On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Erik Faye-Lund wrote: > >> --- a/git.c >> +++ b/git.c >> @@ -177,19 +177,20 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv) > [...] >> - trace_printf("trace: alias to shell cmd: %s => %s\n", >> - alias_command, alias_string + 1); > > Replaced by > > trace: run_command: ... > > (followed by "trace: exec: ..." on non-Windows (execv_shell_cmd)). > Ok. > >> - ret = system(alias_string + 1); >> + >> + /* build alias_argv */ >> + alias_argv = malloc(sizeof(char *) * *argcp + 1); > > This seems to be missing parentheses, so valgrind will complain > except on 8-bit systems. ;-) > > What if malloc fails? > 2x whoops :) >> + alias_argv[0] = alias_string + 1; >> + for (i = 1; i < *argcp; ++i) >> + alias_argv[i] = (*argv)[i]; >> + alias_argv[*argcp] = NULL; > > Nit: all these *argcp are noisy. > Yes. Fetching argc once is cleaner, thanks. >> + >> + ret = run_command_v_opt(alias_argv, RUN_USING_SHELL); >> + >> if (ret >= 0 && WIFEXITED(ret) && > > The return value from run_command and from system do not mean > the same thing. > Yet another "whoops" :) >> die("Failed to run '%s' when expanding alias '%s'", >> alias_string + 1, alias_command); > > run_command already prints an error message, but this one still > seems useful since it mentions the alias. > > Except as noted above, > Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> > Thanks, I agree with all your comments. But why did you remove the "/* build alias_argv */"-comment? :) v2 coming up! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html