# [PATCH] t4205: replace .\+ with ..* in sed commands 2 messages from 2013-07-01 to 2013-07-01. Participants: Brian Gernhardt, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34315 ## Brian Gernhardt, 2013-07-01 18:59 Subject: [PATCH] t4205: replace .\+ with ..* in sed commands Message-ID: <1372705199-17679-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1372705199-17679-1-git-send-email-brian%40gernhardtsoftware.com ``` OS X's sed only accepts basic regular expressions, which does not allow the + quantifier. However '..*' (anything, followed by zero or more anything) is the same as '.\+' (one or more anything) and valid in any regular expression language. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt --- t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh index 719d132..3cfb744 100755 --- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh +++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with trunc' " message .. message .. add bar Z -$(commit_msg "" "8" ".\+$") +$(commit_msg "" "8" "..*$") EOF test_cmp expected actual " @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing' " short long long long message .. A U Thor add bar A U Thor -$(commit_msg "" "8" ".\+$") A U Thor +$(commit_msg "" "8" "..*$") A U Thor EOF test_cmp expected actual " -- 1.8.3.1.636.g893104c ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2013-07-01 19:26 Subject: Re: [PATCH] t4205: replace .\+ with ..* in sed commands Message-ID: <7vtxkef5ed.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vtxkef5ed.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <1372705199-17679-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> ``` Brian Gernhardt writes: > OS X's sed only accepts basic regular expressions, which does not > allow the + quantifier. However '..*' (anything, followed by zero or > more anything) is the same as '.\+' (one or more anything) and valid > in any regular expression language. Thanks for spotting this. We shouldn't mark this as "OS X's sed is broken", but as "We try to stick to POSIX BRE, and calling ERE elements via backslash escape, e.g. \+, is a GNU extension we try to avoid". Obviously we are not always careful and sometimes these slip through the review process. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt > --- > t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh > index 719d132..3cfb744 100755 > --- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh > +++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh > @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ test_expect_success 'left alignment formatting with trunc' " > message .. > message .. > add bar Z > -$(commit_msg "" "8" ".\+$") > +$(commit_msg "" "8" "..*$") > EOF > test_cmp expected actual > " > @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ test_expect_success 'left/right alignment formatting with stealing' " > short long long long > message .. A U Thor > add bar A U Thor > -$(commit_msg "" "8" ".\+$") A U Thor > +$(commit_msg "" "8" "..*$") A U Thor > EOF > test_cmp expected actual > " ```