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Re: [PATCH] Trim ending whitespaces in exclude file if needed.

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 17, 2010, 02:41 UTC
Message-ID
<20101017024133.GF26656@burratino>
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(+cc: msysgit)
Vasyl' wrote:
> Hope this can save someone's time debugging git.

It sounds like there's a story behind this one. Could you tell it? That would help future readers of this code to easily determine why they shouldn't break it.

Show 7 quoted lines
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,15 @@ void add_exclude(const char *string, const char *base,
>  		to_exclude = 0;
>  		string++;
>  	}
> +
Why?
>  	len = strlen(string);
> +	if (len && isspace((unsigned char)string[len - 1])) {
This cast is not needed (see git-compat-util.h).
> +		struct strbuf trim_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> +		strbuf_add(&trim_buf, string, len);
> +		strbuf_rtrim(&trim_buf);
Missing free(string)?
> +		string = strbuf_detach(&trim_buf, &len);
> +	}
> +
>  	if (len && string[len - 1] == '/') {

Thanks for a clear and pleasant read. Jonathan

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  1. Trim ending whitespaces in exclude file if needed.Vasyl', Oct 15, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2010
  3. Vasyl'Oct 17, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2010

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