Re: [PATCH/RFC] Use regex for :/ matching

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 6, 2007, 12:13 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712061212590.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071206063945.GB18698@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:33:49PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Making what was string match to regex using the same syntax is a 
> > regression, isn't it?  I do not use :/ very often myself, so I 
> > personally would not mind but people who are used to using :/ may get 
> > upset about the change.  I do not feel strongly enough for changing it 
> > to regex to declare such a change unilaterally.
> 
> Yes, it is a regression, which is why my initial patch was labeled RFC. 
> Nobody commented on that aspect, [...]

I did. I sent a link to my own version of that patch, thereby displaying my agreement with the intent.

Ciao, Dscho