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Re: [PATCH] gitk: add support for -G'regex' pickaxe variant

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
May 13, 2013, 20:54 UTC
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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, no, it should find the final change that brought it into the
> current form.  Just like "git blame".
>
> Has it been finding zero results in some cases where the current code
> matches the pattern?  That sounds like a bug.

Ummm, maybe. You are right, with current git it does work as I would expect (usefully ;-) ).

I know I struggled quite a bit with log -S not finding stuff I thought it should and that log -G did find, back a year ago.

Damn, I don't have a precise record of what git it was on, nor a good repro example. Too long ago,

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Message 16 of 20 in “gitk: add support for -G'regex' pickaxe variant”
  1. gitk: add support for -G'regex' pickaxe variantMartin Langhoff, Jun 8, 2012
  2. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekJun 9, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2012
  4. Paul MackerrasJun 10, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2012
  6. gitk: add support for -G'regex' pickaxe variantZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek, Jun 14, 2012
  7. Martin LanghoffMay 7, 2013
  8. Felipe ContrerasMay 7, 2013
  9. Paul MackerrasMay 11, 2013
  10. Jonathan NiederMay 11, 2013
  11. Paul MackerrasMay 11, 2013
  12. Martin LanghoffMay 13, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederMay 13, 2013
  14. Martin LanghoffMay 13, 2013
  15. Jonathan NiederMay 13, 2013
  16. Martin LanghoffMay 13, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 13, 2013
  19. Jonathan NiederMay 13, 2013
  20. Jonathan NiederMay 13, 2013

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