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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/9] sha1_name.c: clarify what "fake" is for in find_short_object_filename()
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:35:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1340260532-11378-3-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1340260532-11378-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 sha1_name.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 5b0c845..4cbca34 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ static int find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *name, unsigned char *
 	static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
 
 	if (!fakeent) {
+		/*
+		 * Create a "fake" alternate object database that
+		 * points to our own object database, to make it
+		 * easier to get a temporary working space in
+		 * alt->name/alt->base while iterating over the
+		 * object databases including our own.
+		 */
 		const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
 		int objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
 		int entlen = objdir_len + 43;
-- 
1.7.11.2.gd284367

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-21  6:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-21  6:35 [PATCH v2 0/9] Extending the shelf-life of "git describe" output Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] sha1_name.c: indentation fix Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] sha1_name.c: rename "now" to "current" Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] sha1_name.c: refactor find_short_packed_object() Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] sha1_name.c: correct misnamed "canonical" and "res" Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] sha1_name.c: restructure disambiguation of short names Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] sha1_name.c: allow get_short_sha1() to take other flags Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] sha1_name.c: teach get_short_sha1() a commit-only option Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  6:35 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] sha1_name.c: get_describe_name() by definition groks only commits Junio C Hamano
2012-06-21  9:22   ` Erik Faye-Lund
2012-06-21 19:57     ` Junio C Hamano

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