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Re: [PATCH v2] Add support for GIT_CEILING_DIRS

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 15, 2008, 09:06 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0805151004400.30431@racer>
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Hi,
On Thu, 15 May 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> +		do { } while (offset > ceil_offset && cwd[--offset] != '/');
You probably meant to remove the "do { }", and have an own line
			; /* do nothing */

but for the rest, I agree that it is easier on the eye (particularly the off-by-one issue, which is always a problem for this developer to get right; avoiding it is therefore the better option).

Ciao, Dscho

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