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Re: [PATCH v2] git-merge: ignore space support

From
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date
Aug 24, 2010, 20:01 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 04:28, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject: ll-merge: replace flag argument with options struct
>
> Keeping track of the flag bits is proving more trouble than it's
> worth.  Instead, use a pointer to an options struct like most similar
> APIs do.
>
> Callers with no special requests can pass NULL to request the default
> options.

thanks for doing this. But is there any prior art for using NULL as 'use the default flags' in the project? For what I know, I can't think of an example. But my inside knowledge into git drifts slowly away.

Regards, Bert

>
> Cc: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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Message 13 of 23 in “git-merge: ignore space support”
  1. git-merge: ignore space supportJustin Frankel, Aug 23, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 24, 2010
  3. merge-recursive: expose merge options for builtin mergeJonathan Nieder, Aug 24, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2010
  6. Justin FrankelAug 24, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2010
  8. Bert WesargAug 25, 2010
  9. Justin FrankelAug 25, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2010
  11. Justin FrankelAug 25, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2010
  13. Bert WesargAug 24, 2010
  14. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2010
  15. 0/4 git-merge: ignore space supportJonathan Nieder, Aug 26, 2010
  16. 1/4 merge-recursive: expose merge options for builtin mergeJonathan Nieder, Aug 26, 2010
  17. 2/4 ll-merge: replace flag argument with options structJonathan Nieder, Aug 26, 2010
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2010
  19. ll-merge: simplify opts == NULL caseJonathan Nieder, Jan 16, 2011
  20. 3/4 merge-recursive --patienceJonathan Nieder, Aug 26, 2010
  21. 4/4 merge-recursive: options to ignore whitespace changesJonathan Nieder, Aug 26, 2010
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2010
  23. Jonathan NiederAug 27, 2010

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