On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Sun He <sunheehnus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: Replace tmpname with pack_tmp_name in warning. The developer mistook tmpname for pack_tmp_name. The subject should be a short summary of the change, and the rest of the commit message before the "---" line provides extra detail explaining the change. > Signed-off-by: Sun He <sunheehnus@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > As tmpname is used without initialization, it should be a mistake. This is valid information for the commit message above the "---" line. So, your full commit message might say something like this: Subject: write_pack_file: use correct variable in diagnostic 'pack_tmp_name' is the subject of the utime() check, so report it in the warning, not the uninitialized 'tmpname'. > builtin/pack-objects.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c > index c733379..4922ce5 100644 > --- a/builtin/pack-objects.c > +++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c > @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void) > utb.modtime = --last_mtime; > if (utime(pack_tmp_name, &utb) < 0) > warning("failed utime() on %s: %s", > - tmpname, strerror(errno)); > + pack_tmp_name, strerror(errno)); > } > > /* Enough space for "-<sha-1>.pack"? */ > -- > 1.9.0.138.g2de3478.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