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[PATCH 3/3] branch: delete branch description if it's empty

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 1, 2013, 09:30 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 I don't see the value of having an empty branch description. But I
 may be missing something.
 builtin/branch.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 1ec9c02..873f624 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
 	stripspace(&buf, 1);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
-	status = git_config_set(name.buf, buf.buf);
+	status = git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
 	strbuf_release(&name);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
-- 
1.8.0.rc2.23.g1fb49df
Previous: Duy Nguyen
Message 5 of 5 in “config.txt: a few lines about branch.<name>.description”
  1. 1/3 config.txt: a few lines about branch.<name>.descriptionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 1, 2013
  2. 2/3 format-patch: pick up branch description when no ref is specifiedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 1, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenJan 2, 2013
  5. 3/3 branch: delete branch description if it's emptyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 1, 2013

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