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Re: [PATCH 1/8] merge: make xopts a strvec

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 31, 2023, 07:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20230831072216.GA3197833@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20230831071230.GA3197647@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 03:12:30AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> The "xopts" variable uses a custom array with ALLOC_GROW(). Using a
> strvec simplifies things a bit. We need fewer variables, and we can also
> ditch our custom parseopt callback in favor of OPT_STRVEC().
> 
> As a bonus, this means that "--no-strategy-option", which was previously
> a silent noop, now does something useful: like other list-like options,
> it will clear the list of -X options seen so far.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> I guess you could argue this is a backwards-incompatible change, but the
> existing behavior of --no-strategy-option is so dumb that I can't
> believe somebody would prefer it (plus revert/cherry-pick already use
> OPT_STRVEC for their matching "-X").
> 
> I didn't bother adding a test since we're just re-using OPT_STRVEC code
> that is used elsewhere.

I only noticed the "revert/cherry-pick" thing while sending this patch out. But it seems that it was changed recently-ish, and Phillip noted the same behavior change there (along with mentioning merge.c). So now I doubly feel this is the right thing to do. :)

-Peff
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Message 3 of 47 in “more unused parameters in parseopt callbacks”
  1. 0/8 more unused parameters in parseopt callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  2. 1/8 merge: make xopts a strvecJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  3. Jeff KingAug 31, 2023
  4. Phillip WoodAug 31, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  6. Taylor BlauAug 31, 2023
  7. 2/8 merge: simplify parsing of "-n" optionJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  9. 3/8 parse-options: prefer opt->value to globals in callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  11. 4/8 parse-options: mark unused "opt" parameter in callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  13. Jeff KingAug 31, 2023
  14. Jeff KingAug 31, 2023
  15. 5/8 merge: do not pass unused opt->value parameterJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  17. 6/8 parse-options: add more BUG_ON() annotationsJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  19. 7/8 interpret-trailers: mark unused "unset" parameters in option callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  21. Jeff KingAug 31, 2023
  22. 8/8 parse-options: mark unused parameters in noop callbackJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  24. 0/10 more unused parameters in parseopt callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  25. 01/10 merge: make xopts a strvecJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  26. 02/10 merge: simplify parsing of "-n" optionJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  27. René ScharfeSep 2, 2023
  28. Jeff KingSep 5, 2023
  29. 03/10 format-patch: use OPT_STRING_LIST for to/cc optionsJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  30. 04/10 checkout-index: delay automatic setting of to_tempfileJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2023
  32. René ScharfeSep 2, 2023
  33. 04/10 checkout-index: delay automatic setting of to_tempfileJeff King, Sep 5, 2023
  34. 05/10 parse-options: prefer opt->value to globals in callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  35. René ScharfeSep 2, 2023
  36. Jeff KingSep 5, 2023
  37. 06/10 parse-options: mark unused "opt" parameter in callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  38. René ScharfeSep 2, 2023
  39. Jeff KingSep 5, 2023
  40. René ScharfeSep 19, 2023
  41. 07/10 merge: do not pass unused opt->value parameterJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  42. 08/10 parse-options: add more BUG_ON() annotationsJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  43. 09/10 interpret-trailers: mark unused "unset" parameters in option callbacksJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  44. 10/10 parse-options: mark unused parameters in noop callbackJeff King, Aug 31, 2023
  45. René ScharfeSep 2, 2023
  46. Jeff KingSep 5, 2023
  47. René ScharfeSep 7, 2023

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