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Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] worktree: expose function to retrieve worktree names

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
May 6, 2025, 16:08 UTC
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On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > +int get_worktree_names(struct repository *repo, struct strvec *out)
> > +{
> > +       worktrees_dir = repo_git_path(repo, "worktrees");
> > +       dir = opendir(worktrees_dir);
> > +       if (!dir) {
> > +               if (errno == ENOENT) {
> > +                       ret = 0;
> > +                       goto out;
> > +               }
> > +
> > +               ret = -1;
> > +               goto out;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       while ((d = readdir_skip_dot_and_dotdot(dir)) != NULL)
> > +               strvec_push(out, d->d_name);
> > +
> > +       ret = 0;
> > +out:
> > +       if (dir)
> > +               closedir(dir);
> > +       free(worktrees_dir);
> > +       return ret;
> > +}
>
> Nit: this function seems to use "goto out" a bit too much for me. What
> about something like:
>
> int get_worktree_names(struct repository *repo, struct strvec *out)
> {
>     int ret = 0;
>     char *worktrees_dir = repo_git_path(repo, "worktrees");
>     DIR *dir = opendir(worktrees_dir);
>
>     if (dir) {
>         struct dirent *d;
>         while ((d = readdir_skip_dot_and_dotdot(dir)) != NULL)
>             strvec_push(out, d->d_name);
>         closedir(dir);
>     } else {
>         if (errno != ENOENT)
>             ret = -1;
>     }
>
>     free(worktrees_dir);
>     return ret;
> }

I had the same response and made a slightly more concise proposal[*], though I'm not convinced that this function should exist at all.

[*]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cSDDbhGrym8j=PFKBCUxBQhZPzAHXGvKy-Z6POA4Ju3sw@mail.gmail.com/
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  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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