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How to install Git with PCRE support on macOS with Homebrew?

When I run

$ git grep -P "<pattern>"

I get the following error:

fatal: cannot use Perl-compatible regexes when not compiled with USE_LIBPCRE

How can I install Git with PCRE support for macOS properly?

Solution

  • With homebrew, just use

    brew reinstall --with-pcre2 git

    It forces to build git from source instead of downloading the bottle, but ensures that the updates will be done with the pcre support.