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in egrep (grep 3.0), the order of include & exclude is surprisingly significant

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Message #10 received at 43782-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: John Ruckstuhl <John.Ruckstuhl <at> intusurg.com>
Cc: 43782-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43782: in egrep (grep 3.0), the order of include & exclude is
 surprisingly significant
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 12:44:22 -0700

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On 10/3/20 12:00 PM, John Ruckstuhl wrote:
> In egrep (grep 3.0), the order of options (multiple --include and --exclude), is surprisingly significant.
> I was puzzled by 5 extra output lines in my first egrep,
> so I did another egrep, with the --include moved up front.

That's expected behavior, but it's not documented and should be. Thanks for 
bringing it up. I installed the attached doc patch.

[0001-doc-document-include-exclude-better.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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