 class="hdlist1">--perl-regexp</dt>
<dd>
<p>Use Perl-compatible regular expressions for patterns.</p>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional
compile-time dependency. If Git wasn&#8217;t compiled with support for them
providing this option will cause it to die.</p>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-F</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--fixed-strings</dt>
<dd>
<p>Use fixed strings for patterns (don&#8217;t interpret pattern
as a regex).</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-n