# [PATCH 11/14] cat-file.c: Initialise variable to suppress msvc warning

1 messages from 2010-12-04 to 2010-12-04. Participants: Ramsay Jones.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25964

## Ramsay Jones, 2010-12-04 19:10

Subject: [PATCH 11/14] cat-file.c: Initialise variable to suppress msvc warning
Message-ID: <4CFA920D.2020303@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4CFA920D.2020303%40ramsay1.demon.co.uk

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The msvc compiler thinks that a variable could be used while
uninitialised and issues the following warning:

    ...\git\builtin\cat-file.c(171) : warning C4700: uninitialized \
        local variable 'contents' used

In order to suppress the warning, we simply initialise the
contents pointer variable to NULL.

Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
---
 builtin/cat-file.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 94632db..472f3ad 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int batch_one_object(const char *obj_name, int print_contents)
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	enum object_type type = 0;
 	unsigned long size;
-	void *contents = contents;
+	void *contents = NULL;
 
 	if (!obj_name)
 	   return 1;
-- 
1.7.3

```