Re: [PATCH 1/5] commit-graph: define common usage with a macro

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2021, 11:33 UTC
Message-ID: <8ac1dcc5-c21c-4c93-b762-1cc0a27bbeae@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20210215184118.11306-2-avarab@gmail.com>

On 2/15/2021 1:41 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

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> +static const char * builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
> +#define BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_VERIFY_USAGE \
> +	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]")
> +	BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_VERIFY_USAGE,
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> +static const char * builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
> +#define BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_USAGE \
> +	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] " \
> +	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] " \
> +	   "[--changed-paths] [--[no-]max-new-filters <n>] [--[no-]progress] " \
> +	   "<split options>")
> +	BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_USAGE,
>  	NULL
>  };

This seemed very unnatural to me, but it all makes sense in the end:

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> +static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
> +	BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_VERIFY_USAGE,
> +	BUILTIN_COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_USAGE,
> +	NULL,
>  };

Clever!

Thanks, -Stolee