Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.9.3

> Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> For grep, spell the "40 hex digits" explicitly in the regex, instead
>> of being lazy with the shell pattern $_x40.
>
> Actually the shell pattern $_x40 was invented so that it can be used
> in both shell, grep and sed; there is nothing *lazy* about it.
>
> I share the "are you kidding me?!" with you.  I cannot fathom which
> part of that regular expression is too big for them to swallow.
>
> In any case, thanks for a quick fix; can I consider it as signed-off?