On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 9:11 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> wrote: > It's not immediately obvious options which options are applicable to > what subcommand ni git-show-ref(1) because all options exist as global s/ni/in/ > state. This can easily cause confusion for the reader. > > Refactor options for the `--exclude-existing` subcommand to be contained > in a separate structure. This structure is stored on the stack and > passed down as required. Consequentially, it clearly delimits the scope s/Consequentially/Consequently/ > of those options and requires the reader to worry less about global > state. > > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c > @@ -95,6 +94,11 @@ static int add_existing(const char *refname, > +struct exclude_existing_options { > + int enabled; > + const char *pattern; > +}; Do we need this `enabled` flag? Can't the same be achieved by checking whether `pattern` is NULL or not (see below)? > @@ -104,11 +108,11 @@ static int add_existing(const char *refname, > -static int cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(const char *match) > +static int cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(const struct exclude_existing_options *opts) Since you're renaming `match` to `opts->pattern`... > { > - int matchlen = match ? strlen(match) : 0; > + int matchlen = opts->pattern ? strlen(opts->pattern) : 0; ... and since you're touching this line anyway, maybe it makes sense to rename `matchlen` to `patternlen`? > @@ -124,11 +128,11 @@ static int cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(const char *match) > - if (strncmp(ref, match, matchlen)) > + if (strncmp(ref, opts->pattern, matchlen)) Especially since, as shown in this context, `matchlen` is really the length of the _pattern_, not the length of the resulting _match_. > @@ -200,44 +204,46 @@ static int hash_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset) > int cmd_show_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > { > [...] > - if (exclude_arg) > - return cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(exclude_existing_arg); > + if (exclude_existing_opts.enabled) > + return cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(&exclude_existing_opts); (continued from above) Can't this be handled without a separate `enabled` flag? if (exclude_existing_opts.pattern) ...