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Re: [PATCH] Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failures

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Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Feb 6, 2008, 20:43 UTC
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David Tweed wrote:
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> On Feb 6, 2008 7:41 PM, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>> They use sprintf for the "%02x" part, but they use memcpy to copy the return
>> of get_object_directory() into a fixed string and then append onto that,
>> rather than repeatedly writing the same string over and over. Ok, there is one
>> instance in builtin-prune.c that repeatedly writes path, but builtin-prune-packed.c
>> does the memcpy thing.
> 
>So I don't think efficiency is an issue.
Yeah not performance critical, readability is definitely more important.
I just don't like repeatedly doing:
   sprintf(dst, "static string %s", s)
when the "static string" part doesn't change.
Either way it doesn't make much difference here.
-brandon
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Message 14 of 20 in “Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failures”
  1. Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failuresDavid Steven Tweed, Feb 5, 2008
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 5, 2008
  3. prune: heed --expire for stale packs, add a testJohannes Schindelin, Feb 5, 2008
  4. Nicolas PitreFeb 5, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2008
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  9. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  10. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  11. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  12. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
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  14. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  15. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  16. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
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