Re: [PATCH v8 7/8] cache: add empty_tree_oid object

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2016, 20:50 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7fbc1o1f.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xp6VDdMnh-srDzToSwh3mZrQei+B8DjpB2N6OkqAuARkw@mail.gmail.com>

Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a reason for that? I've found that .field = value is safer
> because it ensures that you don't end up initializing the wrong
> values? Or is it a compatibility thing?

Yes.

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