# [PATCH] git: make was_alias non-static

2 messages from 2015-03-01 to 2015-03-01. Participants: Alexander Kuleshov, Eric Sunshine.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/38673

## Alexander Kuleshov, 2015-03-01 06:48

Subject: [PATCH] git: make was_alias non-static
Message-ID: <1425192531-11951-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1425192531-11951-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail%40gmail.com

```
'was_alias' variable does not need to store it's value each iteration in the
loop, anyway this variable changes it's value with run_argv. So it does not
need to be static.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
---
 git.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 1780233..b8b6520 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **av)
 
 	while (1) {
 		static int done_help = 0;
-		static int was_alias = 0;
+		int was_alias = 0;
 		was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
 			break;
-- 
2.3.1.422.ge618558.dirty

```

## Eric Sunshine, 2015-03-01 23:44

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git: make was_alias non-static
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQdFSjN55o7E_F-Xr4HCax+JwzxYG90N0n4UXxe3yxNcg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAPig%2BcQdFSjN55o7E_F-Xr4HCax%2BJwzxYG90N0n4UXxe3yxNcg%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1425192531-11951-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com>

```
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 1:48 AM, Alexander Kuleshov
<kuleshovmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'was_alias' variable does not need to store it's value each iteration in the
> loop, anyway this variable changes it's value with run_argv. So it does not
> need to be static.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
> ---
>  git.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
> index 1780233..b8b6520 100644
> --- a/git.c
> +++ b/git.c
> @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **av)
>
>         while (1) {
>                 static int done_help = 0;

'done_help' could receive similar treatment by dropping 'static' and
moving it outside the 'while' loop. Doing so would make the logic
easier to understand.

> -               static int was_alias = 0;
> +               int was_alias = 0;

No need for the 0 initialization since 'was_alias' is being assigned
immediately below.

>                 was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
>                 if (errno != ENOENT)
>                         break;
> --
> 2.3.1.422.ge618558.dirty

```
