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[PATCH v2 06/19] reset.c: remove unnecessary variable 'i'

From
Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2013, 05:47 UTC
Message-ID
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Throughout most of parse_args(), the variable 'i' remains at 0. Many references are still made to the variable even when it could only have the value 0. This made at least me, who has relatively little experience with C programming styles, think that parts of the function was meant to be part of a loop. To avoid such confusion, remove the variable and also the 'argc' parameter and check for NULL trailing argv instead.

Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
---
I explained a bit more why I was confused by the current style, but
I'm also perfectly happy if you just drop the patch (there would be
some minor conflicts in a later patch, though).
 builtin/reset.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 58f0f61..d89cf4d 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ static void die_if_unmerged_cache(int reset_type)
 
 }
 
-static const char **parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, const char **rev_ret)
+static const char **parse_args(const char **argv, const char *prefix, const char **rev_ret)
 {
-	int i = 0;
 	const char *rev = "HEAD";
 	unsigned char unused[20];
 	/*
@@ -211,34 +210,34 @@ static const char **parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	 * git reset [-opts] -- <paths>...
 	 * git reset [-opts] <paths>...
 	 *
-	 * At this point, argv[i] points immediately after [-opts].
+	 * At this point, argv points immediately after [-opts].
 	 */
 
-	if (i < argc) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
-			i++; /* reset to HEAD, possibly with paths */
-		} else if (i + 1 < argc && !strcmp(argv[i+1], "--")) {
-			rev = argv[i];
-			i += 2;
+	if (argv[0]) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
+			argv++; /* reset to HEAD, possibly with paths */
+		} else if (argv[1] && !strcmp(argv[1], "--")) {
+			rev = argv[0];
+			argv += 2;
 		}
 		/*
-		 * Otherwise, argv[i] could be either <rev> or <paths> and
+		 * Otherwise, argv[0] could be either <rev> or <paths> and
 		 * has to be unambiguous.
 		 */
-		else if (!get_sha1_committish(argv[i], unused)) {
+		else if (!get_sha1_committish(argv[0], unused)) {
 			/*
-			 * Ok, argv[i] looks like a rev; it should not
+			 * Ok, argv[0] looks like a rev; it should not
 			 * be a filename.
 			 */
-			verify_non_filename(prefix, argv[i]);
-			rev = argv[i++];
+			verify_non_filename(prefix, argv[0]);
+			rev = *argv++;
 		} else {
 			/* Otherwise we treat this as a filename */
-			verify_filename(prefix, argv[i], 1);
+			verify_filename(prefix, argv[0], 1);
 		}
 	}
 	*rev_ret = rev;
-	return i < argc ? get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i) : NULL;
+	return argv[0] ? get_pathspec(prefix, argv) : NULL;
 }
 
 int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_reset_usage,
 						PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
-	pathspec = parse_args(argc, argv, prefix, &rev);
+	pathspec = parse_args(argv, prefix, &rev);
 
 	if (get_sha1_committish(rev, sha1))
 		die(_("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), rev);
-- 
1.8.1.1.454.gce43f05
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Message 52 of 68 in “reset improvements”
  1. 00/19 reset improvementsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  2. 01/19 reset $pathspec: no need to discard indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  3. 02/19 reset $pathspec: exit with code 0 if successfulMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  4. 03/19 reset.c: pass pathspec around instead of (prefix, argv) pairMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  5. Matt KraaiJan 9, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenJan 10, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2013
  9. Duy NguyenJan 11, 2013
  10. 04/19 reset: don't allow "git reset -- $pathspec" in bare repoMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  12. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2013
  14. 05/19 reset.c: extract function for parsing argumentsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  15. 06/19 reset.c: remove unnecessary variable 'i'Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  17. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  18. 07/19 reset.c: extract function for updating {ORIG,}HEADMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  19. Matt KraaiJan 9, 2013
  20. 08/19 reset.c: share call to die_if_unmerged_cache()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  22. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  23. 09/19 reset.c: replace switch by if-elseMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  25. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 11, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2013
  27. 10/19 reset --keep: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  29. 11/19 reset: avoid redundant error messageMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  30. 12/19 reset.c: move update_index_refresh() call out of read_from_tree()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  31. 13/19 reset.c: move lock, write and commit out of update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  32. 14/19 reset [--mixed]: don't write index file twiceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  33. 15/19 reset.c: finish entire cmd_reset() whether or not pathspec is givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  35. 16/19 reset [--mixed] --quiet: don't refresh indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  36. Jeff KingJan 9, 2013
  37. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 9, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  39. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 9, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  41. 17/19 reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  43. 18/19 reset: allow reset on unborn branchMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  44. 19/19 reset [--mixed]: use diff-based reset whether or not pathspec was givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  46. 00/19 reset improvementsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  47. 01/19 reset $pathspec: no need to discard indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  48. 02/19 reset $pathspec: exit with code 0 if successfulMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  49. 03/19 reset.c: pass pathspec around instead of (prefix, argv) pairMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  50. 04/19 reset: don't allow "git reset -- $pathspec" in bare repoMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  51. 05/19 reset.c: extract function for parsing argumentsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  52. 06/19 reset.c: remove unnecessary variable 'i'Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  53. 07/19 reset.c: extract function for updating {ORIG_,}HEADMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  54. 08/19 reset.c: share call to die_if_unmerged_cache()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  55. 09/19 reset --keep: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  56. 10/19 reset: avoid redundant error messageMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  57. 11/19 reset.c: replace switch by if-elseMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  58. 12/19 reset.c: move update_index_refresh() call out of read_from_tree()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  59. 13/19 reset.c: move lock, write and commit out of update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  60. 14/19 reset [--mixed]: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  61. 15/19 reset.c: finish entire cmd_reset() whether or not pathspec is givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  62. 16/19 reset.c: inline update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  63. 17/19 reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  64. 17/19 fixup! reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 16, 2013
  65. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 16, 2013
  66. 18/19 reset: allow reset on unborn branchMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  67. 19/19 reset [--mixed]: use diff-based reset whether or not pathspec was givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  68. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 15, 2013

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