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-rw-r--r--revision.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 26dd418734..bca122961e 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg, struct rev_info *revs,
static void add_header_grep(struct rev_info *revs, const char *field, const char *pattern)
{
char *pat;
+ const char *prefix;
int patlen, fldlen;
if (!revs->header_filter) {
@@ -689,8 +690,13 @@ static void add_header_grep(struct rev_info *revs, const char *field, const char
fldlen = strlen(field);
patlen = strlen(pattern);
- pat = xmalloc(patlen + fldlen + 3);
- sprintf(pat, "^%s %s", field, pattern);
+ pat = xmalloc(patlen + fldlen + 10);
+ prefix = ".*";
+ if (*pattern == '^') {
+ prefix = "";
+ pattern++;
+ }
+ sprintf(pat, "^%s %s%s", field, prefix, pattern);
append_grep_pattern(revs->header_filter, pat,
"command line", 0, GREP_PATTERN);
}