The comment above these functions actually describes sha1_file_name, and comes from the very first revision of git. Commit 723c31f (Add "git_path()" and "head_ref()" helper functions., 2005-07-05) added git_path, pushing the comment away from the function it describes; later commits added more functions in this block. Let's fix the comment to describe these related functions in more detail. Let's also make sure to point out their safer alternatives (and move those alternatives below, which makes more sense when reading the file). Note that we do not need to move the existing comment to sha1_file_name. Commit d40d535 (sha1_file.c: document a bunch of functions defined in the file, 2014-02-21) already added a much more descriptive comment to it. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- cache.h | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index 6bb7119..8db884e 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -708,6 +708,18 @@ extern int check_repository_format(void); #define DATA_CHANGED 0x0020 #define TYPE_CHANGED 0x0040 +/* + * Return a statically allocated filename, either generically (mkpath), in + * the repository directory (git_path), or in a submodule's repository + * directory (git_path_submodule). In all cases, note that the result + * may be overwritten by another call to _any_ of the functions. Consider + * using the safer "dup" or "strbuf" formats below. + */ +extern const char *mkpath(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); +extern const char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); +extern const char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...) + __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))); + extern char *mksnpath(char *buf, size_t n, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4))); extern void strbuf_git_path(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...) @@ -717,11 +729,6 @@ extern char *git_pathdup(const char *fmt, ...) extern char *mkpathdup(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); -/* Return a statically allocated filename matching the sha1 signature */ -extern const char *mkpath(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); -extern const char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))); -extern const char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...) - __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))); extern void report_linked_checkout_garbage(void); /* -- 2.5.0.414.g670f2a4 -- 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