From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"Emily Shaffer" <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
"Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <stolee@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <derrickstolee@github.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] maintenance: use 'git config --fixed-value'
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:09:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq360xc9ur.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <558775f83d7cbf7ad0e2090ab13be404cdf16b24.1606342377.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:12:56 +0000")
"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> When a repository's leading directories contain regex metacharacters,
> the config calls for 'git maintenance register' and 'git maintenance
> unregister' are not careful enough. Use the new --fixed-value option
> to direct the config machinery to use exact string matches. This is a
> more robust option than escaping these arguments in a piecemeal fashion.
>
> For the test, require that we are not running on Windows since the '+'
> and '*' characters are not allowed on that filesystem.
Thanks.
I was hoping there would be some byte we could use, but it seems
"a[]b" would not work if we go back beyond VFAT or NTFS. !MINGW
it is, then.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-25 23:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-19 15:52 [PATCH 0/7] config: add --literal-value option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 1/7] t1300: test "set all" mode with value_regex Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 2:09 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-20 2:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 18:39 ` Jeff King
2020-11-20 22:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-21 22:27 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-22 3:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24 2:38 ` Jeff King
2020-11-24 19:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 2/7] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 3/7] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 4/7] config: add --literal-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 6:35 ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 5/7] config: plumb --literal-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 6/7] config: implement --literal-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 7/7] maintenance: use 'git config --literal-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 23:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 13:19 ` [PATCH 0/7] config: add --literal-value option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-20 13:23 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-20 18:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 18:51 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-20 21:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24 12:35 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] config: add --fixed-value option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] t1300: test "set all" mode with value_regex Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:37 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:40 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 21:43 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 21:51 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 22:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 14:08 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:22 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:28 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 19:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] config: plumb --fixed-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 22:21 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-24 0:52 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 15:41 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:55 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] config: implement --fixed-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 22:43 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] maintenance: use 'git config --fixed-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 22:48 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 19:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] config: add --fixed-value option Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] config: replace 'value_regex' with 'value_pattern' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:50 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t1300: test "set all" mode with value-pattern Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 23:04 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] config: plumb --fixed-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] config: implement --fixed-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] maintenance: use 'git config --fixed-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-11-25 23:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] config: add --fixed-value option Junio C Hamano
2020-11-26 11:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-01 4:45 ` Junio C Hamano
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