[PATCH v3 07/30] grep: add a test for backreferences in PCRE patterns
From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <hidden>
Date: 2017-05-20 21:43:08
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Add a test for backreferences such as (.)\1 in PCRE patterns. This test ensures that the PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE option isn't turned on. Before this change turning it on would break these sort of patterns, but wouldn't break any tests. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <redacted> --- t/t7810-grep.sh | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh
index 8d69113695..daa906b9b0 100755
--- a/t/t7810-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh@@ -1114,6 +1114,13 @@ test_expect_success PCRE 'grep -P -w pattern' ' test_cmp expected actual ' +test_expect_success PCRE 'grep -P backreferences work (the PCRE NO_AUTO_CAPTURE flag is not set)' ' + git grep -P -h "(?P<one>.)(?P=one)" hello_world >actual && + test_cmp hello_world actual && + git grep -P -h "(.)\1" hello_world >actual && + test_cmp hello_world actual +' + test_expect_success 'grep -G invalidpattern properly dies ' ' test_must_fail git grep -G "a[" '
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