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Re: git bug: Perl compatible regular expressions do not work as expected

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MGMario Grgic <mario_grgic@hotmail.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2023, 12:59 UTC
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I did some bisecting and this is broken for me on git-2.39.2 as well, but works in git-2.38.4 and previous versions (tried 2.30.0 as well).
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> On Mar 25, 2023, at 8:42 AM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2023, at 13:31, Mario Grgic wrote:
>> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
>> Nothing is found, when in fact the search for term is present in the git
>> history
>> 
>> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
>> git should print out the commit containing the search term.
> 
> Weird. It works for me.
> 
>    $ mkdir test
>    $ cd test
>    $ git init
>    $ [add file]
>    $ # This was missing from the instructions
>    $ git add --all
>    $ git commit -m 'added test file'
>    $ git log --all -p -G '\bmain\b'
>    commit 56fbac5e12649c4de95071cc1872569d7c34055e (HEAD -> main)
>    Author: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>    Date:   Sat Mar 25 13:33:51 2023 +0100
> 
>        added test file
> 
>    diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
>    new file mode 100644
>    index 0000000..0bffa6a
>    --- /dev/null
>    +++ b/test.c
>    @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>    +int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
>    +{
>    +    return 0;
>    +}
>    +
> 
> .
> 
>    [System Info]
>    git version:
>    git version 2.40.0
>    cpu: x86_64
>    no commit associated with this build
>    sizeof-long: 8
>    sizeof-size_t: 8
>    shell-path: /bin/sh
>    uname: Linux 5.4.0-144-generic #161~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 10 15:55:22 UTC 2023 x86_64
>    compiler info: gnuc: 7.5
>    libc info: glibc: 2.27
>    $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash
> 
> 
>    [Enabled Hooks]
> 
> -- 
> Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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  1. Mario GrgicMar 25, 2023
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMar 25, 2023
  3. Mario GrgicMar 25, 2023
  4. demerphqMar 25, 2023
  5. Mario GrgicMar 25, 2023
  6. demerphqMar 25, 2023
  7. René ScharfeMar 25, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2023
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  11. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2023
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  13. Mario GrgicMar 25, 2023
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  15. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2023
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