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"-w" does not work if pattern contains "|" #580

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jpetkau opened this issue Aug 22, 2017 · 1 comment
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"-w" does not work if pattern contains "|" #580

jpetkau opened this issue Aug 22, 2017 · 1 comment

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jpetkau commented Aug 22, 2017

For example, the command rg -w 'aa|ee|ii|oo|uu' incorrectly matches foo and aardvark.

It appears that -w is implemented by surrounding the pattern with \b, so the above is equivalent to \baa|ee|ii|oo|uu\b, when it should be equivalent to \baa\b|\bee\b|\bii\b|\boo\b|\buu\b or \b(aa|ee|ii|oo|uu)\b.
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This is fixed in master (see #516).

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