. 1/4 Add '--fixed-strings' option to "git log --grep" and friendsJakub Narebski, Feb 27, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2008
  7. 2/4 gitweb: Change parse_commits signature to allow for multiple optionsJakub Narebski, Feb 26, 2008
  8. 3/4 gitweb: Simplify fixed string searchJakub Narebski, Feb 26, 2008
  9. 4/4 gitweb: Clearly distinguish regexp / exact match searchesJakub Narebski, Feb 26, 2008

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