Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] ref-filter: add worktreepath atom

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On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:53:24PM -0800, Nickolai Belakovski wrote:

> So where does that leave us for this series? We could move hashmap
> back into used_atom, but if a user entered
> --format="%(worktreepath)%(worktreepath:)" we'd end up freeing
> worktrees twice. Not that that should stop us - that scenario is one
> where user input isn't sensible and personally I don't think it's
> necessary to protect against such things (unless the user was
> reasonably confused, but I don't see that as the case here).
> 
> I agree with Jeff that a ref-filter "context" would help. And in more
> ways than one, it could help us decide ahead of time whether to check
> if a ref is a branch or a tag before doing a hashmap lookup or just
> skip the check (i.e. if there are no tags within the context, the
> check would only add cost). But I do believe that that would be
> outside the scope of this series.
> 
> I think leaving it as globals is a tiny bit safer and also makes it
> easier to pack it into a context if/when we decide to do that work,
> but as always I'm open to other interpretations.

Yeah, I agree with this: global for now, and then easily moved into a
context struct later (along with all the other existing globals).

-Peff



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