Hi Erin,
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Erin Dahlgren wrote:
> setup_git_directory_gently() expects two types of failures to
> discover a git directory (e.g. .git/):
>
> - GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING: could not find a git directory in any
> parent directories of the cwd.
> - GIT_DIR_HIT_MOUNT_POINT: could not find a git directory in
> any parent directories up to the mount point of the cwd.
>
> Both cases are handled in a similar way, but there are misleading
> and unimportant differences. In both cases, setup_git_directory_gently()
> should:
>
> - Die if we are not in a git repository. Otherwise:
> - Set nongit_ok = 1, indicating that we are not in a git repository
> but this is ok.
> - Call strbuf_release() on any non-static struct strbufs that we
> allocated.
>
> Before this change are two misleading additional behaviors:
>
> - GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING: setup_nongit() changes to the cwd for no
> apparent reason. We never had the chance to change directories
> up to this point so chdir(current cwd) is pointless.
> - GIT_DIR_HIT_MOUNT_POINT: strbuf_release() frees the buffer
> of a static struct strbuf (cwd). This is unnecessary because the
> struct is static so its buffer is always reachable. This is also
> misleading because nowhere else in the function is this buffer
> released.
>
> This change eliminates these two misleading additional behaviors and
> deletes setup_nogit() because the code is clearer without it. The
> result is that we can see clearly that GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING and
> GIT_DIR_HIT_MOUNT_POINT lead to the same behavior (ignoring the
> different help messages).
>
> Thanks-to: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Erin Dahlgren <eedahlg...@gmail.com>
Thank you for working on this!
> ---
> setup.c | 34 +++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
Nice! It's always good to see a code reduction with such a cleanup.
Just one thing:
> diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
> index 1be5037..b441e39 100644
> --- a/setup.c
> +++ b/setup.c
> @@ -831,16 +831,6 @@ static const char *setup_bare_git_dir(struct strbuf
> *cwd, int offset,
> return NULL;
> }
>
> -static const char *setup_nongit(const char *cwd, int *nongit_ok)
> -{
> - if (!nongit_ok)
> - die(_("not a git repository (or any of the parent directories):
> %s"), DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
> - if (chdir(cwd))
> - die_errno(_("cannot come back to cwd"));
> - *nongit_ok = 1;
> - return NULL;
> -}
> -
> static dev_t get_device_or_die(const char *path, const char *prefix, int
> prefix_len)
> {
> struct stat buf;
> @@ -1097,18 +1087,20 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
> prefix = setup_bare_git_dir(&cwd, dir.len, &repo_fmt,
> nongit_ok);
> break;
> case GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING:
> - prefix = setup_nongit(cwd.buf, nongit_ok);
> - break;
> + if (!nongit_ok)
> + die(_("not a git repository (or any of the parent
> directories): %s"),
> + DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
> + *nongit_ok = 1;
> + strbuf_release(&dir);
> + return NULL;
> case GIT_DIR_HIT_MOUNT_POINT:
> - if (nongit_ok) {
> - *nongit_ok = 1;
> - strbuf_release(&cwd);
> - strbuf_release(&dir);
> - return NULL;
> - }
> - die(_("not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
> %s)\n"
> - "Stopping at filesystem boundary
> (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set)."),
> - dir.buf);
> + if (!nongit_ok)
> + die(_("not a git repository (or any parent up to mount
> point %s)\n"
> + "Stopping at filesystem
> boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set)."),
> + dir.buf);
This indentation would probably be better aligned with the first
double-quote on the `die` line.
Otherwise: ACK!
Thank you,
Johannes
> + *nongit_ok = 1;
> + strbuf_release(&dir);
> + return NULL;
> default:
> BUG("unhandled setup_git_directory_1() result");
> }
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>
