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Re: [PATCH v2] Allow HTTP user agent string to be modified.

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Spencer E. Olson <olsonse@umich.edu>
Date
Aug 8, 2010, 03:57 UTC
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On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 10:51 +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote:
> >  static char *user_name, *user_pass;
> > +static const char *user_agent = NULL;
> 
> This can be skipped, I think.

My only reason for wanting to initialize is because I don't trust all compilers to follow the standard. But, since there are so many other instances of relying on the compiler to zero out static vars in other places already, I don't have any problem with conforming...

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> 
> >[snip]
> > @@ -279,7 +283,10 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
> >        if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
> >                curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
> >
> > -       curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GIT_USER_AGENT);
> > +       if (user_agent != NULL)
> > +               curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, user_agent);
> > +       else
> > +               curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GIT_USER_AGENT);
> 
> Hmm, perhaps
> 
>     curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,
>         user_agent ? user_agent : GIT_USER_AGENT);
> 
> to replace the if-else?
That is perfectly fine with me.
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  1. Allow HTTP user agent string to be modified.Spencer E. Olson, Aug 7, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 7, 2010
  3. Spencer E. OlsonAug 7, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 7, 2010
  5. Tay Ray ChuanAug 8, 2010
  6. Tay Ray ChuanAug 8, 2010
  7. Spencer E. OlsonAug 8, 2010
  8. Allow HTTP user agent string to be modified.Spencer E. Olson, Aug 11, 2010
  9. Tay Ray ChuanAug 11, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2010
  11. Allow HTTP user agent string to be modified.Spencer E. Olson, Aug 11, 2010
  12. Jacob HelwigAug 11, 2010
  13. Allow HTTP user agent string to be modified.Spencer E. Olson, Aug 11, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2010

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