From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:59:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Why does "git log -G<regex>" works with "regexp-ignore-case" but not with other regexp-related options?
Message-ID: <xmqqr3rdific.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <55360D3D.3010201@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> We have engine-switching options and engine-modification options. The
> latter are certainly good in the expression itself. Maybe even the
> former, though I don't know how to switch away from fixed-strings in
> that way...

I do not think mixing matching engines in a single request makes
much sense. As the internal machinery is not even prepared to do
that, even though it is prepared to apply engine-modifications ones
to each grep term AFAIK, let's not go there.