Hi folks,
git grep -F is documented as: "Use fixed strings for patterns (don’t
interpret pattern as a regex)."
whereas grep -F is documented as "Interpret PATTERN as a list of
fixed strings, separated by newlines, any of which is to be
matched."
This accurately describes how they behave, which means that git grep
-F with a pattern containing newlines never matches anything (at least
as far as I can see). Is this intentional, or an oversight? The
ability to grep -F for a list (e.g. the output of another grep) is
pretty handy...
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Torne (Richard Coles)
torne@google.com