Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #06; Wed, 23)

From: René Scharfe <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:58 +0200

Am 24.05.2012 00:24, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> * rs/maint-grep-F (2012-05-21) 4 commits
>    (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-23 at b24143c)
>   + grep: stop leaking line strings with -f
>   + grep: support newline separated pattern list
>   + grep: factor out do_append_grep_pat()
>   + grep: factor out create_grep_pat()
>
> "git grep -F", unlike the case where it reads from a file, did not treat
> individual lines in the given pattern argument as separate patterns as it
> should.

This is not specific to -F; grep(1) accepts newline-separated pattern 
lists with -E etc. as well, as does git grep with the patches above.

René