Re: git log -S not finding all commits?

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"Matthieu" == Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Matthieu> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

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"Matthieu" == Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Matthieu> Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

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git log -p --format="%s\n%x00"  | perl -0 -ne 'print if(/whatever-you-search/);'

That "if" is noisier than it needs to be:

perl -0 -ne 'print if /this/'

Matthieu> Also, this seems to actually print the \0 character. Perhaps a perl
Matthieu> guru can give a simple solution to replace the \0 by a \n?

Just a matter of one more switch.  Sorry for forgetting it earlier.

  .. | perl -ln0e 'print if /this/'

print "Just another Perl hacker,"; # the original

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On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:07:02AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

Just a matter of one more switch.  Sorry for forgetting it earlier.

  .. | perl -ln0e 'print if /this/'

And I thought mine was a pretty tidy response... You *are* Japh.

Scott
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