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Re: [PATCH v2] Replace tmpname with pack_tmp_name in warning. The developer mistook tmpname for pack_tmp_name.

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He Sun <sunheehnus@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 2, 2014, 07:18 UTC
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2014-03-02 11:59 GMT+08:00 Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>:
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> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Sun He <sunheehnus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Subject: Replace tmpname with pack_tmp_name in warning. The developer mistook tmpname for pack_tmp_name.
>
> The subject should be a short summary of the change, and the rest of
> the commit message before the "---" line provides extra detail
> explaining the change.
>

OK, got it. Thank you very much.

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>> Signed-off-by: Sun He <sunheehnus@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  As tmpname is used without initialization, it should be a mistake.
>
> This is valid information for the commit message above the "---" line.
> So, your full commit message might say something like this:
>
>     Subject: write_pack_file: use correct variable in diagnostic
>
>     'pack_tmp_name' is the subject of the utime() check, so report
>     it in the warning, not the uninitialized 'tmpname'.
>
Thank you for your suggestion, I will modify it right now. :-)
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>>  builtin/pack-objects.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
>> index c733379..4922ce5 100644
>> --- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
>> +++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
>> @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
>>                                 utb.modtime = --last_mtime;
>>                                 if (utime(pack_tmp_name, &utb) < 0)
>>                                         warning("failed utime() on %s: %s",
>> -                                               tmpname, strerror(errno));
>> +                                               pack_tmp_name, strerror(errno));
>>                         }
>>
>>                         /* Enough space for "-<sha-1>.pack"? */
>> --
>> 1.9.0.138.g2de3478.dirty
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  1. Replace tmpname with pack_tmp_name in warning. The developer mistook tmpname for pack_tmp_name.Sun He, Mar 2, 2014
  2. Eric SunshineMar 2, 2014
  3. He SunMar 2, 2014

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