Thalia Archibald <thalia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The strbuf in `note_change_n` is to copy the remainder of `p` before
> potentially invalidating it when reading the next line. However, `p` is
> not used after that point. It has been unused since the function was
> created in a8dd2e7d2b (fast-import: Add support for importing commit
> notes, 2009-10-09) and looks to be a fossil from adapting
> `file_change_m`. Remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thalia Archibald <thalia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> builtin/fast-import.c | 5 -----
> 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
Losing code that is not used is always good ;-)
> diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
> index 0da7e8a5a5..7a398dc975 100644
> --- a/builtin/fast-import.c
> +++ b/builtin/fast-import.c
> @@ -2444,7 +2444,6 @@ static void file_change_cr(const char *p, struct branch *b, int rename)
>
> static void note_change_n(const char *p, struct branch *b, unsigned char *old_fanout)
> {
> - static struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
> struct object_entry *oe;
> struct branch *s;
> struct object_id oid, commit_oid;
> @@ -2509,10 +2508,6 @@ static void note_change_n(const char *p, struct branch *b, unsigned char *old_fa
> die("Invalid ref name or SHA1 expression: %s", p);
>
> if (inline_data) {
> - if (p != uq.buf) {
> - strbuf_addstr(&uq, p);
> - p = uq.buf;
> - }
> read_next_command();
> parse_and_store_blob(&last_blob, &oid, 0);
> } else if (oe) {
