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Re: [PATCHv2ter 2/2] gitweb: clean up gitweb_check_feature() calls

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2008, 22:26 UTC
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"Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> writes:
> And this is precisely the reason why the first time I sent the patch I
> did the restyling in the same go: by not touching the
> clueless/careless callers and instead bringing gitweb_check_feature to
> act in scalar context, it would automatically fix those broken usages,
... which is very bad for reviewability purposes.

By explicitly fixing them before doing the "this will sweep all the potential bugs under the rug", you can demonstrate a lot more clearly why these changes are necessary.

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Message 21 of 26 in “[PATCHv2 0/2] fixes to gitweb feature check code”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaNov 28, 2008
  2. 1/2 gitweb: fixes to gitweb feature check codeGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 28, 2008
  3. 2/2 gitweb: clean up git_check_feature() callsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 28, 2008
  4. 2/2 gitweb: clean up gitweb_check_feature() callsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2008
  6. 2/2 gitweb: clean up gitweb_check_feature() callsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2008
  9. 2/3 gitweb: rename gitweb_check_feature to gitweb_get_featureJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  10. 3/3 gitweb: make gitweb_check_feature a boolean wrapperJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  11. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2008
  13. Giuseppe BilottaNov 30, 2008
  14. gitweb: fixes to gitweb feature check codeGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 30, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2008
  16. [PATCHv3bis] gitweb: fixes to gitweb feature check codeGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 2, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiDec 3, 2008
  20. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2008
  22. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2008
  23. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2008
  24. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2008
  25. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2008
  26. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2008

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