Re: [PATCH 1/6] remote.c: drop default_remote_name variable

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> When we read the remote config from disk, we update a
> default_remote_name variable if we see branch.*.remote
> config for the current branch. This isn't wrong, or even all
> that complicated, but it is a bit simpler (because it
> reduces our overall state) to just lazily compute the
> default when we need it.
>
> The ulterior motive here is that the push config uses a
> similar structure, and _is_ much more complicated as a
> result. That will be simplified in a future patch, and it's
> more readable if the logic remotes and push-remotes matches.

I cannot quite parse the part after "if..."; "the logic used by
remotes and push-remotes matches"?

> Note that we also used default_remote_name as a signal that
> the remote config has been loaded; after this patch, we now
> use an explicit flag.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  remote.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index 68901b0..fcd868d 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct rewrites {
>  	int rewrite_nr;
>  };
>  
> +static int loaded_remotes_config;
> +

I expect that the reason why this is not a function scope static in
read_config() will be revealed in the later patch in this series...