Re: [PATCH v5b 00/17] port branch.c to use ref-filter's printing options

> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This is part of unification of the commands 'git tag -l, git branch -l
>> and git for-each-ref'. This ports over branch.c to use ref-filter's
>> printing options.
>>
>> Initially posted here: $(gmane/279226). It was decided that this series
>> would follow up after refactoring ref-filter parsing mechanism, which
>> is now merged into master (9606218b32344c5c756f7c29349d3845ef60b80c).
>>
>> v1 can be found here: $(gmane/288342)
>> v2 can be found here: $(gmane/288863)
>> v3 can be found here: $(gmane/290299)
>> v4 can be found here: $(gmane/291106)
>>
>> Changes in this version (v5b):
>> 1. Added the first patch of the series which was missing in v5.
>
> 2. Rebased on top of 'master', which includes
>    jk/branch-shortening-funny-symrefs.
>
>> Interdiff:
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
>> index c9a2e5b..6847ac3 100644
>> --- a/builtin/branch.c
>> +++ b/builtin/branch.c
>> @@ -288,9 +288,11 @@ static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_array *refs, int remote_bonus)
>>
>>                 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/heads/", &desc);
>>                 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
>> -               if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD)
>> -                       w = strlen(get_head_description());
>> -               else
>> +               if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD) {
>> +                       char *head_desc = get_head_description();
>> +                       w = strlen(head_desc);
>> +                       free(head_desc);
>> +               } else
>>                         w = utf8_strwidth(desc);
>
> Presumably w is computed here to be used later for some kind of
> alignment?  It is curious why we can assume that head_desc does not
> need utf8_strwidth() here.