# [PATCH] merge-recursive: use STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP

2 messages from 2016-08-05 to 2016-08-07. Participants: René Scharfe, Johannes Schindelin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43015

## René Scharfe, 2016-08-05 20:42

Subject: [PATCH] merge-recursive: use STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP
Message-ID: <57A4FA24.4050505@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/57A4FA24.4050505%40web.de

```
Initialize a string_list right when it's defined.  That's shorter, saves
a function call and makes it more obvious that we're using the NODUP
variant here.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 merge-recursive.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index a4a1195..97e6737 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static void record_df_conflict_files(struct merge_options *o,
 	 * and the file need to be present, then the D/F file will be
 	 * reinstated with a new unique name at the time it is processed.
 	 */
-	struct string_list df_sorted_entries;
+	struct string_list df_sorted_entries = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	const char *last_file = NULL;
 	int last_len = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ static void record_df_conflict_files(struct merge_options *o,
 		return;
 
 	/* Ensure D/F conflicts are adjacent in the entries list. */
-	memset(&df_sorted_entries, 0, sizeof(struct string_list));
 	for (i = 0; i < entries->nr; i++) {
 		struct string_list_item *next = &entries->items[i];
 		string_list_append(&df_sorted_entries, next->string)->util =
-- 
2.9.2


```

## Johannes Schindelin, 2016-08-07 08:51

Subject: Re: [PATCH] merge-recursive: use STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1608071049510.5786@virtualbox>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.2.20.1608071049510.5786%40virtualbox
In-Reply-To: <57A4FA24.4050505@web.de>

```
Hi René,

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016, René Scharfe wrote:

> Initialize a string_list right when it's defined.  That's shorter, saves
> a function call and makes it more obvious that we're using the NODUP
> variant here.

Thank you! I guess I never updated the code after the _INIT* macros were
introduced.

The change is good, of course.

Thanks,
Dscho
```
