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Re: [PATCH] config.c: change the function signature of `git_config_string()`

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 22, 2014, 15:53 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
> OK, it seems I got convinced too quickly by Junio ;-). The function
> produces a char * that can be modified, but it also receives a value,
> and the function should keep the "const" to allow passing "const char
> *".

Don't blame me. I never suggested to touch that existing function, with existing call sites.

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Message 6 of 10 in “config.c: change the function signature of `git_config_string()`”
  1. config.c: change the function signature of `git_config_string()`Tanay Abhra, Jul 22, 2014
  2. Jeff KingJul 22, 2014
  3. Tanay AbhraJul 22, 2014
  4. Matthieu MoyJul 22, 2014
  5. Tanay AbhraJul 22, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2014
  7. Matthieu MoyJul 22, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2014
  9. Matthieu MoyJul 23, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2014

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