> We can string_list_insert() to maintain sorted-ness of the > list as we find new items, or we can string_list_append() to > build an unsorted list and sort it at the end just once. > > As we do not rely on the sortedness while building the > list, we pick the "append and sort at the end" as it > has better worst case execution times. I would write this entire commit message as: Instead of using unsorted_string_list_lookup(), sort changed_submodule_names before performing any lookups so that we can use the faster string_list_lookup() instead. The code in this patch is fine, and patches 1-2 are fine too.