Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --show-prefix: add in trailing newline

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 10, 2012, 17:36 UTC
Message-ID: <20120410173616.GA4300@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <1333978076-29968-1-git-send-email-rosslagerwall@gmail.com>

(cc-ing Duy) Hi,

Ross Lagerwall wrote:

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> --- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
> +++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
> @@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  			if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-prefix")) {
>  				if (prefix)
>  					puts(prefix);
> +				else
> +					putchar('\n');
>  				continue;

This makes the output more consistent but it is a little puzzling how it does that. Why is prefix NULL instead of "" when we are at the toplevel of the worktree?

Thanks, Jonathan