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Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] builtin/cat-file: rename variable that tracks usage

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Apr 2, 2025, 11:13 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 02:51:01AM -0700, Karthik Nayak wrote:
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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > The usage strings for git-cat-file(1) that we pass to `parse_options()`
> > and `usage_msg_optf()` are stored in a variable called `usage`. This
> > variable shadows the declaration of `usage()`, which we'll want to use
> > in a subsequent commit.
> >
> > Rename the variable to `builtin_catfile_usage`, which is in line with
> > how the variable is typically called in other builtins.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> > ---
> >  builtin/cat-file.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
> > index b13561cf73b..8e40016dd24 100644
> > --- a/builtin/cat-file.c
> > +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
> > @@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc,
> >  	int input_nul_terminated = 0;
> >  	int nul_terminated = 0;
> >
> > -	const char * const usage[] = {
> > +	const char * const builtin_catfile_usage[] = {
> 
> Nit: Style: we use a right pointer alignment, while it is not part of
> your code change, would be nice to fix.
Not in this case though:
 $ git grep 'const char \*const' | wc -l
 85
 $ git grep 'const char \* const' | wc -l
 180
It's mixed, but we do have more cases of the latter.
Patrick
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Message 4 of 28 in “builtin/cat-file: allow filtering objects in batch mode”
  1. 00/10 builtin/cat-file: allow filtering objects in batch modePatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  2. 01/10 builtin/cat-file: rename variable that tracks usagePatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  3. Karthik NayakApr 1, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2025
  6. 02/10 builtin/cat-file: wire up an option to filter objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  7. Toon ClaesApr 1, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  9. Karthik NayakApr 1, 2025
  10. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  11. 04/10 builtin/cat-file: support "blob:limit=" objects filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  12. 03/10 builtin/cat-file: support "blob:none" objects filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  13. Karthik NayakApr 1, 2025
  14. Karthik NayakApr 1, 2025
  15. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  16. 05/10 builtin/cat-file: support "object:type=" objects filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  17. 06/10 pack-bitmap: allow passing payloads to `show_reachable_fn()`Patrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  18. Toon ClaesApr 1, 2025
  19. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  20. 07/10 pack-bitmap: add function to iterate over filtered bitmapped objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  21. 08/10 pack-bitmap: introduce function to check whether a pack is bitmappedPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  22. Toon ClaesApr 1, 2025
  23. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  24. 10/10 builtin/cat-file: use bitmaps to efficiently filter by object typePatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  25. 09/10 builtin/cat-file: deduplicate logic to iterate over all objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 27, 2025
  26. Toon ClaesApr 1, 2025
  27. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2025
  28. Toon ClaesApr 3, 2025

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