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Re: [PATCH] help.c: rename function "pretty_print_string_list"

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 28, 2014, 21:24 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqfvn3szgt.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
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Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> writes:
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> The part "string_list" of the name of function
> "pretty_print_string_list" is just an implementation
> detail. The function pretty-prints command names so
> rename it to "pretty_print_cmdnames".
>
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com>
> ---
> Just noticed this while digging through Git codebase.

Thanks. This is a leftover from 7dbc2c04 (git wrapper: basic fixes., 2005-11-15); it used to be that this function was to pretty print the contents of a string_list but it was updated to use its own structure type.

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>
>  help.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index df7d16d..b266b09 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
>  	cmds->cnt = cj;
>  }
>  
> -static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdnames *cmds,
> -				     unsigned int colopts)
> +static void pretty_print_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds, unsigned int colopts)
>  {
>  	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
>  	struct column_options copts;
> @@ -209,14 +208,14 @@ void list_commands(unsigned int colopts,
>  		const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
>  		printf_ln(_("available git commands in '%s'"), exec_path);
>  		putchar('\n');
> -		pretty_print_string_list(main_cmds, colopts);
> +		pretty_print_cmdnames(main_cmds, colopts);
>  		putchar('\n');
>  	}
>  
>  	if (other_cmds->cnt) {
>  		printf_ln(_("git commands available from elsewhere on your $PATH"));
>  		putchar('\n');
> -		pretty_print_string_list(other_cmds, colopts);
> +		pretty_print_cmdnames(other_cmds, colopts);
>  		putchar('\n');
>  	}
>  }
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  1. help.c: rename function "pretty_print_string_list"Ralf Thielow, Feb 28, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014

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