Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > There are lots of options that callers can set, yet most have a limited > range of valid values, some options are meant for output (e.g. > opt->obuf, which is expected to start empty), and callers are expected > to not set opt->priv. Add several sanity checks to ensure callers > provide sane values. > ... The change to the struct does not seem to have much with the above rationale. > diff --git a/merge-recursive.h b/merge-recursive.h > index 978847e672..d201ee80fb 100644 > --- a/merge-recursive.h > +++ b/merge-recursive.h > @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct merge_options { > } detect_directory_renames; > int rename_limit; > int rename_score; > - int show_rename_progress; > + int show_rename_progress : 1; And a one-bit wide bitfield that is signed is always an iffy idea. > > /* xdiff-related options (patience, ignore whitespace, ours/theirs) */ > long xdl_opts;