Re: [PATCH 4/4] get_oid(): when an object was not found, try harder

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 14, 2019, 18:57 UTC
Message-ID: <20190314185758.GB26250@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1903141410360.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 02:17:18PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> >  2. is there a way to cleanly avoid the three-line duplicate?
> [...]
> Peff tried with a function, but I think that this would actually be a
> really appropriate occasion for a well-placed `goto`:

I worried that a goto would be too confusing/ugly. But I am OK with it if you are.

-Peff

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