From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Use regex for :/ matching Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:13:37 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <20071203043258.GA16658@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20071203173022.GA19219@coredump.intra.peff.net> <7vbq97iqxd.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20071206055200.GA23309@coredump.intra.peff.net> <7vaboogwmq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20071206063945.GB18698@coredump.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 06 13:14:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0Fcd-0000UH-MX for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:14:32 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752557AbXLFMOK (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:14:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752608AbXLFMOJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:14:09 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:48251 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752254AbXLFMOH (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:14:07 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Dec 2007 12:14:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO openvpn-client) [138.251.11.103] by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 06 Dec 2007 13:14:05 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18PuoVQkGoPNjuyw5GcxsDdoFfLVJpM+4ZRCeH3Sc +4WJjDEDvBHF46 X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <20071206063945.GB18698@coredump.intra.peff.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:33:49PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > Making what was string match to regex using the same syntax is a > > regression, isn't it? I do not use :/ very often myself, so I > > personally would not mind but people who are used to using :/ may get > > upset about the change. I do not feel strongly enough for changing it > > to regex to declare such a change unilaterally. > > Yes, it is a regression, which is why my initial patch was labeled RFC. > Nobody commented on that aspect, [...] I did. I sent a link to my own version of that patch, thereby displaying my agreement with the intent. Ciao, Dscho