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Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] pack-write: pass hash_algo to `fixup_pack_header_footer()`

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 17, 2025, 18:06 UTC
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Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:
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> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The `fixup_pack_header_footer()` function uses the global
>> `the_hash_algo` variable to access the repository's hash function. To
>> avoid global variable usage, pass the hash function from the layers
>> above.
>
> I'm probably being overly pedantic here, so feel free to ignore me. But
> you say "pass the hash function", technically that's not correct, you're
> passing down the struct that defines several properties of the hashing
> algorithm. This includes the hash function, but also other properties
> like the hex size. By using "pass the hash function" in the commit
> messages (and not only this commit message) it sounds to me like you're
> changing the type of the object that desribes the "hash algo". But
> again, feel free to ignore this comment.

I think the phrasing in the title that uses hash_algo (instead of "hash function") is fine, so we can use "pass a hash_algo from the layers above" in the body, perhaps?

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Message 19 of 36 in “pack-write: cleanup usage of global variables”
  1. 0/5 pack-write: cleanup usage of global variablesKarthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  2. 1/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `fixup_pack_header_footer()`Karthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2025
  4. 2/5 pack-write: pass repository to `index_pack_lockfile()`Karthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2025
  6. Karthik NayakJan 17, 2025
  7. 4/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_rev_file()`Karthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtJan 16, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2025
  10. 3/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_idx_file()`Karthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  11. Patrick SteinhardtJan 16, 2025
  12. Karthik NayakJan 17, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2025
  14. Karthik NayakJan 17, 2025
  15. 5/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_rev_*()`Karthik Nayak via B4 Relay, Jan 16, 2025
  16. 0/5 pack-write: cleanup usage of global variablesKarthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  17. 1/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `fixup_pack_header_footer()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  18. Toon ClaesJan 17, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2025
  20. Karthik NayakJan 19, 2025
  21. 2/5 pack-write: pass repository to `index_pack_lockfile()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  22. 3/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_idx_file()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  23. Toon ClaesJan 17, 2025
  24. Karthik NayakJan 19, 2025
  25. 4/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_rev_file()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  26. 5/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to internal functionsKarthik Nayak, Jan 17, 2025
  27. Patrick SteinhardtJan 17, 2025
  28. Karthik NayakJan 17, 2025
  29. 0/5 pack-write: cleanup usage of global variablesKarthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  30. 1/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `fixup_pack_header_footer()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  31. 2/5 pack-write: pass repository to `index_pack_lockfile()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  32. 3/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_idx_file()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  33. 4/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to `write_rev_file()`Karthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  34. 5/5 pack-write: pass hash_algo to internal functionsKarthik Nayak, Jan 19, 2025
  35. Patrick SteinhardtJan 24, 2025
  36. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2025

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