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[PATCH] submodule: correct documentation for open_submodule

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Dec 12, 2018, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20181212205812.182398-1-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20181212202205.170998-1-sbeller@google.com>

When 99017ffac8 (submodule: use submodule repos for object lookup, 2018-11-13) was merged, I had not yet addressed all outstanding review comments, such as adapting the documentation for the function `open_submodule`, which changed its signature during the development of that series. Fix the documentation, and annotate setting of `submodule_prefix` to indicate we're dealing with a submodule repository.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
> I'll incorporate these changes once resending.

... only to realize it hit next already, so we'd prefer updates instead of resending the whole series.

Maybe a patch like this?
 submodule.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 262f03f118..4486ff664b 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -483,12 +483,13 @@ void prepare_submodule_repo_env(struct argv_array *out)
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialize 'out' based on the provided submodule path.
+ * Initialize a repository struct for a submodule based on the provided 'path'.
  *
  * Unlike repo_submodule_init, this tolerates submodules not present
  * in .gitmodules. This function exists only to preserve historical behavior,
  *
- * Returns 0 on success, -1 when the submodule is not present.
+ * Returns the repository struct on success,
+ * NULL when the submodule is not present.
  */
 static struct repository *open_submodule(const char *path)
 {
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ static struct repository *open_submodule(const char *path)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* Mark it as a submodule */
 	out->submodule_prefix = xstrdup(path);
 
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
-- 
2.20.0.rc2.230.gc28305e538
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Message 23 of 30 in “[PATCHv3 00/23] Bring more repository handles into our code base”
  1. Stefan BellerNov 14, 2018
  2. 01/23 sha1_file: allow read_object to read objects in arbitrary repositoriesStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  3. 02/23 packfile: allow has_packed_and_bad to handle arbitrary repositoriesStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  4. 03/23 object-store: allow read_object_file_extended to read from any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  5. 04/23 object-store: prepare read_object_file to deal with any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  6. 05/23 object-store: prepare has_{sha1, object}_file to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  7. 06/23 object: parse_object to honor its repository argumentStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  8. 07/23 commit: allow parse_commit* to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  9. 08/23 commit-reach.c: allow paint_down_to_common to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  10. 09/23 commit-reach.c: allow merge_bases_many to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  11. 10/23 commit-reach.c: allow remove_redundant to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  12. 11/23 commit-reach.c: allow get_merge_bases_many_0 to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  13. 12/23 commit-reach: prepare get_merge_bases to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  14. 13/23 commit-reach: prepare in_merge_bases[_many] to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  15. 14/23 commit: prepare get_commit_buffer to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  16. 15/23 commit: prepare repo_unuse_commit_buffer to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  17. 16/23 commit: prepare logmsg_reencode to handle arbitrary repositoriesStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  18. 17/23 pretty: prepare format_commit_message to handle arbitrary repositoriesStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  19. 18/23 submodule: use submodule repos for object lookupStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  20. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2018
  21. Stefan BellerNov 15, 2018
  22. Stefan BellerDec 12, 2018
  23. submodule: correct documentation for open_submoduleStefan Beller, Dec 12, 2018
  24. 19/23 submodule: don't add submodule as odb for pushStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  25. 20/23 commit-graph: convert remaining functions to handle any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  26. 21/23 commit: prepare free_commit_buffer and release_commit_memory for any repoStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  27. 22/23 path.h: make REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC repository agnosticStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  28. 23/23 t/helper/test-repository: celebrate independence from the_repositoryStefan Beller, Nov 14, 2018
  29. Jonathan TanNov 15, 2018
  30. Derrick StoleeNov 16, 2018

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