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[PATCH v3 4/4] for-each-repo: simplify passing of parameters

From
Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 2, 2026, 15:36 UTC
Message-ID
<f6582e94026eb933dff6fa895775c52ebf32409a.1772465805.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>

This change simplifies the code somewhat from its original implementation.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/for-each-repo.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-repo.c b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
index 8bbdc33128..3aafb2cfa8 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-repo.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static const char * const for_each_repo_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static int run_command_on_repo(const char *path, int argc, const char ** argv)
+static int run_command_on_repo(const char *path, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	char *abspath = interpolate_path(path, 0);
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ static int run_command_on_repo(const char *path, int argc, const char ** argv)
 
 	child.git_cmd = 1;
 	strvec_pushl(&child.args, "-C", abspath, NULL);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
-		strvec_push(&child.args, argv[i]);
+	strvec_pushv(&child.args, argv);
 
 	free(abspath);
 
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc,
 		return 0;
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < values->nr; i++) {
-		int ret = run_command_on_repo(values->items[i].string, argc, argv);
+		int ret = run_command_on_repo(values->items[i].string, argv);
 		if (ret) {
 			if (!keep_going)
 					return ret;
-- 
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