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Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] pretty: add infrastructure to allow format aliases

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 2, 2010, 03:13 UTC
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Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com> writes:
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> -static struct cmt_fmt_map *find_commit_format(const char *sought)
> +static struct cmt_fmt_map *find_commit_format_recursive(const char *sought,
> +							int num_redirections)
>  {
>  	struct cmt_fmt_map *found = NULL;
>  	size_t found_match_len;
>  	int i;
>  
> -	if (!commit_formats)
> -		setup_commit_formats();
> +	if (num_redirections >= commit_formats_len)
> +		return NULL;
Nice trick to avoid a loopy definition chain.

I however wonder if we would want to be more helpful to the users to diagnose this error by saying something here with error(), instead of just letting the caller say "invalid --pretty format: %s".

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Message 16 of 21 in “pretty: format aliases”
  1. 0/5 pretty: format aliasesWill Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  2. 1/5 pretty: add conditional %C?colorname placeholdersWill Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  4. Will PalmerMay 2, 2010
  5. 2/5 pretty: make %H/%h/etc respect --abbrev[-commit]Will Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  7. Jeff KingMay 2, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  9. Jeff KingMay 2, 2010
  10. Will PalmerMay 2, 2010
  11. Will PalmerMay 2, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederMay 2, 2010
  14. 3/5 pretty: make it easier to add new formatsWill Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  15. 4/5 pretty: add infrastructure to allow format aliasesWill Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  17. Will PalmerMay 2, 2010
  18. 5/5 pretty: add aliases for pretty formatsWill Palmer, Apr 30, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010
  20. Jeff KingMay 2, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2010

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