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Re: [RFC 1/3] refspec: fix documentation referring to refspec_item

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 17, 2020, 16:18 UTC
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<xmqqk0xx455u.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
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<20200815002509.2467645-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> writes:
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> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
>
> In commit d27eb356bf25 ("remote: move doc to remote.h and refspec.h")
> the documentation for the refspec structure was moved into refspec.h
>
> This documentation refers to elements of the refspec_item, not the
> struct refspec. Move the documentation slightly in order to align it
> with the structure it is actually referring to.
Makes sense to me.
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>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
> ---
>  refspec.h | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refspec.h b/refspec.h
> index 23e1555b88ac..8d654e3a3ac4 100644
> --- a/refspec.h
> +++ b/refspec.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
>  #define TAG_REFSPEC "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
>  extern const struct refspec_item *tag_refspec;
>  
> +/**
> + * A struct refspec_item holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec.  If it will
> + * force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true.  If it is a pattern
> + * (sides end with '*') pattern is true.  src and dest are the two sides
> + * (including '*' characters if present); if there is only one side, it is src,
> + * and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are empty (i.e., the refspec either
> + * starts or ends with ':'), the corresponding side is "".
> + *
> + * remote_find_tracking(), given a remote and a struct refspec_item with either src
> + * or dst filled out, will fill out the other such that the result is in the
> + * "fetch" specification for the remote (note that this evaluates patterns and
> + * returns a single result).
> + */
>  struct refspec_item {
>  	unsigned force : 1;
>  	unsigned pattern : 1;
> @@ -21,20 +34,8 @@ struct refspec_item {
>  #define REFSPEC_INIT_PUSH { .fetch = REFSPEC_PUSH }
>  
>  /**
> - * A struct refspec holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec.  If it will
> - * force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true.  If it is a pattern
> - * (sides end with '*') pattern is true.  src and dest are the two sides
> - * (including '*' characters if present); if there is only one side, it is src,
> - * and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are empty (i.e., the refspec either
> - * starts or ends with ':'), the corresponding side is "".
> - *
> - * An array of strings can be parsed into an array of struct refspecs using
> + * An array of strings can be parsed into a struct refspec using
>   * parse_fetch_refspec() or parse_push_refspec().
> - *
> - * remote_find_tracking(), given a remote and a struct refspec with either src
> - * or dst filled out, will fill out the other such that the result is in the
> - * "fetch" specification for the remote (note that this evaluates patterns and
> - * returns a single result).
>   */
>  struct refspec {
>  	struct refspec_item *items;
>
> base-commit: 878e727637ec5815ccb3301eb994a54df95b21b8
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Message 18 of 20 in “[RFC 1/3] refspec: fix documentation referring to refspec_item”
  1. Jacob KellerAug 15, 2020
  2. 2/3 refspec: make sure stack refspec_item variables are zeroedJacob Keller, Aug 15, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2020
  4. Jacob KellerAug 17, 2020
  5. 3/3 refspec: add support for negative refspecsJacob Keller, Aug 15, 2020
  6. Jacob KellerAug 17, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2020
  8. Jacob KellerAug 18, 2020
  9. Jeff KingAug 18, 2020
  10. Jacob KellerAug 20, 2020
  11. Jeff KingAug 21, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2020
  13. Jacob KellerAug 21, 2020
  14. Jacob KellerAug 21, 2020
  15. Jacob KellerAug 21, 2020
  16. Jacob KellerAug 21, 2020
  17. Jeff KingAug 21, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2020
  19. Jacob KellerAug 21, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2020

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