Merge branch 'ab/grep-preparatory-cleanup' into sb/submodule-blanket-recursive

* ab/grep-preparatory-cleanup: (31 commits)
  grep: assert that threading is enabled when calling grep_{lock,unlock}
  grep: given --threads with NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease, warn
  pack-objects: fix buggy warning about threads
  pack-objects & index-pack: add test for --threads warning
  test-lib: add a PTHREADS prerequisite
  grep: move is_fixed() earlier to avoid forward declaration
  grep: change internal *pcre* variable & function names to be *pcre1*
  grep: change the internal PCRE macro names to be PCRE1
  grep: factor test for \0 in grep patterns into a function
  grep: remove redundant regflags assignments
  grep: catch a missing enum in switch statement
  perf: add a comparison test of log --grep regex engines with -F
  perf: add a comparison test of log --grep regex engines
  perf: add a comparison test of grep regex engines with -F
  perf: add a comparison test of grep regex engines
  perf: emit progress output when unpacking & building
  perf: add a GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND for when *_MAKE_OPTS won't do
  grep: add tests to fix blind spots with \0 patterns
  grep: prepare for testing binary regexes containing rx metacharacters
  grep: add a test helper function for less verbose -f \0 tests
  ...

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 71f32f350..5033483db 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -161,8 +161,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -P::
 --perl-regexp::
-	Use Perl-compatible regexp for patterns. Requires libpcre to be
-	compiled in.
+	Use Perl-compatible regular expressions for patterns.
++
+Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional
+compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them
+providing this option will cause it to die.
 
 -F::
 --fixed-strings::
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index a02f7324c..a46f70c2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 	pattern as a regular expression).
 
 --perl-regexp::
-	Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular expressions.
-	Requires libpcre to be compiled in.
+	Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular
+	expressions.
++
+Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional
+compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them
+providing this option will cause it to die.
 
 --remove-empty::
 	Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.