Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > +static int config_base_commit; This variable is used as a simple boolean whose name is overly broad (if it were named "config_base_auto" this complaint would not apply). If you envision possible future enhancements for this configuration variable, "int config_base_commit" might make sense but I don't think of anything offhand that would be happy with "int". > @@ -786,6 +787,12 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb) > } > if (!strcmp(var, "format.outputdirectory")) > return git_config_string(&config_output_directory, var, value); > + if (!strcmp(var, "format.base")){ Style. s/)){/)) {/ > + if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "auto")) { Does it make sense to allow "Auto" here? Given that the command line parsing uses strcmp() to require "auto", I do not think so. > + config_base_commit = 1; > + return 0; > + } When a value other than "auto" is given, is it sane to ignore them without even warning? I am wondering if this wants to be a format.useAutoBase boolean variable. > @@ -1215,7 +1222,12 @@ static void prepare_bases(struct base_tree_info *bases, > DIFF_OPT_SET(&diffopt, RECURSIVE); > diff_setup_done(&diffopt); > > - if (!strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) { > + if (base_commit && strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) { > + base = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(base_commit); > + if (!base) > + die(_("Unknown commit %s"), base_commit); > + oidcpy(&bases->base_commit, &base->object.oid); > + } else if ((base_commit && !strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) || config_base_commit) { It may be a poor design to teach prepare_bases() about "auto" thing. Doesn't it belong to the caller? The caller used to say "If a base is given, then call that function, by the way, the base must be a concrete one", and with the new "auto" feature, the caller loosens the last part of the statement and says "If a base is given, call that function, but if it is specified as "auto", I'd have to compute it for the user before doing so". -- 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