Re: [PATCH 0/4] refspec: treat 'fetch' as a Boolean value

> This series explores treating the 'fetch' field of 'struct refspec' as a
> Boolean, instead of taking on values called "REFSPEC_FETCH" and
> "REFSPEC_PUSH".
>
> The refactoring takes place in a couple of steps, but IMHO the end
> result is pleasing and an improvement in clarity over the existing API.
>
> For reference, in one of the patches above, I had suggested replacing
> something like:
>
>     if (refspec->fetch == REFSPEC_FETCH) {
>       /* something */
>     } else {
>       /* something else */
>     }
>
> with a switch/case-statement, only to realize that 'refspec->fetch' is
> really a Boolean in disguise.
>
> I am not overly attached to these patches one way or the other. I think
> they do improve the refspec.h API, but they're also ripe for
> bike-shedding. So if we agree that they are good, I'm happy to see them
> move forward. But if not, I'd rather not spend the list's time
> bike-shedding here, so I'd just as soon drop them.
>
> Thanks in advance for your review!
>
> Taylor Blau (4):
>   refspec: treat 'fetch' as a Boolean value
>   refspec: replace `refspec_init()` with fetch/push variants
>   refspec: remove refspec_item_init_or_die()
>   refspec: replace `refspec_item_init()` with fetch/push variants
>
>  builtin/fetch.c    |   2 +-
>  builtin/pull.c     |   3 ++-
>  git-diff-pairs     | Bin 0 -> 12166200 bytes
>  refspec.c          |  38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  refspec.h          |  18 +++++++-----------
>  remote.c           |   4 ++--
>  transport-helper.c |   2 +-
>  7 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 git-diff-pairs