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[PATCH 1/3] tag: use skip_prefix instead of magic numbers

From
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2014, 22:55 UTC
Message-ID
<1405119347-3308-1-git-send-email-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

Make the parsing of the --sort parameter more readable by having skip_prefix keep our pointer up to date.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
---
Fixed issue with patch in that we dropped the reset to STRCMP_SORT, discovered
by Junio.
 builtin/tag.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index ef765563388c..9d7643f127e7 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -524,18 +524,14 @@ static int parse_opt_sort(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 	int *sort = opt->value;
 	int flags = 0;
 
-	if (*arg == '-') {
+	if (skip_prefix(arg, "-", &arg))
 		flags |= REVERSE_SORT;
-		arg++;
-	}
-	if (starts_with(arg, "version:")) {
+
+	if (skip_prefix(arg, "version:", &arg) || skip_prefix(arg, "v:", &arg))
 		*sort = VERCMP_SORT;
-		arg += 8;
-	} else if (starts_with(arg, "v:")) {
-		*sort = VERCMP_SORT;
-		arg += 2;
-	} else
+	else
 		*sort = STRCMP_SORT;
+
 	if (strcmp(arg, "refname"))
 		die(_("unsupported sort specification %s"), arg);
 	*sort |= flags;
-- 
2.0.1.475.g9b8d714
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Message 1 of 19 in “tag: use skip_prefix instead of magic numbers”
  1. 1/3 tag: use skip_prefix instead of magic numbersJacob Keller, Jul 11, 2014
  2. 2/3 tag: fix --sort tests to use cat<<-\EOF formatJacob Keller, Jul 11, 2014
  3. 3/3 tag: support configuring --sort via .gitconfigJacob Keller, Jul 11, 2014
  4. Eric SunshineJul 13, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2014
  6. Jeff KingJul 13, 2014
  7. Jeff KingJul 13, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2014
  9. Keller, Jacob EJul 15, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  11. Keller, Jacob EJul 15, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  13. Keller, Jacob EJul 15, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  15. Keller, Jacob EJul 15, 2014
  16. Keller, Jacob EJul 15, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  18. Jeff KingJul 15, 2014
  19. Jeff KingJul 12, 2014

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