Index: global/global.c
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RCS file: /sources/global/global/global/global.c,v
retrieving revision 1.310
diff -u -r1.310 global.c
--- global/global.c	15 May 2017 10:49:53 -0000	1.310
+++ global/global.c	20 Sep 2017 10:11:46 -0000
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
 	 * decide tag type.
 	 */
 	if (context_file) {
-		if (isregex(av))
+		if (!literal && isregex(av))
 			die_with_code(2, "regular expression is not allowed with the --from-here option.");
 		db = decide_tag_by_context(av, context_file, atoi(context_lineno));
 	} else {