Re: [PATCH 4/4] transport: drop "int cmp = cmp" hack

> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> >
> > According to 47ec794, this initialization is meant to
> > squelch an erroneous uninitialized variable warning from gcc
> > 4.0.1.  That version is quite old at this point, and gcc 4.1
> > and up handle it fine, with one exception. There seems to be
> > a regression in gcc 4.6.3, which produces the warning;
> > however, gcc versions 4.4.7 and 4.7.2 do not.
> >
> 
> transport.c: In function 'get_refs_via_rsync':
> transport.c:127:29: error: 'cmp' may be used uninitialized in this
> function [-Werror=uninitialized]
> transport.c:109:7: note: 'cmp' was declared here
> 
> gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3