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For consistency with -L/RE/, teach -L:RE to search relative to the end of the previous -L range, if any. The new behavior invalidates one test in t4211 which assumes that -L:RE begins searching at start of file. This test will be resurrected in a follow-up patch which teaches -L:RE how to override the default relative search behavior. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
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- number
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If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
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absolute line number (lines count from 1).
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- /regex/
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This form will use the first line matching the given
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POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
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the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
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If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
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If <end> is a regex, it will search
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starting at the line given by <start>.
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- +offset or -offset
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This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
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of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
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If ``:<regex>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it denotes the range
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from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
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funcname line. ``:<regex>'' searches from the end of the previous `-L` range,
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if any, otherwise from the start of file.
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