Thanks Bagas.
Looking at it further the problem seems to be with the leading space/tab.
Here's a single line I can reproduce in the latest version.
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private static Optional<String> myFunction(String a) {}
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It works if you delete the 2 leading tab. (same for 4 leading space)
Command executed:
git log -L:'myFunction':~/a.java
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:18 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Weishi,
>
> On 20/05/21 07.11, Weishi Zeng wrote:
> > Summary:
> > git log -L:<funcname>:<file>
> > would fail if there's any java-style comment that appears before the
> > <funcname> string in the file.
> >
> >
> > Details:
> > Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> > Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
> >
> > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> > git log -L:'myFunction':~/a.java
> > The file is a java file that contains comment before the function name.
> > E.g.
> > /**
> > * comments will interrupt the regex match
> > */
> > private static void myFunction() {}
> >
> > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> > As described, it should return me the commit history that touched this function
> >
> > What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> > It returns error:
> > fatal: -L parameter 'myFunction' starting at line 1: no match
> >
> > Anything else you want to add:
> > If the function name string to search for appears before any
> > java-style comment, it returns a valid response.
> >
>
> I can't reproduce this issue on my system (Ubuntu 20.04) using latest Git
> (2.32.0-rc0), compiled with gcc 9.3.0.
>
> Please compile latest Git on your system, repeat and report.
>
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