The only place get_encoding uses the global "commit" variable is when writing an error message explaining that its lone argument was NULL. Since the function's only caller ensures that a NULL argument isn't passed, we can remove this check with two beneficial consequences: 1. Since the function doesn't use the global "commit" variable any more, it won't need to change when we eliminate the global variable later in the series. 2. Translators no longer need to localize an error message that will never be shown. Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Mentored-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/revert.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c index 7dfe295..30b39c0 100644 --- a/builtin/revert.c +++ b/builtin/revert.c @@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ static char *get_encoding(const char *message) { const char *p = message, *eol; - if (!p) - die (_("Could not read commit message of %s"), - sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1)); while (*p && *p != '\n') { for (eol = p + 1; *eol && *eol != '\n'; eol++) ; /* do nothing */ -- 1.7.4.rc1.7.g2cf08.dirty -- 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