Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] test-lib: allow selecting tests by substring/regex with --run

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 14, 2020, 19:24 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPc5daU_aw=yWPKHG1XGt4X5A1AkEXeLfCmHqqVfZ+FzBD7nxg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20201014180707.GB24279@coredump.intra.peff.net>

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> > If you define the pattern is not regexp but is glob, you can use
> > case/esac to do this without any forking.
>
> Yes, that would probably be OK for most purposes, though I admit my real
> love for regex support is the ability to use "." instead of space to
> avoid quoting arguments. ;)

I use "?" for the same purpose for globs. For things that are casual, I find that it tends to make the end-user (read: my) experience simpler to use globs than to use regexp, largely for your ".*" vs "*" reasons.

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