Re: [GSoC][PATCH v5 04/20] rebase -i: rewrite the edit-todo functionality in C

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Hi Phillip,

Le 08/08/2018 à 18:04, Phillip Wood a écrit :
>>>> +int edit_todo_list(unsigned flags)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
>>>> +    const char *todo_file = rebase_path_todo();
>>>> +    FILE *todo;
>>>> +
>>>> +    if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, todo_file, 0) < 0)
>>>> +        return error_errno(_("could not read '%s'."), todo_file);
>>>> +
>>>> +    strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
>>>> +    todo = fopen_or_warn(todo_file, "w");
>>>
>>> This truncates the existing file, if there are any errors writing the
>>> new one then the user has lost the old one. write_message() in
>>> sequencer.c avoids this problem by writing a new file and then renaming
>>> it if the write is successful, maybe it is worth exporting it so it can
>>> be used elsewhere.
>>>
>>>> +    if (!todo) {
>>>> +        strbuf_release(&buf);
>>>> +        return 1;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +
>>>> +    strbuf_write(&buf, todo);
>>>> +    fclose(todo);
>>>
>>> There needs to be some error checking after the write and the close
>>> (using write_message() would mean you only have to check for errors in
>>> one place)
>>>
>>
>> Right.  Should I find a new nawe for write_message()?
> 
> That might be a good idea, I'm not sure what it should be though, maybe
> write_file()?, perhaps someone else might have a better suggestion.
> 

write_file() already exists in wrapper.c.  I wondered, as this make use
of the lockfile API, perhaps it could be moved to lockfile.{c,h}, and
renamed to something like write_file_with_lock().

Cheers,
Alban




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