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[PATCH 3/3] show-branch: use skip_prefix to drop magic numbers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2017, 17:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20170214172829.6w3cnnqy6ozxl424@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170214172526.hzpm3d3ubd3vjnzr@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We make several starts_with() calls, only to advance pointers. This is exactly what skip_prefix() is for, which lets us avoid manually-counted magic numbers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/show-branch.c | 16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index 404c4d09a..c03d3ec7c 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -470,17 +470,14 @@ static void snarf_refs(int head, int remotes)
 	}
 }
 
-static int rev_is_head(char *head, char *name,
+static int rev_is_head(const char *head, const char *name,
 		       unsigned char *head_sha1, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	if (!head || (head_sha1 && sha1 && hashcmp(head_sha1, sha1)))
 		return 0;
-	if (starts_with(head, "refs/heads/"))
-		head += 11;
-	if (starts_with(name, "refs/heads/"))
-		name += 11;
-	else if (starts_with(name, "heads/"))
-		name += 6;
+	skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head);
+	if (!skip_prefix(name, "refs/heads/", &name))
+		skip_prefix(name, "heads/", &name);
 	return !strcmp(head, name);
 }
 
@@ -799,8 +796,9 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 				has_head++;
 		}
 		if (!has_head) {
-			int offset = starts_with(head, "refs/heads/") ? 11 : 0;
-			append_one_rev(head + offset);
+			const char *name = head;
+			skip_prefix(name, "refs/heads/", &name);
+			append_one_rev(name);
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.12.0.rc1.479.g59880b11e
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Message 5 of 15 in “show-branch: fix crash with long ref name”
  1. show-branch: fix crash with long ref nameChristian Couder, Feb 14, 2017
  2. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2017
  3. 1/3 show-branch: drop head_len variableJeff King, Feb 14, 2017
  4. 2/3 show-branch: store resolved head in heap bufferJeff King, Feb 14, 2017
  5. 3/3 show-branch: use skip_prefix to drop magic numbersJeff King, Feb 14, 2017
  6. Pranit BauvaFeb 14, 2017
  7. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2017
  9. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2017
  10. Christian CouderFeb 14, 2017
  11. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2017
  13. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2017
  14. Christian CouderFeb 16, 2017
  15. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2017

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