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authorJim Meyering <meyering@fb.com>2019-12-30 14:29:35 -0800
committerJim Meyering <meyering@fb.com>2019-12-30 14:31:04 -0800
commitf5bd9963a2c1d2d6f2b544ebbb3e28f10cde6282 (patch)
tree101b2e04b62dfed735aca5697e68f8f6959da4a3 /cfg.mk
parente5a216be4ec786d67774c903c990de36c61687e9 (diff)
downloadgrep-f5bd9963a2c1d2d6f2b544ebbb3e28f10cde6282.tar.gz
maint: add syntax-check rule to prohibit "backreference" spelling
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_backref): New rule.
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diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8fb370ac..77a3861c 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ export XZ_OPT = -6e
old_NEWS_hash = 1cecbfe717381ff5abaf2f871b74b8db
+# We prefer to spell it back-reference, as POSIX does.
+sc_prohibit_backref:
+ @prohibit=back''reference \
+ halt='spell it "back-reference"' \
+ $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
# Many m4 macros names once began with 'jm_'.
# Make sure that none are inadvertently reintroduced.
sc_prohibit_jm_in_m4: