As reported here[0], Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.2 and "gcc -pedantic" don't understand the forward declaration of an unsized static array. They insist on an array size: d:\git\src\builtin\config.c(70,46): error C2133: 'builtin_config_options': unknown size The thread [1] explains that this is due to the single-pass nature of old compilers. To work around this error, introduce the forward-declared function usage_builtin_config() instead that uses the array builtin_config_options only after it has been defined. Also use this function in all other places where usage_with_options() is called with the same arguments. [0]: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1735 [1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c.moderated/bmiF2xMz51U Fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1735 Reported-By: Karen Huang (via GitHub) Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/config.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index b29d26dede..2c93a289a7 100644 --- a/builtin/config.c +++ b/builtin/config.c @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int show_origin; { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG | \ PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_type, (i) } -static struct option builtin_config_options[]; +static NORETURN void usage_builtin_config(void); static int option_parse_type(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset) @@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static int option_parse_type(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, * --type=int'. */ error("only one type at a time."); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, - builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } *to_type = new_type; @@ -157,11 +156,16 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = { OPT_END(), }; +static NORETURN void usage_builtin_config(void) +{ + usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); +} + static void check_argc(int argc, int min, int max) { if (argc >= min && argc <= max) return; error("wrong number of arguments"); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } static void show_config_origin(struct strbuf *buf) @@ -596,7 +600,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (use_global_config + use_system_config + use_local_config + !!given_config_source.file + !!given_config_source.blob > 1) { error("only one config file at a time."); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (use_local_config && nongit) @@ -660,12 +664,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if ((actions & (ACTION_GET_COLOR|ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL)) && type) { error("--get-color and variable type are incoherent"); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(actions)) { error("only one action at a time."); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (actions == 0) switch (argc) { @@ -673,25 +677,24 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) case 2: actions = ACTION_SET; break; case 3: actions = ACTION_SET_ALL; break; default: - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (omit_values && !(actions == ACTION_LIST || actions == ACTION_GET_REGEXP)) { error("--name-only is only applicable to --list or --get-regexp"); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (show_origin && !(actions & (ACTION_GET|ACTION_GET_ALL|ACTION_GET_REGEXP|ACTION_LIST))) { error("--show-origin is only applicable to --get, --get-all, " "--get-regexp, and --list."); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (default_value && !(actions & ACTION_GET)) { error("--default is only applicable to --get"); - usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, - builtin_config_options); + usage_builtin_config(); } if (actions & PAGING_ACTIONS) -- 2.15.0.rc1.299.gda03b47c3