Thanks for the submission. Some commentary below to expose you to the
review process on this project...
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Replace with skip_prefix(), which uses the inbuilt function
> strcmp() to compare.
Explaining the purpose of the change is indeed important, however,
this description misses the mark. See below.
> Other Places were this can be implemented:
> commit.c : line 1117
> commit.c : line 1197
Bonus points if you actually follow through with this.
> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> commit.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
> index 6bf4fe0..1e181cf 100644
> --- a/commit.c
> +++ b/commit.c
> @@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ static void record_author_date(struct author_date_slab *author_date,
> char *buffer = NULL;
> struct ident_split ident;
> char *date_end;
> + char *flag_sp; /* stores return value of skip_prefix() */
It's not clear why this variable is needed. It's only assigned (below)
but never referenced. Also, the name conveys little or no meaning. If
you need a comment to explain the purpose of the variable, that's
probably a good indication that it's poorly named.
> unsigned long date;
>
> if (!commit->buffer) {
> @@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ static void record_author_date(struct author_date_slab *author_date,
> buf;
> buf = line_end + 1) {
> line_end = strchrnul(buf, '\n');
> - if (!starts_with(buf, "author ")) {
> + if ((flag_sp = skip_prefix(buf, "author ")) == NULL) {
Unfortunately, this change makes the code more difficult to read.
Let's review the GSoC microproject:
Rewrite commit.c:record_author_date() to use skip_prefix().
Are there other places in this file where skip_prefix() would
be **more readable** than starts_with()?
Note the part I **highlighted**. This is a good clue that use of
skip_prefix() can be used to simplify the code. Examine
record_author_date() more carefully and see if you can identify how to
do so.
> if (!line_end[0] || line_end[1] == '\n')
> return; /* end of header */
> continue;
> --
> 1.9.0.138.g2de3478
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