From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com>,
"Michał Kiedrowicz" <michal.kiedrowicz@gmail.com>,
"J Smith" <dark.panda@gmail.com>,
"Victor Leschuk" <vleschuk@gmail.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/12] Makefile & configure: reword outdated comment about PCRE
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:24:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170408132506.5415-4-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170408132506.5415-1-avarab@gmail.com>
Reword an outdated comment which suggests that only git-grep can use
PCRE.
This comment was added back when PCRE support was initially added in
commit 63e7e9d8b6 ("git-grep: Learn PCRE", 2011-05-09), and was true
at the time.
It hasn't been telling the full truth since git-log learned to use
PCRE with --grep in commit 727b6fc3ed ("log --grep: accept
--basic-regexp and --perl-regexp", 2012-10-03), and more importantly
is likely to get more inaccurate over time as more use is made of PCRE
in other areas.
Reword it to be more future-proof, and to more clearly explain that
this enables user-initiated runtime behavior.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
Makefile | 6 ++++--
configure.ac | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b36068ac5..23945d87cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ all::
# Define NO_OPENSSL environment variable if you do not have OpenSSL.
# This also implies BLK_SHA1.
#
-# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. git-grep will be
-# able to use Perl-compatible regular expressions.
+# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. Various
+# commands such as like log, grep offer runtime options to use
+# Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended
+# POSIX regular expressions.
#
# Define LIBPCREDIR=/foo/bar if your libpcre header and library files are in
# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 128165529f..d09a204a7e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],[use OpenSSL library (default is YES)])
AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be prefix for openssl library and headers]),
GIT_PARSE_WITH([openssl]))
-# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. git-grep will be
-# able to use Perl-compatible regular expressions.
+# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. Various
+# commands such as like log, grep offer runtime options to use
+# Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended
+# POSIX regular expressions.
#
# Define LIBPCREDIR=/foo/bar if your libpcre header and library files are in
# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
@@ -499,8 +501,10 @@ GIT_CONF_SUBST([NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO])
GIT_CONF_SUBST([NO_OPENSSL])
#
-# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. git-grep will be
-# able to use Perl-compatible regular expressions.
+# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. Various
+# commands such as like log, grep offer runtime options to use
+# Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended
+# POSIX regular expressions.
#
if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE"; then
--
2.11.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-08 13:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-08 13:24 [PATCH 00/12] PCREv2 & more Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:24 ` [PATCH 01/12] grep: add ability to disable threading with --threads=0 or grep.threads=0 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:06 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 20:20 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 20:34 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 20:56 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-14 21:23 ` Jeff King
2017-04-16 22:25 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:24 ` [PATCH 02/12] grep: remove redundant regflags assignment under PCRE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:10 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:24 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2017-04-11 10:14 ` [PATCH 03/12] Makefile & configure: reword outdated comment about PCRE Jeff King
2017-04-15 12:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:24 ` [PATCH 04/12] grep: add a test for backreferences in PCRE patterns Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:24 ` [PATCH 05/12] log: add exhaustive tests for pattern style options & config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:23 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 10:32 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:51 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 06/12] log: add -P as a synonym for --perl-regexp Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-10 2:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-11 10:26 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 07/12] grep & rev-list doc: stop promising libpcre " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 08/12] grep: make grep.patternType=[pcre|pcre1] a synonym for "perl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:30 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 09/12] test-lib: rename the LIBPCRE prerequisite to PCRE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:31 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 10/12] grep: change the internal PCRE macro names to be PCRE1 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:35 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 10:51 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:53 ` Jeff King
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 11/12] grep: change the internal PCRE code & header " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:37 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 10:45 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:48 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 11:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 12:57 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 16:51 ` Brandon Williams
2017-04-11 18:31 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-08 13:25 ` [PATCH 12/12] grep: add support for PCRE v2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-04-11 10:43 ` Jeff King
2017-04-11 10:47 ` [PATCH 00/12] PCREv2 & more Jeff King
2017-04-15 8:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-15 9:50 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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