CC'ing Elia as per the mention. Thread https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqzgjzzwnd.fsf@gitster.g/t/#u. On 02/05/2022 18:12, Junio C Hamano wrote: <xmqqzgjzzwnd.fsf@gitster.g> > Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> - if (option_origin != NULL) >> This technically wouldn't hit your rule, since "E" isn't just the >> variable name, as we typically do with our style. Is that something >> that Coccinelle automatically simplifies? >> >>> + if (option_origin != NULL) { >> Do you want to take this opportunity to drop the "!= NULL" here? >> >>> + free(remote_name); >>> remote_name = xstrdup(option_origin); >>> + } >>>> if (remote_name == NULL) >> Or do you want to keep similar style from the surrounding code? > I think that it is better to leave that particular clean-up to > the equals-null.cocci topic started by Elia; I know having them > separate would cause a merge conflict, but even if I change them > here, it will result in the same merge conflict anyway ;-)