Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Saturday 2010-02-06 00:09, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
>>What works is (3).
>>
>>(3) $ git grep -- -- '->cnt' net/ipv4/netfilter/
>
> No, I spoke too soon. This command will search for --, not ->cnt.
> So git cannot search for patterns starting with a dash at all,
> as I see it. This is getting fun..
>
>>As I said, it's a mess. And I know not whether any code can convince
>>the "but we need to watch compatibility"-sayers, because this would
>>definitely be a flag change.
I guess our mails crossed. You don't have to worry about "flag change",
as I don't think there is any change necessary.
You just need to learn:
(1) "-e" can come before a string to tell git: "this might look like
an option to you but it isn't; it is what I am looking for"; and
(2) Everything that follows "--" are pathspecs, not revs nor options.
And all is well.
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