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Re: [PATCH v4] submodule: port subcommand 'set-url' from shell to C

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Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Date
May 8, 2020, 05:47 UTC
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On 06/05 10:08, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > No worries. BTW, should I include the `path == NULL` check in the
> > if-statement?
> 
> If I were writing this code, I would probably write it like so:
> 
> 	if (!path || !newurl)
> 		oops;
> 
> Specifically, I would write "!path", not "path == NULL".  I thought
> a rule for that is in the CodingGuidelines (I didn't double check,
> though).

I could not find a rule like that in the CodingGuidelines. Should I add it? https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/CodingGuidelines

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> The comparison on argc is to see if we are even allowed to access
> argv[0] and/or argv[1].  In practice, if what main() got from the
> outside world in argv[] is passed directly to you, argv[n] would
> never be NULL as long as n < argc, but there are a few levels of
> callchain between main() and you (i.e. module_set_url()), so not
> counting on that would be sensible.
Understood. I will add the NULL check as well.
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  1. submodule: port subcommand 'set-url' from shell to CShourya Shukla, May 6, 2020
  2. Christian CouderMay 6, 2020
  3. Shourya ShuklaMay 6, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2020
  6. Shourya ShuklaMay 6, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2020
  8. Shourya ShuklaMay 7, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2020
  10. Shourya ShuklaMay 8, 2020
  11. Christian CouderMay 8, 2020
  12. Re* [PATCH v4] submodule: port subcommand 'set-url' from shell to CJunio C Hamano, May 8, 2020
  13. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2020
  15. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2020
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2020
  17. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2020
  18. submodule: port subcommand 'set-url' from shell to CShourya Shukla, May 8, 2020
  19. Denton LiuMay 8, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2020
  22. submodule: port subcommand 'set-url' from shell to CJunio C Hamano, May 8, 2020

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