Re: [PATCH v4 19/21] refs: add register_ref_storage_backends()

> On 02/05/2016 08:44 PM, David Turner wrote:
> > This new function will register all known ref storage backends...
> > once
> > there are any other than the default.  For now, it's a no-op.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
> > ---
> >  builtin/init-db.c |  3 +++
> >  config.c          | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  refs.c            |  8 ++++++++
> >  refs.h            |  2 ++
> >  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
> > 
> > [...]
> > diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
> > index b95ac3a..b9ef223 100644
> > --- a/config.c
> > +++ b/config.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> >  #include "strbuf.h"
> >  #include "quote.h"
> >  #include "hashmap.h"
> > +#include "refs.h"
> >  #include "string-list.h"
> >  #include "utf8.h"
> >  
> > @@ -1207,6 +1208,30 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void
> > *data, const char *repo_config)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (repo_config && !access_or_die(repo_config, R_OK, 0)) {
> > +		char *storage = NULL;
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * make sure we always read the ref storage config
> > +		 * from the extensions section on startup
> > +		 */
> > +		ret +=
> > git_config_from_file(ref_storage_backend_config,
> > +					    repo_config,
> > &storage);
> > +
> > +		register_ref_storage_backends();
> > +		if (!storage)
> > +			storage = xstrdup("");
> > +
> > +		if ((!*storage) ||
> > +		    (!strcmp(storage, "files"))) {
> 
> Nit: you have some unnecessary parentheses here.

> > +			/* default backend, nothing to do */
> > +			free(storage);
> > +		} else {
> > +			ref_storage_backend = storage;
> > +			if
> > (set_ref_storage_backend(ref_storage_backend))
> > +				die(_("Unknown ref storage backend
> > %s"),
> > +				    ref_storage_backend);
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, repo_config,
> > data);
> >  		found += 1;
> >  	}
> > diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> > index 715a492..e50cca0 100644
> > --- a/refs.c
> > +++ b/refs.c
> > @@ -1554,3 +1554,11 @@ done:
> >  	string_list_clear(&affected_refnames, 0);
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> > +
> > +void register_ref_storage_backends(void) {
> > +	/*
> > +	 * No need to register the files backend; it's registered
> > by
> > +	 * default. Add register_ref_storage_backend(ptr-to
> > -backend)
> > +	 * entries below when you add a new backend.
> > +	 */
> 
> This function must be called every run, right? So why not make it
> register the "files" backend explicitly? That would make it obvious
> really quick if this function fails to get called in some code path.
> Just a thought...