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Re: [PATCH v2] branch: change install_branch_config() to use skip_prefix()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2014, 19:42 UTC
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"Dmitry S. Dolzhenko" <dmitrys.dolzhenko@yandex.ru> writes:
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> Change install_branch_config() to use skip_prefix()
> for getting the short name of the remote branch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry S. Dolzhenko <dmitrys.dolzhenko@yandex.ru>
> ---
>  branch.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
> index 723a36b..9382e02 100644
> --- a/branch.c
> +++ b/branch.c
> @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ static int should_setup_rebase(const char *origin)
>  
>  void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote)
>  {
> -	const char *shortname = remote + 11;
> -	int remote_is_branch = starts_with(remote, "refs/heads/");
> +	const char *shortname = skip_prefix(remote, "refs/heads/");
> +	int remote_is_branch = shortname != NULL;

That sounds more reasonable, compared to the previous round. I'd probably say this

	int remote_is_branch = !shortname;
instead, if I were doing this patch myself, though.
>  	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
>  	int rebasing = should_setup_rebase(origin);
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  1. branch: change install_branch_config() to use skip_prefix()Dmitry S. Dolzhenko, Feb 27, 2014
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