Re: [PATCH 1/5] t/unit-tests: implement oid helper functions in unit-tests.{c,h}

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 09:29:55AM +0100, Seyi Kuforiji wrote:
> diff --git a/t/unit-tests/unit-test.h b/t/unit-tests/unit-test.h
> index 85e5d6a948..ebed51212f 100644
> --- a/t/unit-tests/unit-test.h
> +++ b/t/unit-tests/unit-test.h
> @@ -8,3 +8,22 @@
>  	snprintf(desc, sizeof(desc), fmt, __VA_ARGS__); \
>  	clar__fail(__FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, "Test failed.", desc, 1); \
>  } while (0)
> +
> +/*
> + * Convert arbitrary hex string to object_id.
> + * For example, passing "abc12" will generate
> + * "abc1200000000000000000000000000000000000" hex of length 40 for SHA-1 and
> + * create object_id with that.
> + * WARNING: passing a string of length more than the hexsz of respective hash
> + * algo is not allowed. The hash algo is decided based on GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH
> + * environment variable.
> + */
> +void cl_parse_any_oid(const char *s, struct object_id *oid);

Nit: let's add a space between the function decarations. I'd also add a
blank line into the comments before the "For example" paragraph and
after it to make it easier to parse.

Patrick