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The behavior of "grep" when patterns contained a NUL-byte has always been haphazard, and has served the vagaries of the implementation more than anything else. A pattern containing a NUL-byte can only be provided via "-f <file>". Since pickaxe (log search) has no such flag the NUL-byte in patterns has only ever been supported by "grep" (and not "log --grep"). Since9eceddeec6("Use kwset in grep", 2011-08-21) patterns containing "\0" were considered fixed. In966be95549("grep: add tests to fix blind spots with \0 patterns", 2017-05-20) I added tests for this behavior. Change the behavior to do the obvious thing, i.e. don't silently discard a regex pattern and make it implicitly fixed just because they contain a NUL-byte. Instead die if the backend in question can't handle them, e.g. --basic-regexp is combined with such a pattern. This is desired because from a user's point of view it's the obvious thing to do. Whether we support BRE/ERE/Perl syntax is different from whether our implementation is limited by C-strings. These patterns are obscure enough that I think this behavior change is OK, especially since we never documented the old behavior. Doing this also makes it easier to replace the kwset backend with something else, since we'll no longer strictly need it for anything we can't easily use another fixed-string backend for. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks