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Re: [PATCH 2/8] Export three functions from diff.c

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2010, 23:08 UTC
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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
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> From: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
>
> Use fill_metainfo to fill the line level diff meta data,
> emit_line to print out a line and quote_two to quote
> paths.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
> ---
>  diff.c |    6 +++---
>  diff.h |   17 +++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index 6991ed4..a0ea9e5 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int git_diff_basic_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
>  	return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
>  }
>  
> -static char *quote_two(const char *one, const char *two)
> +char *quote_two(const char *one, const char *two)
>  {
>  	int need_one = quote_c_style(one, NULL, NULL, 1);
>  	int need_two = quote_c_style(two, NULL, NULL, 1);

This is not specific to "diff" anymore (it is a utility to cquote a path that happens to be stored as two separate components); wouldn't quote.c be a better home for it?

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> -static void emit_line(struct diff_options *o, const char *set, const char *reset,
> +void emit_line(struct diff_options *o, const char *set, const char *reset,
>  		      const char *line, int len)
>  {
>  	emit_line_0(o, set, reset, line[0], line+1, len-1);

Within the context of "diff", it is clear that a function called emit_line() will be used to emit a single line of patch output, and within that context, it is understandable that it takes coloring related arguments as we do emit diff output in color.

But does it still make sense to give it such a generic sounding name when exported outside of its original context? Call it either emit-diff-line (if "diff-ness" is more important, and the new callers will use the function to emit diff output) or emit-colored-line (if the new caller produces output not necessarily related to diff, but is merely borrowing the coloring infrastructure from this implementation), perhaps?

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> @@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ static int similarity_index(struct diff_filepair *p)
>  	return p->score * 100 / MAX_SCORE;
>  }
>  
> -static void fill_metainfo(struct strbuf *msg,
> +void fill_metainfo(struct strbuf *msg,
>  			  const char *name,
>  			  const char *other,
>  			  struct diff_filespec *one,

Likewise. Within the context of "diff", it is clear what kind of metainfo we mean (that's the one between "diff --git" and the first "@@ ... @@"). Other APIs with different kind of "metainfo" may later want to introduce a totally different function that fills their metainfo, and calling this "fill_metainfo" forces them to use some different name, and cause confusion to readers. Perhaps fill-diff-metainfo?

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Message 7 of 13 in “git log -L, cleaned up and (hopefully) fixed”
  1. 0/8 git log -L, cleaned up and (hopefully) fixedThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  2. 1/8 Refactor parse_locThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2010
  4. Thomas RastDec 14, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2010
  6. 2/8 Export three functions from diff.cThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2010
  8. 3/8 Export rewrite_parents() for 'log -L'Thomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  9. 4/8 Implement line-history search (git log -L)Thomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  10. 5/8 log -L: support parent rewritingThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  11. 6/8 log -L: add --graph prefix before outputThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  12. 7/8 log -L: add --full-line-diff optionThomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010
  13. 8/8 log -L: implement move/copy detection (-M/-C)Thomas Rast, Dec 14, 2010

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