From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:52:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] builtin/clone: refactor handling of "--reference{,-if-able}"
Message-ID: <877blauwkm.fsf@emacs.iotcl.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260825-pks-odb-write-alternates-at-creation-time-v1-3-911513ba95c3@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
> index 8c990ce0cc..8eae3ac7d9 100644
> --- a/builtin/clone.c
> +++ b/builtin/clone.c
> @@ -218,14 +220,20 @@ static void copy_alternates(struct strbuf *src, const char *src_repo)
>  	fclose(in);
>  }
>  
> -static void setup_reference(void)
> +static void collect_alternates(struct strvec *alternates)
>  {
> -	int required = 1;
> -	for_each_string_list(&option_required_reference,
> -			     add_one_reference, &required);
> -	required = 0;
> -	for_each_string_list(&option_optional_reference,
> -			     add_one_reference, &required);
> +	if (option_required_reference.nr || option_optional_reference.nr) {

I was about to ask why you're adding this guard, but it looks a lot more
clean with the next commit on top.

> +		struct add_one_alternate_data data = {
> +			.alternates = alternates,
> +			.required = 1,
> +		};
> +
> +		for_each_string_list(&option_required_reference,
> +				     add_one_alternate, &data);
> +		data.required = 0;
> +		for_each_string_list(&option_optional_reference,
> +				     add_one_alternate, &data);
> +	}
>  }

-- 
Laters,
Toon