On 02/03/18 03:59, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Ramsay Jones wrote: > >> Commit fcfba37337 ('ref-filter: make "--contains <id>" less chatty if >> <id> is invalid', 2018-02-23) added the add_str_to_commit_list() >> function, which causes sparse to issue a "... not declared. Should it >> be static?" warning for that symbol. > > Thanks for catching it! > >> In order to suppress the warning, mark that function as static. > > Isn't this closer to > > Indeed, the function is only used in this one compilation > unit. Mark it static. > > ? In other words, sparse's warning is accurate, and this is not about > trying to quiet a false positive but about addressing a true positive. I thought that was implied by the commit subject line. :-D However, it certainly doesn't hurt to be more explicit. Junio, do you want me to re-roll, or would you mind tweaking the commit message while queueing? Thanks! ATB, Ramsay Jones