Re: [PATCH 1/2] submodule--helper: remove an unreachable call to usage_with_options

> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 3:09 PM Kaartic Sivaraam
> <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The code path in question calls `error` in a particular case.
>> But, `error` never returns as it exits directly. This makes
>> the call to `usage_with_options` that follows the `error` call
>> unreachable.
> 
> error() returns -1; you will commonly see:
> 
>      if (check_something())
>          return error(...);
>

>> So, remove the unreachable `usage_with_options` call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
>> @@ -1637,8 +1637,6 @@ static int module_deinit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>          if (all && argc) {
>>                  error("pathspec and --all are incompatible");
>> -               usage_with_options(git_submodule_helper_usage,
>> -                                  module_deinit_options);
>>          }
> 
> usage_with_options(), on the other hand, exits directly.
>