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Re: [PATCH 3/5] commit: add commit_generation function

From
Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
Date
Jul 11, 2011, 17:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20110711175709.GA6245@toss.lan>
In-Reply-To
<20110711161814.GC10418@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:18:14PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
>
> +unsigned long commit_generation(const struct commit *commit)
> +{
[...]
> +	/* drop const because we may call parse_commit */
> +	return commit_generation_recurse((struct commit *)commit);
> +}
Out of curiosity, why make it const in the first place?
Clemens
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  2. 1/5 decorate: allow storing values instead of pointersJeff King, Jul 11, 2011
  3. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  5. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
  6. 2/5 add object-cache infrastructureJeff King, Jul 11, 2011
  7. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
  8. Shawn PearceJul 11, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  10. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
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  13. Jeff KingJul 12, 2011
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  15. Jeff KingJul 12, 2011
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  19. Clemens BuchacherJul 14, 2011
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  23. Jeff KingJul 12, 2011
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  27. Jeff KingJul 12, 2011
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2011
  29. Jeff KingJul 13, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2011
  31. 3/5 commit: add commit_generation functionJeff King, Jul 11, 2011
  32. Clemens BuchacherJul 11, 2011
  33. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
  34. 4/5 pretty: support %G to show the generation number of a commitJeff King, Jul 11, 2011
  35. 5/5 limit "contains" traversals based on commit generationJeff King, Jul 11, 2011

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