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Re: Colorize matches for git log --grep=pattern?

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Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2017, 19:54 UTC
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On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> The best workaround I could come up with is passing the output through a
> highlighting script:
>
>   git log --grep=foo --color |
>   perl -pe 's/foo/\x1b[1;31m$&\x1b[m/' |
>   less
>
> Pretty hacky.

Thanks anyway. I was also considering something like this, but likewise found it to be too hacky.

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Sebastian Schuberth
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