Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> sha1_name.c | 3 ++- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c >> index 58dbbe2..15e97eb 100644 >> --- a/sha1_name.c >> +++ b/sha1_name.c >> @@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1) >> static int get_describe_name(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1) >> { >> const char *cp; >> + unsigned flags = GET_SHORT_QUIETLY | GET_SHORT_COMMIT_ONLY; >> >> for (cp = name + len - 1; name + 2 <= cp; cp--) { >> char ch = *cp; >> @@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ static int get_describe_name(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1) >> if (ch == 'g' && cp[-1] == '-') { >> cp++; >> len -= cp - name; >> - return get_short_sha1(cp, len, sha1, GET_SHORT_QUIETLY); >> + return get_short_sha1(cp, len, sha1, flags); > > Is there a reason why you chose to put the definition in the > root-scope of the function? Mostly because it never changes inside the loop. "unsigned const flags" upfront might have even been a better option, though. A less important reason is it would make the resulting file wider, not narrower, than the original. -- 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