+ cc Brandon On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If we were to follow the convention to leave an optional string > variable to NULL, we'd need to do this on top. I am not sure if it > is a good change, though. I think it is a good change. Thanks, Stefan > --- > builtin/ls-files.c | 7 ++++--- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c > index 6e78c71..687e475 100644 > --- a/builtin/ls-files.c > +++ b/builtin/ls-files.c > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int show_valid_bit; > static int line_terminator = '\n'; > static int debug_mode; > static int show_eol; > -static const char *output_path_prefix = ""; > +static const char *output_path_prefix; > static int recurse_submodules; > > static const char *prefix; > @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void write_name(const char *name) > * churn. > */ > static struct strbuf full_name = STRBUF_INIT; > - if (*output_path_prefix) { > + if (output_path_prefix && *output_path_prefix) { > strbuf_reset(&full_name); > strbuf_addstr(&full_name, output_path_prefix); > strbuf_addstr(&full_name, name); > @@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ static void show_gitlink(const struct cache_entry *ce) > argv_array_push(&cp.args, "ls-files"); > argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--recurse-submodules"); > argv_array_pushf(&cp.args, "--output-path-prefix=%s%s/", > - output_path_prefix, ce->name); > + output_path_prefix ? output_path_prefix : "", > + ce->name); > cp.git_cmd = 1; > cp.dir = ce->name; > status = run_command(&cp); > -- > 2.10.0-458-g97b4043 >