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[nit] diff func headers ignore context

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 13, 2011, 22:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20110913220421.GA24549@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20110913215824.GG24490@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 05:58:25PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> @@ -609,26 +610,23 @@ int finish_async(struct async *async)
>  int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, ...)
>  {
>  	struct child_process hook;
> -	const char **argv = NULL, *env[2];
> +	struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;

I find this diff function header pretty confusing. Of course we're not in finish_async, as you can see by the fact that the context contains the start of run_hook.

I don't think this is something that can be solved with xfuncname config; we would have to teach xdiff to look at context lines when picking a header line.

Am I the only one who finds this confusing? Can anyone think of a reason to keep showing finish_async in this example?

-Peff
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  1. 0/7 create argv_array APIJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  2. 1/7 add sha1_array API docsJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  3. 2/7 quote.h: fix bogus commentJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  4. 3/7 refactor argv_array into generic codeJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  5. Christian CouderSep 14, 2011
  6. Jeff KingSep 14, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2011
  9. 4/7 quote: provide sq_dequote_to_argv_arrayJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  10. 5/7 bisect: use argv_array APIJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  11. 6/7 checkout: use argv_array APIJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  12. 7/7 run_hook: use argv_array APIJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  13. [nit] diff func headers ignore contextJeff King, Sep 13, 2011
  14. Andreas EricssonSep 14, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2011
  17. Jeff KingSep 14, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2011

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