On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 09:59:39PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > >> > diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h >> > index b6f03b3..556c839 100644 >> > --- a/git-compat-util.h >> > +++ b/git-compat-util.h >> > @@ -349,13 +349,31 @@ extern void set_die_is_recursing_routine(int (*routine)(void)); >> > extern int starts_with(const char *str, const char *prefix); >> > extern int ends_with(const char *str, const char *suffix); >> > >> > -static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix) >> > +/* >> > + * If "str" begins with "prefix", return 1. If out is non-NULL, >> > + * it it set to str + strlen(prefix) (i.e., the prefix is skipped). >> >> The documentation claims that 'out' can be NULL, however, the code >> does not respect this. NULL 'out' seems rather pointless (unless you >> want an alias for starts_with()), so presumably the documentation is >> incorrect. > > Thanks for catching. My original version (before I sent to the list) did > allow for a conditional NULL out, but I realized there was exactly one > caller who wanted this, and that they would be better off using > starts_with. I added patch 3 ("avoid using skip_prefix as a boolean") > and stripped the conditional from skip_prefix, but forgot to update the > comment. > > I think we'd just want to squash the patch below (I also took the > opportunity to fix a typo and clarify the text a bit): > > diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h > index 556c839..1187e1a 100644 > --- a/git-compat-util.h > +++ b/git-compat-util.h > @@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ extern int starts_with(const char *str, const char *prefix); > extern int ends_with(const char *str, const char *suffix); > > /* > - * If "str" begins with "prefix", return 1. If out is non-NULL, > - * it it set to str + strlen(prefix) (i.e., the prefix is skipped). > + * If the string "str" begins with the string found in "prefix", return 1. > + * The "out" parameter is set to "str + strlen(prefix)" (i.e., to the point in > + * the string right after the prefix). > * > * Otherwise, returns 0 and out is left untouched. For consistency with the preceding paragraph: Otherwise, return 0 and leave "out" untouched. > * > > -Peff -- 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