Re: [OUTREACHY] pack: make packed_git_mru global a value instead of a pointer

> phionah bugosi wrote:
> 
> > Just to reecho a previous change requested before in one of the mail
> > threads, we currently have two global variables declared:
> >
> > struct mru packed_git_mru_storage;
> > struct mru *packed_git_mru = &packed_git_mru_storage;
> >
> > We normally use pointers in C to point or refer to the same location
> > or space in memory from multiple places. That means in situations
> > where we will have the pointer be assigned to in many places in our
> > code. But in this case, we do not have any other logic refering or
> > assigning to the pointer packed_git_mru. In simple words we actually
> > dont need a pointer in this case.
> >
> > Therefore this patch makes packed_git_mru global a value instead of
> > a pointer and makes use of list.h
> >
> > Signed-off-by: phionah bugosi <bugosip@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  builtin/pack-objects.c |  5 +++--
> >  cache.h                |  7 -------
> >  list.h                 |  6 ++++++
> >  packfile.c             | 12 ++++++------
> >  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> *puzzled* This appears to already be in "pu", with a different author.
> Did you independently make the same change?  Or are you asking for a
> progress report on that change, and just phrasing it in a confusing
> way?