Re: git grep '(' = segfault

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Apr 27, 2009, 18:50 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904271149480.22156@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <40aa078e0904271142u71d7ba97w9df80667c0d9b955@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Something like this should fix it.
> >
> >                Linus
> 
> (Sorry that you're getting this mail twice, Linus - I forgot to reply all)

Payback time. Now _you'll_ get it twice. Mmmwwhahahahaahaaa!

> $ git grep '('
> fatal: unmatched parenthesis

Try this:

        git grep -e '('

because 'git grep' actually allows multiple patterns, so you can do things like

        git grep '(' -e hello --or -e 'hi there' ')' --and -e world

Practical? Maybe.

                Linus