Re: [PATCH] refs.c: remove extern keyword from function definition

[Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>]

On 12/19/2014 06:24 PM, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
> Commit 5ed85684 ("reflog_expire(): new function in the reference
> API", 12-12-2014) added a new function definition which included
> the extern keyword.
> 
> While this is not an illegal use of the keyword, it is somewhat
> unusual to include it in a function definition. (It would be
> unique in the git codebase). Also, it triggers a warning from
> sparse. In order to suppress the warning, simply remove the
> extern keyword from reflog_expire() definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
> ---
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> If you need to re-roll your 'mh/reflog-expire' series, could you
> please squash this into the relevant patch.

Thanks for spotting this! It looks like Junio has already squashed this
commit into place in the "pu" version of my branch. So thanks Junio, too!

Michael

>  refs.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 3bd686c..fdef36d 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -4020,12 +4020,12 @@ static int expire_reflog_ent(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -extern int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
> -			 unsigned int flags,
> -			 reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn,
> -			 reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn,
> -			 reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn,
> -			 void *policy_cb_data)
> +int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
> +		 unsigned int flags,
> +		 reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn,
> +		 reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn,
> +		 reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn,
> +		 void *policy_cb_data)
>  {
>  	static struct lock_file reflog_lock;
>  	struct expire_reflog_cb cb;
> 


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