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[Bug Report] git log -L:<funcname>:<file>

From
WZWeishi Zeng <amwish.zeng@gmail.com>
Date
May 20, 2021, 00:11 UTC
Message-ID
<CAH6yD_bkY+_7XrzHdOqnnE=qvnnvxAWEQPtOyVh=BwvbcheTCA@mail.gmail.com>

Summary: git log -L:<funcname>:<file> would fail if there's any java-style comment that appears before the <funcname> string in the file.

Details: Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
git log -L:'myFunction':~/a.java
The file is a java file that contains comment before the function name.
E.g.
/**
* comments will interrupt the regex match
*/
private static void myFunction() {}

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) As described, it should return me the commit history that touched this function

What happened instead? (Actual behavior) It returns error: fatal: -L parameter 'myFunction' starting at line 1: no match

Anything else you want to add: If the function name string to search for appears before any java-style comment, it returns a valid response.

Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.

[System Info] git version: git version 2.30.1 (Apple Git-130) cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Darwin 20.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0: Thu Apr 22 21:46:47 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.101.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 compiler info: clang: 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.6) libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh

[Enabled Hooks] post-commit post-rewrite

Next: Bagas Sanjaya
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  1. Weishi ZengMay 20, 2021
  2. Bagas SanjayaMay 20, 2021
  3. Weishi ZengMay 20, 2021
  4. Atharva RaykarMay 20, 2021

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