Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 19/08/17 21:30, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> In the future, we may find other variables that only allow an >> integer that specifies "this many days" (or other unit of time) and >> allow them to also do the same, and at that point we probably would >> want to move the helper to a place that is not specific to the >> rerere machinery. Perhaps config.c would be such a good neutral >> place, as it will allow git_parse_signed() to go back to static to >> the file. > > You make git_parse_unsigned() external in this patch, in addition > to git_parse_signed(), but don't actually call it. Was that intended? Yes, it was done on purpose for symmetry and was done before I had that "perhaps this can be moved to config.c" vision. Perhaps I should follow up the topic with [PATCH 3/2] to really move it to config.c to clean it up. But not today. Thanks.