Re: xfuncname problems with C++

> Am 02.01.2015 um 18:03 schrieb Robert Dailey:
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have a function like so:
>>>
>>> void MyClass::SomeFunction(int someParameter)
>>> {
>>>     // Stuff changed in here
>>> }
>>>
>>> When I do `git diff` on the file containing this function, I get a
>>> chunk showing some changed code in this function somewhere in the
>>> middle of the body. However, the chunk header shows my root namespace
>>> name in the file instead of the function header:
>>>
>>> @@ -144,15 +149,22 @@ namespace Utils
>>>
>>> What I expect to see:
>>>
>>> @@ -144,15 +149,22 @@ void MyClass::SomeFunction(int someParameter)
>>>
>>> I've tried various regular expressions that work in regex testers I
>>> use against this function signature, however they do not work when I
>>> apply them to my config:
>>>
>>> [diff "cpp"]
>>>     xfuncname =
>>> "^\\s*[\\w_][\\w\\d_]*\\s*.*\\s*[\\w_][\\w\\d_]*\\s*\\(.*\\)\\s*$"
>>>
>>> File name is "foo.cpp", I even added it to my git attributes file:
>>>
>>> *.cpp diff=cpp
>>>
>>> Using the regex above, my chunk headers come back blank. Why is it
>>> showing namespace? How do I make this match the nearest function
>>> header?
>>
>> Oopsie, I didn't realize the regex must be POSIX compatible. I've
>> updated the regex to this:
>> https://www.regex101.com/r/kP3dM6
>>
>> The test seems to work; however git gives me an error with the regex
>> when I do a diff:
>>
>> $ git diff Core
>> fatal: Invalid regexp to look for hunk header:
>> ^[[:space:]]*[[:word:]_][[:word:][:digit:]_]*[[:space:]]*.*[[:space:]]*[[:word:]_][[:word:][:digit:]_]*[[:space:]]*\(.*\)[[:space:]]*$
>>
>> Here is how it is stored in my .gitconfig:
>>
>> [diff "cpp"]
>>     xfuncname =
>> "^[[:space:]]*[[:word:]_][[:word:][:digit:]_]*[[:space:]]*.*[[:space:]]*[[:word:]_][[:word:][:digit:]_]*[[:space:]]*\\(.*\\)[[:space:]]*$"
>>
>
> Perhaps there is a pair of parentheses missing that capture text for the
> hunk header? I you intended that to be the part inside \(...\), then
> that is wrong. Use unescapted parentheses.
>
> There are two catch-all .* in your pattern. That is very suspicious,
> particularly since the first one is outside the meant-to-be capturing
> parentheses.