Re: [GSoC][PATCH v2 1/2] path.c: add xdg_cache_home

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 13, 2017, 21:39 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqefy0rh4h.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170313204355.56559-1-lehmacdj@gmail.com>

Devin Lehmacher <lehmacdj@gmail.com> writes:

> We already have xdg_config_home to format paths relative to
> XDG_CONFIG_HOME. Let's provide a similar function xdg_cache_home to do
> the same for paths relative to XDG_CACHE_HOME.

Nicely explained.

> +/**
> + * Return a newly allocated string with the evaluation of
> + * "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/git/$filename" if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is non-empty, otherwise
> + * "$HOME/.config/git/$filename". Return NULL upon error.

s|CONFIG|CACHE| and s|.config|.cache| are needed, methinks.

Will fix while queuing, so no need to resend only to fix this typo.

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