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* Git grep does not support multi-byte characters (like UTF-8)
@ 2015-07-06 11:28 Plamen Totev
  2015-07-06 12:23 ` Duy Nguyen
  2015-07-06 12:42 ` [PATCH] grep: use regcomp() for icase search with non-ascii patterns Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 53+ messages in thread
From: Plamen Totev @ 2015-07-06 11:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git

Hello, 

It looks like the git grep command does not support multi-byte character sets like UTF-8. As a result some of the grep functionality is not working. For example if you search for non Latin words the ignore case flag does not have effect(the search is case sensitive). I suspect there are some regular expressions that will not work as expected too. 

When I'm using the git from the shell I could use the GNU grep utility instead. But some tools like gitweb use git grep so they are not working properly with UTF-8 files with non Latin characters. 

Much of the grep code seems to be copied from the GNU grep utility but the multi-byte support is left out. I just wondered what could be the reason. 

Regards, 
Plamen Totev

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2015-07-06 11:28 Git grep does not support multi-byte characters (like UTF-8) Plamen Totev
2015-07-06 12:23 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07  8:58   ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-07 12:22     ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07 16:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-07 18:08       ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08  2:19         ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08  4:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-06 12:42 ` [PATCH] grep: use regcomp() for icase search with non-ascii patterns Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-06 20:10   ` René Scharfe
2015-07-06 23:02     ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07 14:25       ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08 10:38   ` [PATCH v2 0/9] icase match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 1/9] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 2/9] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 3/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 4/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 5/9] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 11:00       ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 6/9] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 7/9] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-11  8:07       ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 8/9] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38     ` [PATCH v2 9/9] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-09 22:55       ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-08 11:32     ` [PATCH v2 0/9] icase " Torsten Bögershausen
2015-07-08 12:13       ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08 15:36     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-08 23:28       ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-14 13:24     ` [PATCH v3 " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 1/9] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 2/9] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 3/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 4/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 5/9] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 6/9] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 7/9] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 8/9] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24       ` [PATCH v3 9/9] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 16:42       ` [PATCH v3 0/9] icase " Torsten Bögershausen
2015-07-15  9:39         ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-15 19:51           ` Torsten Bögershausen
2015-08-21 12:47       ` [PATCH v4 00/10] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 01/10] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 02/10] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 03/10] test-regex: expose full regcomp() to the command line Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 04/10] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 05/10] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 06/10] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 07/10] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 08/10] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 09/10] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47         ` [PATCH v4 10/10] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy

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