# Please update grep in the Windows Git distro 3 messages from 2013-12-02 to 2013-12-02. Participants: Tom Byrer, Jonathan Nieder, Antoine Pelisse. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35452 ## Tom Byrer, 2013-12-02 19:36 Subject: Please update grep in the Windows Git distro Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACAE%2BcGBvwVRjm8%3D-3e%2Bw_xQozP1nfsphK4-ndky2yZoCoMjxw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Seems that grep.exe is too outdated for some scripts: https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/75#issuecomment-13735767 Updating to a newer grep distro fixes the problem: https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/75#issuecomment-29054164 Seems other OSX & Linux don't have problems with the same scripts. If the grep for the Git for Windows could be updated next, that would be helpful. cheers ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2013-12-02 19:59 Subject: Re: Please update grep in the Windows Git distro Message-ID: <20131202195951.GA29959@google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20131202195951.GA29959%40google.com In-Reply-To: ``` (cc-ing the msysgit@ group, which maintains Git for Windows) Hi, Tom Byrer wrote: > Seems that grep.exe is too outdated for some scripts: > https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/75#issuecomment-13735767 > > Updating to a newer grep distro fixes the problem: > https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/75#issuecomment-29054164 If you have time for it, your best bet is to contribute this change by forking msysgit.git on GitHub. See https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki#how-to-participate https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#i-want-to-upgrade-perl-how-do-i-do-that for hints. (Short answer: the usual way would be to add a /src/grep/release.sh script that builds and installs 'grep', imitating others /src/*/release.sh scripts, to make it easy to keep grep.exe up to date in the future.) Thanks for your interest, and hope that helps, Jonathan -- -- *** Please reply-to-all at all times *** *** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) *** *** Please avoid top-posting. *** The msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "msysGit" group. To post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "msysGit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ``` ## Antoine Pelisse, 2013-12-02 20:08 Subject: Re: Please update grep in the Windows Git distro Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALWbr2zMfviXJfRVOUh%2BGgMTQZuBHAdjRdumoYG_QYmYOuUamQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Tom Byrer wrote: > Seems that grep.exe is too outdated for some scripts: > https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/75#issuecomment-13735767 -o is not an option of POSIX grep [1] and you should probably not rely on it for portable script. [1]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/grep.html ```