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[PATCH v4 5/5] archive-tar: drop return value

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 30, 2016, 09:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20160630090926.GE17463@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20160630090614.GA16725@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We never do any error checks, and so never return anything but "0". Let's just drop this to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 archive-tar.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index d671bc3..7ea4e90 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -319,13 +319,12 @@ static int write_tar_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int write_global_extended_header(struct archiver_args *args)
+static void write_global_extended_header(struct archiver_args *args)
 {
 	const unsigned char *sha1 = args->commit_sha1;
 	struct strbuf ext_header = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct ustar_header header;
 	unsigned int mode;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	if (sha1)
 		strbuf_append_ext_header(&ext_header, "comment",
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ static int write_global_extended_header(struct archiver_args *args)
 	}
 
 	if (!ext_header.len)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
 	*header.typeflag = TYPEFLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
@@ -347,7 +346,6 @@ static int write_global_extended_header(struct archiver_args *args)
 	write_blocked(&header, sizeof(header));
 	write_blocked(ext_header.buf, ext_header.len);
 	strbuf_release(&ext_header);
-	return err;
 }
 
 static struct archiver **tar_filters;
@@ -423,9 +421,8 @@ static int write_tar_archive(const struct archiver *ar,
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	err = write_global_extended_header(args);
-	if (!err)
-		err = write_archive_entries(args, write_tar_entry);
+	write_global_extended_header(args);
+	err = write_archive_entries(args, write_tar_entry);
 	if (!err)
 		write_trailer();
 	return err;
-- 
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  1. 0/5 friendlier handling of overflows in archive-tarJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  2. 5/5 archive-tar: drop return valueJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  3. 3/5 archive-tar: write extended headers for file sizes >= 8GBJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  4. Johannes SixtJul 14, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  6. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  7. Torsten BögershausenJul 15, 2016
  8. 4/5 archive-tar: write extended headers for far-future mtimeJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  9. 1/5 t9300: factor out portable "head -c" replacementJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  10. Eric SunshineJul 1, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2016
  12. Jeff KingJul 1, 2016
  13. 6/5 t5000: use test_match_signalJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  14. 2/5 t5000: test tar files that overflow ustar headersJeff King, Jun 30, 2016
  15. Johannes SchindelinJul 14, 2016
  16. Johannes SixtJul 14, 2016
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  18. Johannes SixtJul 14, 2016
  19. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  21. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  22. Torsten BögershausenJul 15, 2016
  23. Jeff KingJul 15, 2016
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  25. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  26. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  29. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  31. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  32. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  33. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  34. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  35. 0/2 ulong may only be 32-bit wideJunio C Hamano, Jul 14, 2016
  36. 2/2 archive-tar: huge offset and future timestamps would not work on 32-bitJunio C Hamano, Jul 14, 2016
  37. Jeff KingJul 14, 2016
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2016
  39. Duy NguyenJul 16, 2016
  40. 1/2 t0006: skip "far in the future" test when unsigned long is not long enoughJunio C Hamano, Jul 14, 2016
  41. Johannes SchindelinJul 15, 2016
  42. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2016

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