Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> static int create_seq_dir(void) >>> { >>> + const char *todo_file = git_path(SEQ_TODO_FILE); >>> const char *seq_dir = git_path(SEQ_DIR); >> >> Scary idiom. > > What's scary about it? The next person who copies and pastes this code to other codepaths without thinking that the return value of git_path() is ephemeral and may need to be saved away depending on what goes between its assignment and its use. -- 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