Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Yeah, thanks for explaining. But isn't this functionality kind of
> redundant since we have the -E switch?
> As far as I can see, "git grep -E "(bar|boz)" should do the same thing
> as "git grep -e foo --and '(' -e bar --or -e boz ')'"...
With -E, --or is not strictly necessary.
With only -E, however, it is cumbersome to express what --and can. Once
you learn the handiness of --and, naturally you would start wanting to
be able to say --or (especially if you do not even know about -E).
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