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Re: [PATCH] Interpret :/<pattern> as a regular expression

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 13, 2007, 18:54 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0706131953370.4059@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:50:22AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Earlier, Git interpreted the pattern as a strict prefix, which made
> > the operator unsuited in many cases.
> 
> Thank you for working on this...I really like the :/ concept, but find
> myself wishing for a regex all the time. I have been meaning to do it
> since you introduced the original. :)

:-) Since you seem comfortable with regular expressions, maybe you can help me: I am looking for a pattern which matches _any_ character, and one which matches only non-newlines, both with and without REG_NEWLINE. Hmm?

Tia, Dscho

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  1. Interpret :/<pattern> as a regular expressionJohannes Schindelin, Jun 13, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2007
  6. (unknown)Johannes Schindelin, Jun 13, 2007
  7. Interpret :/<pattern> as a regular expressionJohannes Schindelin, Jun 13, 2007
  8. Jeff KingJun 13, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2007
  10. Jeff KingJun 13, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2007
  12. Sam VilainJun 14, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinJun 14, 2007
  14. Sam VilainJun 14, 2007

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