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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): reduce scope of local variable
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:55:59 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131226215559.GX20443@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1387696451-32224-3-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Michael Haggerty wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
> ---
>  sha1_file.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index c9245a6..cc9957e 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path)
>  int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
>  {
>  	char *pos = path + offset_1st_component(path);
> -	struct stat st;
>  
>  	while (pos) {
> +		struct stat st;

Is this to make it easier to reason about whether 'st' has been
properly initialized at any given moment, or is there a more subtle
reason?

Curious,
Jonathan

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-26 21:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-22  7:14 [PATCH 0/5] Fix two mkdir/rmdir races Michael Haggerty
2013-12-22  7:14 ` [PATCH 1/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): modernize format of "if" chaining Michael Haggerty
2013-12-26 21:52   ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-12-22  7:14 ` [PATCH 2/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): reduce scope of local variable Michael Haggerty
2013-12-26 21:55   ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2014-01-01 12:39     ` Michael Haggerty
2013-12-22  7:14 ` [PATCH 3/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): add "slash" pointer Michael Haggerty
2013-12-26 22:34   ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-01-01 21:10     ` Michael Haggerty
2013-12-22  7:14 ` [PATCH 4/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): fix a mkdir/rmdir race Michael Haggerty
2013-12-22 22:42   ` Ramsay Jones
2013-12-26 23:02   ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-01-02  0:53     ` Michael Haggerty
2013-12-22  7:14 ` [PATCH 5/5] rename_ref(): fix a mkdir()/rmdir() race Michael Haggerty
2013-12-26 23:20   ` Jonathan Nieder

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