From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36644: Git log search Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:04:58 +0300 Message-ID: <83tvbbnz2d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874l3p4lks.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87blxvj5lv.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <23ad9090-ebfc-4307-b41f-30f7c310d978@yandex.ru> <87tvbliw37.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <1251461563472968@myt6-1dca55ddeee8.qloud-c.yandex.net> <87lfwvrpur.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <62a4fa22-d4f5-5cd4-69b7-7ae1c70e68bc@yandex.ru> <46b910fb-25f0-1b6e-df9b-fda1383cb1c9@yandex.ru> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="256916"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, 36644@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 24 19:06:07 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiM-0014RF-RR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:06:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53504 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiL-0007bn-UC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46911) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiJ-0007bb-2Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiI-0000pI-6I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57355) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiI-0000oe-2N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKiH-00039Q-Pe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36644 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36644-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36644.156398791612040 (code B ref 36644); Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36644) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jul 2019 17:05:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37943 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKhY-000388-BI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34343) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKhW-00037c-HX for 36644@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:05:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKhQ-0006cz-OM; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3785 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hqKhP-0005u6-PH; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:05:08 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Robert Pluim on Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:13:53 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:163674 Archived-At: > From: Robert Pluim > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , "36644\@debbugs.gnu.org" > <36644@debbugs.gnu.org>, Juri Linkov > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:13:53 +0200 > > "Search a log of changes for PATTERN. > > How PATTERN is interpreted will depend on how each individual > backend's log search command is implemented, as some can only match > fixed strings, some have regular expression support, etc." I think this should also mention that most backends will interpret PATTERN as a regular expression. Something like this: "Search the log of changes for PATTERN. PATTERN is usually interpreted as a regular expression. However, its exact semantics is up to the backend's log search command; some can only match fixed strings."