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[PATCH v6 4/5] difftool: refactor dir-diff to write files using a helper function

From
David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 30, 2021, 17:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20210930170146.61489-4-davvid@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20210930170146.61489-1-davvid@gmail.com>

Add a write_entry() helper function to handle the unlinking and writing of the dir-diff submodule and symlink stand-in files.

Use write_entry() inside of the hashmap loops to eliminate duplicate code and to safeguard the submodules hashmap loop against the symlink-chasing behavior that 5bafb3576a (difftool: fix symlink-file writing in dir-diff mode, 2021-09-22) addressed.

The submodules loop should not strictly require the unlink() call that this is introducing to them, but it does not necessarily hurt them either beyond the cost of the extra unlink().

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
---
This is cleanup refactoring that Junio suggested when
5bafb3576a (difftool: fix symlink-file writing in dir-diff mode, 2021-09-22)
touched this area of the code.
 builtin/difftool.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c
index e419bd3cd1..bbb8b399c2 100644
--- a/builtin/difftool.c
+++ b/builtin/difftool.c
@@ -320,6 +320,17 @@ static int checkout_path(unsigned mode, struct object_id *oid,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void write_entry(const char *path, const char *content,
+			struct strbuf *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	if (!*content)
+		return;
+	add_path(buf, len, path);
+	ensure_leading_directories(buf->buf);
+	unlink(buf->buf);
+	write_file(buf->buf, "%s", content);
+}
+
 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
 			struct child_process *child)
 {
@@ -533,16 +544,8 @@ static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
 	 */
 	hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules, &iter, entry,
 				entry /* member name */) {
-		if (*entry->left) {
-			add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
-			ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
-			write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
-		}
-		if (*entry->right) {
-			add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
-			ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
-			write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
-		}
+		write_entry(entry->path, entry->left, &ldir, ldir_len);
+		write_entry(entry->path, entry->right, &rdir, rdir_len);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -552,18 +555,9 @@ static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
 	 */
 	hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2, &iter, entry,
 				entry /* member name */) {
-		if (*entry->left) {
-			add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
-			ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
-			unlink(ldir.buf);
-			write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
-		}
-		if (*entry->right) {
-			add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
-			ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
-			unlink(rdir.buf);
-			write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
-		}
+
+		write_entry(entry->path, entry->left, &ldir, ldir_len);
+		write_entry(entry->path, entry->right, &rdir, rdir_len);
 	}
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
-- 
2.33.0.887.g8db6ae3373
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  2. 2/5 difftool: add a missing space to the run_dir_diff() commentsDavid Aguilar, Sep 30, 2021
  3. 3/5 difftool: avoid returning -1 to cmd_main() from run_dir_diff()David Aguilar, Sep 30, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2021
  5. David AguilarSep 30, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2021
  7. 4/5 difftool: refactor dir-diff to write files using a helper functionDavid Aguilar, Sep 30, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2021
  9. David AguilarSep 30, 2021
  10. 5/5 difftool: remove an unnecessary call to strbuf_release()David Aguilar, Sep 30, 2021
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