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Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] builtin/gc: remove global variables where it trivial to do

From
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
May 6, 2025, 07:44 UTC
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On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
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>
> We use a couple of global variables to assemble command line arguments
> for subprocesses we execute in git-gc(1). All of these variables except
> the one for git-repack(1) are only used in a single place though, so
> they don't really add anything but confusion.
>
> Remove those variables.
About the commit message it seems to me that it's missing "is", so maybe:
"builtin/gc: remove global variables where it's trivial to do"
or just:
"builtin/gc: remove global variables where trivial to do"
?
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Message 16 of 37 in “builtin/maintenance: implement missing tasks compared to git-gc(1)”
  1. 0/7 builtin/maintenance: implement missing tasks compared to git-gc(1)Patrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  2. 1/7 builtin/gc: fix indentation of `cmd_gc()` parametersPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  3. 2/7 builtin/gc: remove global variables where it trivial to doPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  4. 3/7 builtin/gc: move pruning of worktrees into a separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  5. 4/7 worktree: expose function to retrieve worktree namesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  6. 5/7 builtin/maintenance: introduce "worktree-prune" taskPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  7. Derrick StoleeApr 29, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtApr 30, 2025
  9. 6/7 builtin/gc: move rerere garbage collection into separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  10. 7/7 builtin/maintenance: introduce "rerere-gc" taskPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 25, 2025
  11. Derrick StoleeApr 29, 2025
  12. Patrick SteinhardtApr 30, 2025
  13. 0/7 builtin/maintenance: implement missing tasks compared to git-gc(1)Patrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  14. 1/7 builtin/gc: fix indentation of `cmd_gc()` parametersPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  15. 2/7 builtin/gc: remove global variables where it trivial to doPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  16. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  17. Patrick SteinhardtMay 7, 2025
  18. 3/7 builtin/gc: move pruning of worktrees into a separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  19. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  20. Patrick SteinhardtMay 7, 2025
  21. 4/7 worktree: expose function to retrieve worktree namesPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  22. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  23. Eric SunshineMay 6, 2025
  24. 6/7 builtin/gc: move rerere garbage collection into separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  25. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  26. 5/7 builtin/maintenance: introduce "worktree-prune" taskPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  27. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  28. Patrick SteinhardtMay 7, 2025
  29. 7/7 builtin/maintenance: introduce "rerere-gc" taskPatrick Steinhardt, May 5, 2025
  30. Christian CouderMay 6, 2025
  31. 0/6 builtin/maintenance: implement missing tasks compared to git-gc(1)Patrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  32. 1/6 builtin/gc: fix indentation of `cmd_gc()` parametersPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  33. 2/6 builtin/gc: remove global variables where it is trivial to doPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  34. 3/6 builtin/gc: move pruning of worktrees into a separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  35. 4/6 builtin/maintenance: introduce "worktree-prune" taskPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  36. 5/6 builtin/gc: move rerere garbage collection into separate functionPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025
  37. 6/6 builtin/maintenance: introduce "rerere-gc" taskPatrick Steinhardt, May 7, 2025

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