From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: "Michael Haggerty" <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] write_ref_sha1(): remove check for lock == NULL
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:06:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150211000600.GB30561@peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kbCHAS3kbF_rwiGFxNCG1movygkcyOddELM7ikOM+wKBQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 02:52:23PM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > None of the callers pass NULL to this function, and there doesn't seem
> > to be any usefulness to allowing them to do so.
>
> Usually I'd oppose this change, as it seems to be a good defensive
> measure. (I cannot assume future me or anybody knows what they're
> doing), but as this function (write_ref_sha1) is not widely exposed
> any more since aae383db8 (Apr 28, refs.c: make write_ref_sha1 static),
> I think it's safe to assume changes affecting this call are well
> understood in the future.
Thanks, I was iffy on this change for the same reason, but after your
explanation, I too think it is reasonable.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-11 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-09 9:12 [PATCH 0/8] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 1/8] write_ref_sha1(): remove check for lock == NULL Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 22:52 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11 0:06 ` Jeff King [this message]
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 2/8] write_ref_sha1(): Move write elision test to callers Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 19:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 3/8] lock_ref_sha1_basic(): do not set force_write for missing references Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:24 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11 0:05 ` Jeff King
2015-02-11 0:07 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 12:09 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 4/8] reflog: fix documentation Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:25 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 5/8] reflog: rearrange the manpage Michael Haggerty
2015-02-10 23:42 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 15:17 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 6/8] reflog_expire(): ignore --updateref for symbolic references Michael Haggerty
2015-02-11 0:44 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 16:08 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 17:04 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 20:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-12 21:54 ` Jeff King
2015-02-13 14:34 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 7/8] reflog_expire(): never update a reference to null_sha1 Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 20:55 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-02-12 11:51 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 9:12 ` [PATCH 8/8] reflog_expire(): lock symbolic refs themselves, not their referent Michael Haggerty
2015-02-11 0:49 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-11 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-11 23:25 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 16:52 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-12 18:04 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 16:26 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-13 17:16 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 18:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 18:21 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 18:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 18:32 ` Stefan Beller
2015-02-13 19:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-13 20:11 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-13 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-14 5:58 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-09 18:57 ` [PATCH 0/8] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Stefan Beller
2015-02-10 23:12 ` [PATCH] refs.c: get rid of force_write flag Stefan Beller
2015-02-12 15:35 ` Michael Haggerty
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