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[PATCH 0/5] string_list_split*() updates

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 31, 2025, 06:39 UTC
Message-ID
<20250731063949.1601669-1-gitster@pobox.com>

Two related string-list API functions, string_list_split() and string_list_split_in_place(), more or less duplicates their implementations. They both take a single string, and split the string at the delimiter and stuff the result into a string list.

However, there is one subtle and unnecessary difference. The non "in-place" variant only allows a single byte value as delimiter, while the "in-place" variant can take multiple delimiters (e.g., "split at either a comma or a space").

This series first updates the string_list_split() to allow multiple delimiters like string_list_split_in_place() does, unifies their implementations into one. This refactoring allows us to give new feature to these two functions with a single chnage.

Then these functions learn to optionally trim the split string pieces before placing them in the resulting string list.

An existing caller of string_list_split() in diff.c trims the elements in the resulting string list before it uses them, which is simplified by taking advantage of this new feature.

Junio C Hamano (5):
  string-list: report programming error with BUG
  string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place()
    counterpart
  string-list: unify string_list_split* functions
  string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by
    string_list_split()
  diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedws
 builtin/blame.c              |   2 +-
 builtin/merge.c              |   2 +-
 builtin/var.c                |   2 +-
 connect.c                    |   2 +-
 diff.c                       |  20 +++----
 fetch-pack.c                 |   2 +-
 notes.c                      |   2 +-
 parse-options.c              |   2 +-
 pathspec.c                   |   2 +-
 protocol.c                   |   2 +-
 ref-filter.c                 |   4 +-
 setup.c                      |   3 +-
 string-list.c                | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 string-list.h                |  26 +++++---
 t/helper/test-path-utils.c   |   3 +-
 t/helper/test-ref-store.c    |   2 +-
 t/unit-tests/u-string-list.c |  80 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 transport.c                  |   2 +-
 upload-pack.c                |   2 +-
 19 files changed, 190 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
-- 
2.50.1-612-g4756c59422
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Message 1 of 72 in “string_list_split*() updates”
  1. 0/5 string_list_split*() updatesJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  2. 1/5 string-list: report programming error with BUGJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  3. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2025
  5. 2/5 string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpartJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  6. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2025
  7. 3/5 string-list: unify string_list_split* functionsJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  8. 4/5 string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split()Junio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  9. 5/5 diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedwsJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  10. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2025
  11. 0/7 string_list_split*() updatesJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  12. 1/7 string-list: report programming error with BUGJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  13. 2/7 string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpartJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  14. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  16. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  18. 3/7 string-list: unify string_list_split* functionsJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  19. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  20. 4/7 string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  21. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  23. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  25. shejialuoAug 2, 2025
  26. Patrick SteinhardtAug 1, 2025
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  28. 5/7 diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedwsJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  29. Patrick SteinhardtAug 1, 2025
  30. 6/7 string-list: optionally omit empty string pieces in string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  31. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2025
  32. shejialuoAug 1, 2025
  33. Patrick SteinhardtAug 1, 2025
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2025
  35. 7/7 string-list: split-then-remove-empty can be done while splittingJunio C Hamano, Jul 31, 2025
  36. Patrick SteinhardtAug 1, 2025
  37. 0/7 string_list_split*() updatesJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  38. 1/7 string-list: report programming error with BUGJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  39. 2/7 string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpartJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  40. Jeff KingAug 2, 2025
  41. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2025
  42. Jeff KingAug 2, 2025
  43. 3/7 string-list: unify string_list_split* functionsJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  44. 4/7 string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  45. Jeff KingAug 2, 2025
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2025
  47. Jeff KingAug 2, 2025
  48. 5/7 diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedwsJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  49. 6/7 string-list: optionally omit empty string pieces in string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  50. 7/7 string-list: split-then-remove-empty can be done while splittingJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2025
  51. 0/7 string_list_split*() updatesJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  52. 1/7 string-list: report programming error with BUGJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  53. 2/7 string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpartJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  54. 3/7 string-list: unify string_list_split* functionsJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  55. 4/7 string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  56. 5/7 diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedwsJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  57. 6/7 string-list: optionally omit empty string pieces in string_list_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  58. 7/7 string-list: split-then-remove-empty can be done while splittingJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  59. Patrick SteinhardtAug 4, 2025
  60. 00/12 do not overuse strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  61. 01/12 wt-status: avoid strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  62. 02/12 clean: do not pass strbuf by valueJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  63. 03/12 clean: do not use strbuf_split*() [part 1]Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  64. 04/12 clean: do not pass the whole structure when it is not necessaryJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  65. 05/12 clean: do not use strbuf_split*() [part 2]Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  66. 06/12 merge-tree: do not use strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  67. 07/12 notes: do not use strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  68. 08/12 config: do not use strbuf_split()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  69. 09/12 environment: do not use strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  70. 10/12 sub-process: do not use strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  71. 11/12 trace2: trim_trailing_newline followed by trim is a no-opJunio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025
  72. 12/12 trace2: do not use strbuf_split*()Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2025

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