From e3ecd0924e234e2bac5aadc7fde8d9cd97feb470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes Dean <>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 13:52:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add -e to grep options in bin/regex-grep*

If a search pattern is sent to grep that starts with a hyphen, grep will
fail.  This commit adds the '-e' flag to grep signaling that the next
option (\"__CUSTOM_OPT_PLACEHOLDER__\") is the search pattern.
---
 bin/regex-grep          | 2 +-
 bin/regex-grep-negative | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/regex-grep b/bin/regex-grep
index d6b789a..9abaa91 100755
--- a/bin/regex-grep
+++ b/bin/regex-grep
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DEFAULT_CUST_OPS=""
 #      This will be replaced either with custom options
 #      or with the default options.
 
-MY_CHECK="grep --color=always -inHE \"__CUSTOM_OPT_PLACEHOLDER__\" \"\$1\" || true"
+MY_CHECK="grep --color=always -inHE -e \"__CUSTOM_OPT_PLACEHOLDER__\" \"\$1\" || true"
 
 # Can this check fix the problems?
 ENABLE_FIX=0
diff --git a/bin/regex-grep-negative b/bin/regex-grep-negative
index 0081e87..7a2b745 100644
--- a/bin/regex-grep-negative
+++ b/bin/regex-grep-negative
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DEFAULT_CUST_OPS=""
 #      This will be replaced either with custom options
 #      or with the default options.
 
-MY_CHECK="grep -iLE \"__CUSTOM_OPT_PLACEHOLDER__\" \"\$1\" || true"
+MY_CHECK="grep -iLE -e \"__CUSTOM_OPT_PLACEHOLDER__\" \"\$1\" || true"
 
 # Can this check fix the problems?
 ENABLE_FIX=0