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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-grep.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 71f32f3508..5033483db4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -161,8 +161,11 @@ OPTIONS -P:: --perl-regexp:: - Use Perl-compatible regexp for patterns. Requires libpcre to be - compiled in. + Use Perl-compatible regular expressions for patterns. ++ +Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional +compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them +providing this option will cause it to die. -F:: --fixed-strings:: diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index a02f7324c0..a46f70c2b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] pattern as a regular expression). --perl-regexp:: - Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular expressions. - Requires libpcre to be compiled in. + Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular + expressions. ++ +Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional +compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them +providing this option will cause it to die. --remove-empty:: Stop when a given path disappears from the tree. |