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Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpg-interface: limit search for primary key fingerprint

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2019, 03:44 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Hans Jerry Illikainen <hji@dyntopia.com> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 18 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ...
>>> A short helper
>>>
>>> 	static void replace_cstring(const char **field,
>>> 				    const char *line, const char *next)
>>> 	{
>>> 		free(*field);
>>> 		if (line && next)
>>> 			*field = xmemdupz(line, next - line);
>>> 		else
>>> 			*field = NULL;
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> may have quite a lot of uses in this function, not only for this
>>> field.
>>
>> Implemented.  I wasn't sure whether to do it in a separate commit or
>> not, but #git-devel suggested that I do; so that's what I did.
>
> If such a refactoring helped the readability of _existing_ code that
> can also use this helper, then I agree it is the right approach to
> make that into a separate prelimimary commit.

I did not expect the "how about doing it along this line...?" suggestion written in my MUA without even compilation testing would work well, and acually I do not think the above would work without further tweaks on the types. Wouldn't some of the fields this helper works on be of type "char *"?

Perhaps something like this squashed in...
 gpg-interface.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 4269937b83..b481b0811b 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ 0, "VALIDSIG ", GPG_STATUS_FINGERPRINT },
 };
 
-static void replace_cstring(const char **field, const char *line,
+static void replace_cstring(char **field, const char *line,
 			    const char *next)
 {
 	free(*field);
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ static void parse_gpg_output(struct signature_check *sigc)
 {
 	const char *buf = sigc->gpg_status;
 	const char *line, *next, *limit;
-	const char **field;
 	int i, j;
 	int seen_exclusive_status = 0;
 
@@ -158,6 +157,8 @@ static void parse_gpg_output(struct signature_check *sigc)
 				}
 				/* Do we have fingerprint? */
 				if (sigcheck_gpg_status[i].flags & GPG_STATUS_FINGERPRINT) {
+					char **field;
+
 					next = strchrnul(line, ' ');
 					replace_cstring(&sigc->fingerprint, line, next);
 
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Hans Jerry Illikainen
Message 6 of 21 in “Limit search for primary key fingerprint”
  1. 0/1 Limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 16, 2019
  2. 1/1 gpg-interface: limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 16, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2019
  4. Hans Jerry IllikainenNov 21, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  7. Hans Jerry IllikainenNov 22, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2019
  9. Jonathan NiederNov 16, 2019
  10. 0/1 Limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 16, 2019
  11. 1/1 gpg-interface: limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 16, 2019
  12. 0/2 gpg-interface: fix search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 21, 2019
  13. 1/2 gpg-interface: refactor the free-and-xmemdupz patternHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 21, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  15. 2/2 gpg-interface: limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 21, 2019
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  17. 0/2 Limit search for primary fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 22, 2019
  18. 1/2 gpg-interface: refactor the free-and-xmemdupz patternHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 22, 2019
  19. 2/2 gpg-interface: limit search for primary key fingerprintHans Jerry Illikainen, Nov 22, 2019
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2019
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2019

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