Re: [PATCH] simplified the chain if() statements of install_branch_config() function in branch.c

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> Nemina Amarasinghe <neminaa@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Nemina Amarasinghe <neminaa <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Sorry for the first patch. Something went wrong. This is the correct one
>
> Please, re-read Documentation/SubmittingPatches. In short, don't inline
> patch headers and don't forget the sign-off.
>
>> Subject: [PATCH] simplified the chain if() statements of
>>  install_brach_config() function in branch.c
>
> Keep the subject line short (ideally <50 characters), and avoid past
> tense. We usually use imperative (the patch asks the codebase to
> refactor itself => "simplify if statements ...". We usually prefix the
> subject line with the place/subsystem where the change is done =>
> "branch.c: simplify if ...".
>
>> -		else if (!remote_is_branch && origin)
>> -			printf_ln(rebasing ?
>> - _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s by rebasing.") :
>> -				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s."),
>> -				  local, remote);
>> -		else if (!remote_is_branch && !origin)
>> +		else if (!remote_is_branch && (origin || !origin))
>
> Is it me, or is (origin || !origin) a tautology?

Since it _is_ you, that question is a tautology because of its first
part already.  But the second one would be just as good.

-- 
David Kastrup