Hey Eric, On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> + if (!file_exists(git_path_bisect_head())) { >>>> + struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT; >>>> + argv_array_pushl(&argv, "checkout", branch.buf, "--", NULL); >>>> + status = run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD); >>>> + argv_array_clear(&argv); >>>> + } >>>> + >>>> + if (status) { >>> >>> What's the purpose of having this 'status' conditional outside of the >>> above !file_exists() conditional, which is the only place that >>> 'status' gets assigned. Likewise, 'status' itself could be declared >>> within the scope of that conditional block. >> >> I wanted to avoid nesting. In a few other parts of the code also, >> nesting is avoided as much as possible. > > I figured as much, but I'm not sure that that is such a good idea in > this case since it makes the code more difficult to reason about. To > wit: as a reader of the code, I spent extra time trying to figure why > it was structured this way and if 'status' is assigned or accessed in > some other non-obvious way. I can put status inside the if() . Regards, Pranit Bauva -- 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