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errno oversight

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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2021, 11:38 UTC
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In refs.c in origin/next and origin/seen, we have the following fragment:
                   if (refs_read_raw_ref(refs, refname, oid, &sb_refname,
                                      &read_flags, failure_errno)) {
                        *flags |= read_flags;
                        if (errno)
                                *failure_errno = errno;
overwriting failure_errno looks like an oversight?
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Next: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Message 1 of 28 in “errno oversight”
  1. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 8, 2021
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 8, 2021
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 8, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2021
  5. 0/3 refs: ab/refs-errno-cleanup fixup + remove "failure_errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 9, 2021
  6. 1/3 refs API: use "failure_errno", not "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 9, 2021
  7. 2/3 sequencer: don't use die_errno() on refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 9, 2021
  8. 3/3 refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 9, 2021
  9. 0/3 refs: ab/refs-errno-cleanup fixup + remove "failure_errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 12, 2021
  10. 1/3 refs API: use "failure_errno", not "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 12, 2021
  11. 2/3 sequencer: don't use die_errno() on refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 12, 2021
  12. 3/3 refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 12, 2021
  13. 0/3 For v2.35.0: refs: ab/refs-errno-cleanup fixup + remove "failure_errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 12, 2022
  14. 1/3 refs API: use "failure_errno", not "errno"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 12, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2022
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 13, 2022
  17. 2/3 sequencer: don't use die_errno() on refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 12, 2022
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2022
  19. 3/3 refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 12, 2022
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2022
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 13, 2022
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2022
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 14, 2022
  24. 0/2 refs: remove the last use of "errno" from the public APIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 26, 2022
  25. 1/2 sequencer: don't use die_errno() on refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 26, 2022
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2022
  27. 2/2 refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 26, 2022
  28. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 8, 2021

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