Re: [PATCH 4/6] repack_without_refs(): make the refnames argument a string_list

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Michael Haggerty wrote:

> All of the callers have string_lists available already

Technically ref_transaction_commit doesn't, but that doesn't matter.

> Suggested-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
> ---
>  builtin/remote.c | 14 ++------------
>  refs.c           | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  refs.h           | 11 ++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

One (optional) nit at the bottom of this message.

[...]
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -2639,22 +2639,25 @@ static int curate_packed_ref_fn(struct ref_entry *entry, void *cb_data)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -int repack_without_refs(const char **refnames, int n, struct strbuf *err)
> +int repack_without_refs(struct string_list *refnames, struct strbuf *err)
>  {
>  	struct ref_dir *packed;
>  	struct string_list refs_to_delete = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> -	struct string_list_item *ref_to_delete;
> -	int i, ret, removed = 0;
> +	struct string_list_item *refname, *ref_to_delete;
> +	int ret, needs_repacking = 0, removed = 0;
>  
>  	assert(err);
>  
>  	/* Look for a packed ref */
> -	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
> -		if (get_packed_ref(refnames[i]))
> +	for_each_string_list_item(refname, refnames) {
> +		if (get_packed_ref(refname->string)) {
> +			needs_repacking = 1;
>  			break;
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	/* Avoid locking if we have nothing to do */
> -	if (i == n)
> +	if (!needs_repacking)

This makes me wish C supported something like Python's for/else
construct.  Oh well. :)

[...]
> +++ b/refs.h
> @@ -163,7 +163,16 @@ extern void rollback_packed_refs(void);
>   */
>  int pack_refs(unsigned int flags);
>  
> -extern int repack_without_refs(const char **refnames, int n,
> +/*
> + * Remove the refs listed in 'refnames' from the packed-refs file.
> + * On error, packed-refs will be unchanged, the return value is
> + * nonzero, and a message about the error is written to the 'err'
> + * strbuf.
> + *
> + * The refs in 'refnames' needn't be sorted. The err buffer must not be
> + * omitted.

(nit)

s/buffer/strbuf/, or s/The err buffer/'err'/
s/omitted/NULL/

Thanks,
Jonathan