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Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] builtin/diff-index: learn --merge-base

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 17, 2020, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID
<20200917181303.GA108156@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<xmqq8sd8s46i.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:28:53AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > -	if (diff_cache(revs, &ent->item->oid, ent->name, !!(option & DIFF_INDEX_CACHED)))
> > +
> > +	if (option & DIFF_INDEX_MERGE_BASE) {
> > +		diff_get_merge_base(revs, &oid);
> > +		name = xstrdup(oid_to_hex(&oid));
> 
> Leak?
Using oid_to_hex_r() avoids an extra copy, and the leak goes away too:
  char merge_base_hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
  ...
  name = oid_to_hex_r(merge_base_hex, &oid);
-Peff
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Message 35 of 58 in “builtin/diff: learn --merge-base”
  1. 0/4 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 5, 2020
  2. 1/4 t4068: remove unnecessary >tmpDenton Liu, Sep 5, 2020
  3. 3/4 builtin/diff: parse --no-index using parse_options()Denton Liu, Sep 5, 2020
  4. 2/4 git-diff.txt: backtick quote command textDenton Liu, Sep 5, 2020
  5. 4/4 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 5, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2020
  7. 0/4 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 10, 2020
  8. 1/4 t4068: remove unnecessary >tmpDenton Liu, Sep 10, 2020
  9. 2/4 git-diff.txt: backtick quote command textDenton Liu, Sep 10, 2020
  10. 3/4 builtin/diff: parse --no-index using parse_options()Denton Liu, Sep 10, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2020
  12. Denton LiuSep 13, 2020
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2020
  14. 4/4 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 10, 2020
  15. 00/10 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  16. 01/10 t4068: remove unnecessary >tmpDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  17. 02/10 git-diff-index.txt: make --cached description a proper sentenceDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  18. 10/10 contrib/completion: complete `git diff --merge-base`Denton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  19. 09/10 builtin/diff-tree: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2020
  21. Denton LiuSep 18, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2020
  23. Denton LiuSep 20, 2020
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2020
  25. Denton LiuSep 21, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2020
  28. Denton LiuSep 21, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2020
  30. Denton LiuSep 23, 2020
  31. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2020
  32. Denton LiuSep 26, 2020
  33. 08/10 builtin/diff-index: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2020
  35. Jeff KingSep 17, 2020
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2020
  37. Jeff KingSep 18, 2020
  38. 05/10 diff-lib: accept option flags in run_diff_index()Denton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  39. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2020
  40. 04/10 contrib/completion: extract common diff/difftool optionsDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  41. 06/10 diff-lib: define diff_get_merge_base()Denton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2020
  43. Denton LiuSep 18, 2020
  44. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2020
  45. 03/10 git-diff.txt: backtick quote command textDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  46. 07/10 t4068: add --merge-base testsDenton Liu, Sep 17, 2020
  47. 00/10 builtin/diff: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  48. 01/10 t4068: remove unnecessary >tmpDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  49. 02/10 git-diff-index.txt: make --cached description a proper sentenceDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  50. 06/10 diff-lib: define diff_get_merge_base()Denton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  51. 05/10 diff-lib: accept option flags in run_diff_index()Denton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  52. 03/10 git-diff.txt: backtick quote command textDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  53. 07/10 t4068: add --merge-base testsDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  54. 08/10 builtin/diff-index: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  55. Martin ÅgrenSep 29, 2020
  56. 04/10 contrib/completion: extract common diff/difftool optionsDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  57. 09/10 builtin/diff-tree: learn --merge-baseDenton Liu, Sep 20, 2020
  58. 10/10 contrib/completion: complete `git diff --merge-base`Denton Liu, Sep 20, 2020

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