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Message #26 received at 36644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 36644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36644: Git log search
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:20:42 +0300

>     >>> Git supports regexps, but maybe we should look at what other backends
>     >>> can support as well.
>     >>
>     >> It seems the most compatible type is string.
>
>     Dmitry> OK, if that is your conclusion.
>
> If the most compatible type is string, surely emacs should do no
> regexp-quoting or anything else on the argument, but just pass it
> verbatim to the backend search command. That way you could do eg
>
> Bug.*0
>
> to get all log entries with a bug reference ending in 0.

Currently when using shell-quote-argument it doesn't allow
using such regexps as Bug.*0.  So I guess we need to remove
shell-quote-argument and also to not use regexp-quote.

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