Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] path.c: add git_common_path() and strbuf_git_common_path()

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Apr 20, 2016, 18:11 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSRQBJM9xFnDszC84Z3JaF83sOg7=z-w6nRQdcu6nA3Bw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1461158693-21289-2-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

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> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
> @@ -503,6 +503,35 @@ void strbuf_git_path_submodule(struct strbuf *buf, const char *path,
> +const char *git_common_path(const char *fmt, ...)
> +{
> +       struct strbuf *pathname = get_pathname();
> +       va_list args;
> +       va_start(args, fmt);
> +       do_git_common_path(pathname, fmt, args);
> +       va_end(args);
> +       return pathname->buf;

Is the caller expected to free this value? If not, then shouldn't 'pathname' be static? If so, then perhaps strbuf_detach() would be clearer (and return 'char *' rather than 'const char *').

> +}