On Thu, Oct 27 2022, René Scharfe wrote: > @@ -729,20 +727,22 @@ static int is_expected_rev(const struct object_id *oid) > enum bisect_error bisect_checkout(const struct object_id *bisect_rev, > int no_checkout) > { > - char bisect_rev_hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1]; > struct commit *commit; > struct pretty_print_context pp = {0}; > struct strbuf commit_msg = STRBUF_INIT; > > - oid_to_hex_r(bisect_rev_hex, bisect_rev); > update_ref(NULL, "BISECT_EXPECTED_REV", bisect_rev, NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR); > > - argv_checkout[2] = bisect_rev_hex; > if (no_checkout) { > update_ref(NULL, "BISECT_HEAD", bisect_rev, NULL, 0, > UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR); > } else { > - if (run_command_v_opt(argv_checkout, RUN_GIT_CMD)) > + struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; > + > + cmd.git_cmd = 1; > + strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "checkout", "-q", > + oid_to_hex(bisect_rev), "--", NULL); > + if (run_command(&cmd)) > /* > * Errors in `run_command()` itself, signaled by res < 0, > * and errors in the child process, signaled by res > 0 Perhaps I went overboard with it in my version, but it's probably worth mentioning when converting some of these that the reason for the pre-image of some is really not like the others. Now that we're on C99 it perhaps make s no difference, but the pre-image here is explicitly trying to avoid dynamic initializer elements, per 442c27dde78 (CodingGuidelines: mention dynamic C99 initializer elements, 2022-10-10). Well, partially, some of it appears to just be based on a misunderstanding of how our own APIs work, i.e. the use of oid_to_hex_r() over oid_to_hex(). > diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c > index 39fea24833..20aea0d248 100644 > --- a/builtin/am.c > +++ b/builtin/am.c > @@ -2187,14 +2187,12 @@ static int show_patch(struct am_state *state, enum show_patch_type sub_mode) > int len; > > if (!is_null_oid(&state->orig_commit)) { > - const char *av[4] = { "show", NULL, "--", NULL }; > - char *new_oid_str; > - int ret; > + struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; > > - av[1] = new_oid_str = xstrdup(oid_to_hex(&state->orig_commit)); > - ret = run_command_v_opt(av, RUN_GIT_CMD); > - free(new_oid_str); > - return ret; > + strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "show", oid_to_hex(&state->orig_commit), > + "--", NULL); > + cmd.git_cmd = 1; > + return run_command(&cmd); > } The same goes for this, FWIW I split this one out into its own commit (I left the earlier one alone): https://lore.kernel.org/git/patch-v2-04.10-5cfd6a94ce3-20221017T170316Z-avarab@xxxxxxxxx/; It uses the same pattern > diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c > index 4b10ad1a36..22bcc3444b 100644 > --- a/builtin/difftool.c > +++ b/builtin/difftool.c > @@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix, > struct pair_entry *entry; > struct index_state wtindex; > struct checkout lstate, rstate; > - int flags = RUN_GIT_CMD, err = 0; > - const char *helper_argv[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL, NULL, NULL }; > + int err = 0; > + struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; In general, I like the disection of this series, but with this... > struct hashmap wt_modified, tmp_modified; > int indices_loaded = 0; > > @@ -563,16 +563,17 @@ static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix, > } > > strbuf_setlen(&ldir, ldir_len); > - helper_argv[1] = ldir.buf; > strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len); > - helper_argv[2] = rdir.buf; > > if (extcmd) { > - helper_argv[0] = extcmd; > - flags = 0; > - } else > + strvec_push(&cmd.args, extcmd); > + } else { > + strvec_push(&cmd.args, "difftool--helper"); > + cmd.git_cmd = 1; ...and the frequent occurance of just e.g. "cmd.git_cmd = 1" and nothing else I'm wondering if we're not throwing the baby out with the bath water in having no convenience wrappers or macros at all. A lot of your 3-lines would be 1 lines if we just had e.g. (untested, and could be a function not a macro, but you get the idea): #define run_command_git_simple(__VA_ARGS__) \ struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; \ cmd.git_cmd = 1; \ strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, __VA_ARGS__); \ run_command(&cmd); But maybe nobody except me thinks that's worthwhile... > static void read_empty(const struct object_id *oid) > { > - int i = 0; > - const char *args[7]; > - > - args[i++] = "read-tree"; > - args[i++] = "-m"; > - args[i++] = "-u"; > - args[i++] = empty_tree_oid_hex(); > - args[i++] = oid_to_hex(oid); > - args[i] = NULL; > + struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; > + > + strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "read-tree", "-m", "-u", empty_tree_oid_hex(), > + oid_to_hex(oid), NULL); > + cmd.git_cmd = 1; > > - if (run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD)) > + if (run_command(&cmd)) > die(_("read-tree failed")); > } > > static void reset_hard(const struct object_id *oid) > { > - int i = 0; > - const char *args[6]; > - > - args[i++] = "read-tree"; > - args[i++] = "-v"; > - args[i++] = "--reset"; > - args[i++] = "-u"; > - args[i++] = oid_to_hex(oid); > - args[i] = NULL; > + struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; > + > + strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "read-tree", "-v", "--reset", "-u", > + oid_to_hex(oid), NULL); > + cmd.git_cmd = 1; > > - if (run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD)) > + if (run_command(&cmd)) > die(_("read-tree failed")); > } Two perfect examples, e.g. the former would just be: if (run_command_git_simple("read-tree", "-m", "-u", empty_tree_oid_hex(), oid_to_hex(oid), NULL)) die(...);