From: Plamen Totev <plamen.totev@abv.bg>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Git grep does not support multi-byte characters (like UTF-8)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:28:16 +0300 (EEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2008630603.1189842.1436182096558.JavaMail.apache@nm33.abv.bg> (raw)
Hello,
It looks like the git grep command does not support multi-byte character sets like UTF-8. As a result some of the grep functionality is not working. For example if you search for non Latin words the ignore case flag does not have effect(the search is case sensitive). I suspect there are some regular expressions that will not work as expected too.
When I'm using the git from the shell I could use the GNU grep utility instead. But some tools like gitweb use git grep so they are not working properly with UTF-8 files with non Latin characters.
Much of the grep code seems to be copied from the GNU grep utility but the multi-byte support is left out. I just wondered what could be the reason.
Regards,
Plamen Totev
next reply other threads:[~2015-07-06 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-06 11:28 Plamen Totev [this message]
2015-07-06 12:23 ` Git grep does not support multi-byte characters (like UTF-8) Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07 8:58 ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-07 12:22 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07 16:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-07 18:08 ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08 2:19 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08 4:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-06 12:42 ` [PATCH] grep: use regcomp() for icase search with non-ascii patterns Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-06 20:10 ` René Scharfe
2015-07-06 23:02 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-07 14:25 ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] icase match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 11:00 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-11 8:07 ` Plamen Totev
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-08 10:38 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-09 22:55 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-08 11:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] icase " Torsten Bögershausen
2015-07-08 12:13 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-08 15:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-08 23:28 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 13:24 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-07-14 16:42 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] icase " Torsten Bögershausen
2015-07-15 9:39 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-15 19:51 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] grep: allow -F -i combination Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] test-regex: expose full regcomp() to the command line Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii strings Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specified Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matching Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] gettext: add is_utf8_locale() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] grep/pcre: support utf-8 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2015-08-21 12:47 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-ascii Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
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