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[PATCHv4 5/7] builtin/describe.c: print debug statements earlier

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2017, 00:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20171115003043.24080-6-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20171115003043.24080-1-sbeller@google.com>

For debuggers aid we'd want to print debug statements early, so introduce a new line in the debug output that describes the whole function, and then change the next debug output to describe why we need to search. Conveniently drop the arg from the second line; which will be useful in a follow up commit, that refactors the describe function.

This re-arrangement of debug printing is solely done for a better refactoring in the next commit, not to aid debugging git-describe, which is expected to have the same information readily available with the new prints.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 builtin/describe.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index fd61f463cf..3136efde31 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 	unsigned long seen_commits = 0;
 	unsigned int unannotated_cnt = 0;
 
+	if (debug)
+		fprintf(stderr, _("describe %s\n"), arg);
+
 	if (get_oid(arg, &oid))
 		die(_("Not a valid object name %s"), arg);
 	cmit = lookup_commit_reference(&oid);
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 	if (!max_candidates)
 		die(_("no tag exactly matches '%s'"), oid_to_hex(&cmit->object.oid));
 	if (debug)
-		fprintf(stderr, _("searching to describe %s\n"), arg);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("No exact match on refs or tags, searching to describe\n"));
 
 	if (!have_util) {
 		struct hashmap_iter iter;
-- 
2.15.0.128.gcadd42da22
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Message 7 of 17 in “[PATCHv4 0/7] describe a blob”
  1. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2017
  2. 1/7 t6120: fix typo in test nameStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  3. 3/7 revision.h: introduce blob/tree walking in order of the commitsStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  4. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2017
  5. 4/7 builtin/describe.c: rename `oid` to avoid variable shadowingStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  6. 2/7 list-objects.c: factor out traverse_trees_and_blobsStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  7. 5/7 builtin/describe.c: print debug statements earlierStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  8. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2017
  9. 6/7 builtin/describe.c: factor out describe_commitStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  10. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2017
  11. 7/7 builtin/describe.c: describe a blobStefan Beller, Nov 15, 2017
  12. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2017
  13. Stefan BellerNov 16, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2017
  15. Stefan BellerNov 16, 2017
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2017

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