"Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> From: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> `dash_dash_pos` was only calculated under `opts->accept_pathspec`. This
> is unexpected to readers and made it harder to reason about the code.
> Fix this by restoring the expected meaning.
Perhaps. I think the original reasoning was to compute only where
dash_dash_pos will be needed, but the code changes over time, and
places that need the value of dash_dash_pos would change over time,
so from that point of view, I think it makes sense to make sure it
gets always computed like this patch does.
> Simplify the code by dropping `argcount` and useless `argc` / `argv`
> manipulations.
I am not sure if this is a good change, though. It goes against the
reasoning that makes the above "dash-dash-pos" change is a good one,
doesn't it? When the code changes over time, wouldn't it make the
code more clear to keep track of the count of args it saw in a
separate variable, than relying on the invariant that currently
happens to hold which is "if dash-dash is after the first argument,
return 2 and otherwise return 1"?
> @@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
> int *dwim_remotes_matched)
> {
> const char **new_branch = &opts->new_branch;
> - int argcount = 0;
> const char *arg;
> int dash_dash_pos;
> int has_dash_dash = 0;
> @@ -1180,17 +1179,21 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
> arg = argv[0];
> dash_dash_pos = -1;
> for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> - if (opts->accept_pathspec && !strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
> + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
> dash_dash_pos = i;
> break;
> }
> }
> - if (dash_dash_pos == 0)
> - return 1; /* case (2) */
> - else if (dash_dash_pos == 1)
> - has_dash_dash = 1; /* case (3) or (1) */
> - else if (dash_dash_pos >= 2)
> - die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), dash_dash_pos);
> +
> + if (opts->accept_pathspec) {
> + if (dash_dash_pos == 0)
> + return 1; /* case (2) */
> + else if (dash_dash_pos == 1)
> + has_dash_dash = 1; /* case (3) or (1) */
> + else if (dash_dash_pos >= 2)
> + die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), dash_dash_pos);
Non-standard indentation? In our code, a level of indent is another
horizontal tab.
> + }
