On Thu, Jan 06 2022, Teng Long wrote: > A convenient way to pad strings is to use something like > `strbuf_addf(&buf, "%20s", "Hello, world!")`. > > However, the Coccinelle rule that forbids a format `"%s"` with a > constant string argument cast too wide a net, and also forbade such > padding. > > The original rule was introduced by commit: > > https://github.com/git/git/commit/28c23cd4c3902449aff72cb9a4a703220be0d6ac Let's refer to commits like this: 28c23cd4c39 (strbuf.cocci: suggest strbuf_addbuf() to add one strbuf to an other, 2019-01-25) > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Teng Long <dyroneteng@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci > index d9ada69b43..2d6e0f58fc 100644 > --- a/contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci > +++ b/contrib/coccinelle/strbuf.cocci > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct strbuf *SBP; > > @@ > expression E1, E2; > -format F =~ "s"; > +format F =~ "^s$"; > @@ > - strbuf_addf(E1, "%@F@", E2); > + strbuf_addstr(E1, E2); That file currently has: 18:format F =~ "s"; 26:format F =~ "s"; 47:format F =~ "s"; If we're fixing these let's fix the other logic errors as well.