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Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] builtin rebase: only store fully-qualified refs in `options.head_name`

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 8, 2018, 08:52 UTC
Message-ID
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<aab01f0b8e15db37bc17630b4298148aeacf41e2.1536096424.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 02:27:20PM -0700, Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
> 
> When running a rebase on a detached HEAD, we currently store the string
> "detached HEAD" in options.head_name. That is a faithful translation of
> the shell script version, and we still kind of need it for the purposes of
> the scripted backends.
> 
> It is poor style for C, though, where we would really only want a valid,
> fully-qualified ref name as value, and NULL for detached HEADs, using
> "detached HEAD" for display only. Make it so.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>  builtin/rebase.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
> index d45f8f9008..afc75fe731 100644
> --- a/builtin/rebase.c
> +++ b/builtin/rebase.c
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> @@ -575,7 +579,8 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  				branch_name = options.head_name;
>  
>  		} else {
> -			options.head_name = xstrdup("detached HEAD");
> +			free(options.head_name);
> +			options.head_name = NULL;
Please use FREE_AND_NULL(options.head_name) here.
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>  			branch_name = "HEAD";
>  		}
>  		if (get_oid("HEAD", &options.orig_head))
> -- 
> gitgitgadget
> 
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Message 39 of 42 in “A minimal builtin rebase”
  1. Pratik KarkiAug 8, 2018
  2. 01/11 builtin rebase: support --ontoPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  4. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  5. 02/11 builtin rebase: support `git rebase --onto A...B`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 26, 2018
  8. 03/11 builtin rebase: handle the pre-rebase hook (and add --no-verify)Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  10. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2018
  11. 04/11 builtin rebase: support --quietPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  12. Stefan BellerAug 8, 2018
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2018
  15. 05/11 builtin rebase: support the `verbose` and `diffstat` optionsPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  16. 06/11 builtin rebase: require a clean worktreePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  17. 07/11 builtin rebase: try to fast forward when possiblePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  18. 08/11 builtin rebase: support --force-rebasePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  19. Stefan BellerAug 8, 2018
  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  21. 09/11 builtin rebase: start a new rebase only if none is in progressPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  22. Stefan BellerAug 8, 2018
  23. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  24. 10/11 builtin rebase: only store fully-qualified refs in `options.head_name`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  25. 11/11 builtin rebase: support `git rebase <upstream> <switch-to>`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  26. Duy NguyenAug 8, 2018
  27. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2018
  28. 00/11 A minimal builtin rebaseJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  29. 01/11 builtin rebase: support --ontoPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  30. 02/11 builtin rebase: support `git rebase --onto A...B`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  31. 03/11 builtin rebase: handle the pre-rebase hook and --no-verifyPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  32. 04/11 builtin rebase: support --quietPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  33. 05/11 builtin rebase: support the `verbose` and `diffstat` optionsPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  34. 06/11 builtin rebase: require a clean worktreePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  35. 07/11 builtin rebase: try to fast forward when possiblePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  36. 08/11 builtin rebase: support --force-rebasePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  37. 09/11 builtin rebase: start a new rebase only if none is in progressPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  38. 10/11 builtin rebase: only store fully-qualified refs in `options.head_name`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  39. SZEDER GáborSep 8, 2018
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2018
  41. SZEDER GáborSep 10, 2018
  42. 11/11 builtin rebase: support `git rebase <upstream> <switch-to>`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018

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