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Re: [PATCH] bisect: use oid_to_hex_r() instead of memcpy()+oid_to_hex()

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jul 26, 2020, 19:02 UTC
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On 2020-07-26 at 17:41:12, René Scharfe wrote:
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> Write the hexadecimal object ID directly into the destination buffer
> using oid_to_hex_r() instead of writing it into a static buffer first
> using oid_to_hex() and then copying it from there using memcpy().
> This is shorter, simpler and a bit more efficient.
> 
> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
> ---
>  bisect.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
> index d5e830410f..be3ff1e962 100644
> --- a/bisect.c
> +++ b/bisect.c
> @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static enum bisect_error bisect_checkout(const struct object_id *bisect_rev, int
>  	char bisect_rev_hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
>  	enum bisect_error res = BISECT_OK;
> 
> -	memcpy(bisect_rev_hex, oid_to_hex(bisect_rev), the_hash_algo->hexsz + 1);
> +	oid_to_hex_r(bisect_rev_hex, bisect_rev);
>  	update_ref(NULL, "BISECT_EXPECTED_REV", bisect_rev, NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);
> 
>  	argv_checkout[2] = bisect_rev_hex;

Yeah, this seems better in pretty much every way, and as a nice perk we lose an explicit dependency on the_hash_algo.

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brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US
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  1. bisect: use oid_to_hex_r() instead of memcpy()+oid_to_hex()René Scharfe, Jul 26, 2020
  2. brian m. carlsonJul 26, 2020

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