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

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date: Mar 25, 2023, 12:42 UTC
Message-ID: <dd473fc3-cd03-4ef1-9fe1-8909e30a0edb@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <MW4PR20MB5517583CBEEF34B1E87CCF1290859@MW4PR20MB5517.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023, at 13:31, Mario Grgic wrote:

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> 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]

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk