In particular, sparse issues the "symbol 'a_symbol' was not declared. Should it be static?" warnings for the following symbols: setup.c:159:3: 'pathspec_magic' setup.c:176:12: 'prefix_pathspec' These symbols only require file scope, so we add the static modifier to their declarations. Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Junio, I noticed these sparse warnings on the next branch (as of a few days ago). ATB, Ramsay Jones setup.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 58dc16c..013ad11 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) */ #define PATHSPEC_FROMTOP (1<<0) -struct pathspec_magic { +static struct pathspec_magic { unsigned bit; char mnemonic; /* this cannot be ':'! */ const char *name; @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ struct pathspec_magic { * the prefix part must always match literally, and a single stupid * string cannot express such a case. */ -const char *prefix_pathspec(const char *prefix, int prefixlen, const char *elt) +static const char *prefix_pathspec(const char *prefix, int prefixlen, const char *elt) { unsigned magic = 0; const char *copyfrom = elt; -- 1.7.5 -- 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