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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2026, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
<20260224171245.458377-1-jonatan@jontes.page>
Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page> writes:
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> Hello!
>
> I have two small patches related to the handling of alias subsections. 
> The first one is a documentation fix for the example showing the equivalence
> between alias.last and alias.last.command, which was missing list continuation marks. 
> The second patch addresses a compatibility issue where an empty subsection ([alias ""])
> was not treated as a plain [alias], 
> causing existing entries stored this way to be ignored.
>
> Thanks for considering these patches!
>
> Jonatan Holmgren (2):
>   doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example
>   alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias]
>
>  Documentation/config/alias.adoc |  7 ++++---
>  alias.c                         |  4 ++++
>  t/t0014-alias.sh                | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Memory leaks have been reported for these patches, e.g.,
  https://lore.kernel.org/git/6953f6f2-22e8-4efb-8169-395e1c52634f@intel.com/

I _think_ the following would be sufficient to plug it, but please double check and then send in updated version of these two patches incorporating them.

Thanks.
 git.c  | 2 +-
 help.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c5fad56813..b5eb740e83 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
 	}
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
 		puts(list.items[i].string);
-	string_list_clear(&list, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&list, 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 82fb2eaa3f..725e92a195 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
 		return;
 
 	string_list_sort(list);
-	string_list_remove_duplicates(list, 0);
+	string_list_remove_duplicates(list, 1);
 
 	while (*cmd_list) {
 		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-- 
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Message 80 of 88 in “[RFC] Support UTF-8 characters in Git alias names”
  1. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 8, 2026
  2. D. Ben KnobleFeb 8, 2026
  3. brian m. carlsonFeb 8, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2026
  5. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 9, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2026
  7. brian m. carlsonFeb 9, 2026
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2026
  9. Ben KnobleFeb 10, 2026
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  11. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2026
  12. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2026
  13. Theodore TsoFeb 9, 2026
  14. alias: support UTF-8 characters via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 9, 2026
  15. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2026
  16. Torsten BögershausenFeb 10, 2026
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  18. 0/2 support UTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  19. 1/2 help: use list_aliases() for alias listing and lookupJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  21. 2/2 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  23. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 10, 2026
  24. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 23, 2026
  25. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 23, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2026
  27. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 23, 2026
  28. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 24, 2026
  29. 0/3 support UTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  30. 1/3 help: use list_aliases() for alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  32. 2/3 alias: prepare for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  33. 3/3 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 10, 2026
  34. 0/3 support UTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 11, 2026
  35. 2/3 alias: prepare for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 11, 2026
  36. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2026
  37. 1/3 help: use list_aliases() for alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 11, 2026
  38. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2026
  39. 3/3 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 11, 2026
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2026
  41. Richard KerryFeb 12, 2026
  42. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 12, 2026
  43. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 12, 2026
  44. Torsten BögershausenFeb 12, 2026
  45. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 12, 2026
  46. 0/4 support uTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 16, 2026
  47. 4/4 completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 16, 2026
  48. D. Ben KnobleFeb 16, 2026
  49. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  50. 2/4 alias: prepare for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 16, 2026
  51. 1/4 help: use list_aliases() for alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 16, 2026
  52. 3/4 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 16, 2026
  53. 0/4 support UTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  54. 2/4 alias: prepare for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  55. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 18, 2026
  56. 1/4 help: use list_aliases() for alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  57. 4/4 completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  58. 3/4 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  59. 0/4 support UTF-8 in alias namesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  60. 1/4 help: use list_aliases() for alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  61. Jacob KellerFeb 24, 2026
  62. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2026
  63. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2026
  64. Jacob KellerFeb 26, 2026
  65. Jacob KellerFeb 24, 2026
  66. 2/4 alias: prepare for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  67. 3/4 alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntaxJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  68. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 24, 2026
  69. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 24, 2026
  70. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 24, 2026
  71. 4/4 completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Feb 18, 2026
  72. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  73. Jonatan HolmgrenFeb 19, 2026
  74. 0/2 Fix small issues in alias subsection handlingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 24, 2026
  75. 1/2 doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection exampleJonatan Holmgren, Feb 24, 2026
  76. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2026
  77. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 24, 2026
  78. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2026
  79. 2/2 alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias]Jonatan Holmgren, Feb 24, 2026
  80. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
  81. 0/3 Fix small issues in alias subsection handlingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 26, 2026
  82. 2/3 alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias]Jonatan Holmgren, Feb 26, 2026
  83. 1/3 doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection exampleJonatan Holmgren, Feb 26, 2026
  84. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMar 3, 2026
  85. Jonatan HolmgrenMar 3, 2026
  86. 3/3 git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listingJonatan Holmgren, Feb 26, 2026
  87. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
  88. doc: fix list continuation in alias.adocJonatan Holmgren, Mar 3, 2026

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