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Re: [PATCH 3/4] Teach builtin-add to pass multiple paths to git-add--interactive

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 22, 2007, 09:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20071122090828.GC7153@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<1195689773-28601-4-git-send-email-win@wincent.com>
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:02:52AM +0100, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
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> -int interactive_add(const char *path)
> +int interactive_add(const char **argv, int argc)
>  {
> -	const char *argv[3] = { "add--interactive", path, NULL };
> -
> -	return run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
> +	int status;
> +	const char **args = xmalloc(sizeof(const char *) * (argc + 1));
> +	args[0] = "add--interactive";
> +	memcpy((void *)args + sizeof(const char *), argv, sizeof(const char *) * argc);

The source for the memcpy (argv) is sometimes NULL. The standard forbids this, even when the size field is 0. I have no idea if any reasonable implementations actually care.

But...
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> +		if (argc > 0)
> +			exit(interactive_add(argv, argc));
>  		else
> -			exit(interactive_add(NULL));
> +			exit(interactive_add(NULL, 0));

There really is no reason to pass NULL at all (since the argc limits us anyway), so we can just get rid of the conditional and simplify to:

  exit(interactive_add(argv, argc));
for both cases.
-Peff
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Message 15 of 39 in “teaching git-add--interactive to accept a file param”
  1. teaching git-add--interactive to accept a file paramWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  2. 1/4 Refactor patch_update_cmdWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  3. 2/4 Teach git-add--interactive to accept a file path to patchWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  4. 3/4 Teach builtin-add to pass a path argument to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  5. 4/4 Document optional file parameter to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  6. Jeff KingNov 21, 2007
  7. Wincent ColaiutaNov 21, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2007
  9. Wincent ColaiutaNov 21, 2007
  10. Updates: teaching git-add--interactive to accept a file paramWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  11. 1/4 Suppress spurious linefeeds in git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  12. 2/4 Teach git-add--interactive to accept multiple file paramsWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  13. 3/4 Teach builtin-add to pass multiple paths to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  14. 4/4 Update git-add documentation for multiple interactive pathsWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  15. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  16. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  17. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  18. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  19. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  20. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  21. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  24. Add path-limiting to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 22, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  27. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  28. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  29. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  30. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  32. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  33. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  34. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  35. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  36. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  37. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007
  38. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  39. Wincent ColaiutaNov 22, 2007

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