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Re: Why do we have both x*() and *_or_die() for "do or die"?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 23, 2018, 03:19 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> Just a side-question unrelated to this patch per-se, why do we have both
> x*() and *_or_die() functions in the codebase? I can't find any pattern
> for one or the other.

My understanding is that x*() were meant for system library functions. read-index-or-die should never be x-read-index.

Quite honestly, read-index should probably have designed to die from the beginning, with read-index-gently as a variant to report an error instead of dying.

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  8. 06/11 read_cache: use repo_read_index_or_die with different error messagesStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  9. 09/11 checkout-index: switch to repo_read_indexStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  10. 05/11 builtin/ls-files: use repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
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  18. 08/11 check-attr: switch to repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  19. 10/11 test helpers: switch to repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  20. 02/11 repository: introduce repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  21. Duy NguyenMay 19, 2018
  22. Stefan BellerMay 21, 2018
  23. Brandon WilliamsMay 21, 2018
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  25. Duy NguyenMay 22, 2018
  26. Why do we have both x*() and *_or_die() for "do or die"?Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 22, 2018
  27. Duy NguyenMay 22, 2018
  28. Jonathan NiederMay 22, 2018
  29. Stefan BellerMay 22, 2018
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2018
  31. 03/11 builtin/grep: use repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  32. 04/11 submodule: use repo_read_index_or_dieStefan Beller, May 16, 2018
  33. Duy NguyenMay 19, 2018
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  37. Brandon WilliamsMay 15, 2018
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