# [PATCH v2] path: Fix a sparse warning

1 messages from 2013-05-02 to 2013-05-02. Participants: Ramsay Jones.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33707

## Ramsay Jones, 2013-05-02 19:11

Subject: [PATCH v2] path: Fix a sparse warning
Message-ID: <5182BA79.7000801@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5182BA79.7000801%40ramsay1.demon.co.uk

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On MinGW, sparse issues an "'get_st_mode_bits' not declared. Should
it be static?" warning. The MinGW and MSVC builds do not see the
declaration of this function, within git-compat-util.h, due to its
placement within an preprocessor conditional.

In order to suppress the warning, we simply move the declaration to
the top level of the header.

Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
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Hi Junio,

This used to be

    [PATCH 2/6] path: Make the 'get_st_mode_bits' symbol a file static

but the change in implementation required a change in title.
This version simply moves the declaration so that the MinGW and
MSVC builds can see it.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones

 git-compat-util.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e955bb5..0e5e4f8 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
 typedef long intptr_t;
 typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
 #endif
-int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
 #if defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
 #include <grp.h>
@@ -176,6 +175,8 @@ int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+extern int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
+
 /* used on Mac OS X */
 #ifdef PRECOMPOSE_UNICODE
 #include "compat/precompose_utf8.h"
-- 
1.8.2

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