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[v2,1/4] CodingGuidelines: allow grep -E

Message ID 4ad1ac9d9b25f2fc5a2ada28cae0413c04b07e21.1663765176.git.congdanhqx@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 2e092725e6f73d20080c3a71c0d8e234f266cb8d
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Series allow "grep -E", remove {e,f}grep usage | expand

Commit Message

Đoàn Trần Công Danh Sept. 21, 2022, 1:02 p.m. UTC 
Despite forbidden by CodingGuidelines, our usage of 'grep -E' has been
increased over the years, and noone has come and complained.

Let's lift the restriction.

Signed-off-by: Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 2 --
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 9fca21cc5f..cb7a367ea0 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@  For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
 
    - We do not use \{m,n\};
 
-   - We do not use -E;
-
    - We do not use ? or + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\}
      respectively in BRE) but that goes without saying as these
      are ERE elements not BRE (note that \? and \+ are not even part