From: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 19:16:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] add: use advise_if_enabled
Message-ID: <1c3bc5ba-0093-4a34-ade2-d6762e9754b3@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1q7t0wxp.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 10:28:34AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This series is a simple change, in builtin/add.c, from:
> >
> > 	if (advice_enabled(XXX))
> > 		advise(MMM)
> 
> I wonder if a coccinelle rule can automatically identify and rewrite
> these ...
> 
> >
> > to the newer:
> >
> > 	advise_if_enabled(XXX, MMM)
> 
> ... to this form automatically.

I don't have a solid opinion on that but, after a cursory review, I have
doubts a simple rule could catch enough cases to make it worth the
effort.

And, let's hope that the new code will utilize the new API for its
convenience.