On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 09:32:04PM +0000, David Turner wrote:
> > +static void env_append(struct argv_array *env, const char *key, const
> > +char *val) {
> > + const char *old = getenv(key);
> > +
> > + if (!old)
> > + argv_array_pushf(env, "%s=%s", key, val);
> > + else
> > + argv_array_pushf(env, "%s=%s%c%s", key, old, PATH_SEP,
> > val);
> >+}
>
> I would like a comment explaining this function.
I'll squash in:
diff --git a/tmp-objdir.c b/tmp-objdir.c
index c92e6cc..a98c246 100644
--- a/tmp-objdir.c
+++ b/tmp-objdir.c
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ static void remove_tmp_objdir_on_signal(int signo)
raise(signo);
}
+/*
+ * These env_* functions are for setting up the child environment; the
+ * "replace" variant overrides the value of any existing variable with that
+ * "key". The "append" variant puts our new value at the end of a list,
+ * separated by PATH_SEP (which is what separate values in
+ * GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES).
+ */
static void env_append(struct argv_array *env, const char *key, const char
*val)
{
const char *old = getenv(key);
> > + * Finalize a temporary object directory by migrating its objects into
> > +the main
> > + * object database.
> > + */
>
> This should mention that it frees its argument.
And:
diff --git a/tmp-objdir.h b/tmp-objdir.h
index aa47aa9..b1e45b4 100644
--- a/tmp-objdir.h
+++ b/tmp-objdir.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ const char **tmp_objdir_env(const struct tmp_objdir *);
/*
* Finalize a temporary object directory by migrating its objects into the main
- * object database.
+ * object database, removing the temporary directory, and freeing any
+ * associated resources.
*/
int tmp_objdir_migrate(struct tmp_objdir *);
-Peff
