Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> * "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if >> a configuration variable tells it to. > > This addition makes > > git grep -e "(integer|buffer)" > > work as expected, when grep.patternType is set to "extended". > > Should this > > git log --grep="(integer|buffer)" > > also honor the same configuration variable? If not, why not? > > One more thing. Currently you can say > > git log -E --grep="(integer|buffer)" > > to ask for the ERE. Should we also support -P to ask for pcre? If > not, why not? Answering to myself who has been in tying-loose-ends mode. My answers to these questions are both yes, and I have a neatly lined up series that begins with a small bugfix and then enhancement, but I do not think these do not deserve to in the upcoming release. The topic came too late, and even the fix is for a bug that has been with us for a long time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html