From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:35:33 GMT
Subject: Re: git grep -P is multiline for negative lookahead/behind
Message-ID: <xmqqr3a8goka.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACi5S_0QGEgnijGyaBeZxOSobdwfA+d-wa-jrHs64Va097mnRQ@mail.gmail.com>

Michael Giuffrida <michaelpg@chromium.org> writes:

> Is this expected behavior, and if so, why/where is this documented?

I do not think "git grep" was designed to do multi-line anything,
with or without lookahead.  If you imagine that the implementation
attempts its matches line-by-line, does that explain the observed
symptom?