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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/16] config: add --literal-match option
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:24:19 -0400
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:46:43PM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> > +--literal-match::
> > +
> > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Some invocations of git-=
config will limit their actions based on
> > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0matching a config value =
to a regular expression. If this option
> > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0is used, then any such m=
atches are done as a string comparison
> > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0rather than as a regular=
 expression match.
> > +
>=20
> Why this option is not named --fixed-strings, as everywhere else, the=
n?

Because I never use --fixed-strings anywhere else and didn't think of
it? :)

I think, though, that there is a key difference, and using that name
would lead to confusion. In grep, --fixed-strings means "find this fixe=
d
_substring_ within the input" whereas this option means "find the value
that is byte-for-byte equal to this."

-Peff