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Re: [GSOC PATCH v3 2/2] builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jul 7, 2025, 06:08 UTC
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In-Reply-To
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 07:42:35PM +0530, Ayush Chandekar wrote:
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> diff --git a/builtin/prune.c b/builtin/prune.c
> index dab3c19b6f..320e9c2341 100644
> --- a/builtin/prune.c
> +++ b/builtin/prune.c
> @@ -173,20 +171,19 @@ int cmd_prune(int argc,
>  	expire = TIME_MAX;
>  	save_commit_buffer = 0;
>  	disable_replace_refs();
> -	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &revs, prefix);
>  
>  	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, prune_usage, 0);
>  
> -	if (the_repository->repository_format_precious_objects)
> +	repo_init_revisions(repo, &revs, prefix);
> +	if (repo->repository_format_precious_objects)
>  		die(_("cannot prune in a precious-objects repo"));
>  

Okay, we now only end up using the passed-in potentially-NULL `repo` after we have called `parse_options`. Makes sense.

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> diff --git a/t/t1517-outside-repo.sh b/t/t1517-outside-repo.sh
> index 6824581317..8f59b867f2 100755
> --- a/t/t1517-outside-repo.sh
> +++ b/t/t1517-outside-repo.sh
> @@ -114,4 +114,11 @@ test_expect_success 'update-server-info does not crash with -h' '
>  	test_grep "[Uu]sage: git update-server-info " usage
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'prune does not crash with -h' '
> +	test_expect_code 129 git prune -h >usage &&
> +	test_grep "[Uu]sage: git prune " usage &&
> +	test_expect_code 129 nongit git prune -h >usage &&
> +	test_grep "[Uu]sage: git prune " usage
> +'
> +
>  test_done

And we have another test that verifies that all of this works outside of a repository.

This addresses my review comments, so this version looks good to me. Thanks!

Patrick
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Message 28 of 29 in “builtin/prune: remove dependency on global variables and 'the_repository'”
  1. 0/2 builtin/prune: remove dependency on global variables and 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jun 8, 2025
  2. 1/2 repository: move 'repository_format_precious_objects' to repo scopeAyush Chandekar, Jun 8, 2025
  3. shejialuoJun 28, 2025
  4. Ayush ChandekarJun 28, 2025
  5. 2/2 builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jun 8, 2025
  6. shejialuoJun 28, 2025
  7. Ayush ChandekarJun 28, 2025
  8. Ayush ChandekarJun 25, 2025
  9. 0/2 builtin/prune: remove dependency on global variables and 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jun 30, 2025
  10. 1/2 repository: move 'repository_format_precious_objects' to repo scopeAyush Chandekar, Jun 30, 2025
  11. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  12. Ayush ChandekarJul 1, 2025
  13. Patrick SteinhardtJul 2, 2025
  14. 2/2 builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jun 30, 2025
  15. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2025
  17. Ayush ChandekarJul 1, 2025
  18. Usman AkinyemiJul 1, 2025
  19. Ayush ChandekarJul 1, 2025
  20. Patrick SteinhardtJul 2, 2025
  21. Usman AkinyemiJul 2, 2025
  22. Ben KnobleJul 2, 2025
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2025
  24. Ayush ChandekarJul 2, 2025
  25. 0/2 builtin/prune: remove dependency on global variables and 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jul 4, 2025
  26. 1/2 repository: move 'repository_format_precious_objects' to repo scopeAyush Chandekar, Jul 4, 2025
  27. 2/2 builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'Ayush Chandekar, Jul 4, 2025
  28. Patrick SteinhardtJul 7, 2025
  29. Ayush ChandekarJul 8, 2025

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