From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>, Wink Saville <wink@saville.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/14] tree-diff: drop list-tail argument to diff_tree_paths()
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:33:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4j1xhsen.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250109085156.GK2748836@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 9 Jan 2025 03:51:56 -0500")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> The internals of the path diffing code, including ll_diff_tree_paths(),
> all take an extra combine_diff_path parameter which they use as the tail
> of a list of results, appending any new entries to it.
>
> The public-facing diff_tree_paths() takes the same argument, but it just
> makes the callers more awkward. They always start with a clean list, and
> have to set up a fake head struct to pass in.
>
> Let's keep the public API clean by always returning a new list. That
> keeps the fake struct as an implementation detail of tree-diff.c.
Yes, this is much nicer. I've always hated these code paths related
to "multitree" optimization, but these clean-ups make them more
palatable.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-18 0:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-03 19:28 [BUGREPORT] git diff-tree --cc SEGFAUTs Wink Saville
2025-01-03 20:46 ` Jeff King
2025-01-03 23:34 ` Wink Saville
2025-01-04 0:31 ` Jeff King
2025-01-04 2:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-04 3:32 ` Jeff King
2025-01-04 18:09 ` Wink Saville
2025-01-05 22:13 ` Wink Saville
2025-01-09 8:27 ` [PATCH 0/14] combine-diff cleanups Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:28 ` [PATCH 01/14] run_diff_files(): delay allocation of combine_diff_path Jeff King
2025-01-09 17:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-09 8:32 ` [PATCH 02/14] combine-diff: add combine_diff_path_new() Jeff King
2025-01-09 18:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-13 15:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 9:29 ` Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:33 ` [PATCH 03/14] tree-diff: clear parent array in path_appendnew() Jeff King
2025-01-09 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-10 10:54 ` Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:42 ` [PATCH 04/14] combine-diff: use pointer for parent paths Jeff King
2025-01-09 18:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-09 8:42 ` [PATCH 05/14] diff: add a comment about combine_diff_path.parent.path Jeff King
2025-01-13 15:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-09 8:44 ` [PATCH 06/14] run_diff_files(): de-mystify the size of combine_diff_path struct Jeff King
2025-01-10 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-09 8:46 ` [PATCH 07/14] tree-diff: drop path_appendnew() alloc optimization Jeff King
2025-01-13 15:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 10:30 ` Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:49 ` [PATCH 08/14] tree-diff: pass whole path string to path_appendnew() Jeff King
2025-01-13 15:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 9:26 ` Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:49 ` [PATCH 09/14] tree-diff: inline path_appendnew() Jeff King
2025-01-11 0:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-09 8:50 ` [PATCH 10/14] combine-diff: drop public declaration of combine_diff_path_size() Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:51 ` [PATCH 11/14] tree-diff: drop list-tail argument to diff_tree_paths() Jeff King
2025-01-18 0:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-01-09 8:53 ` [PATCH 12/14] tree-diff: use the name "tail" to refer to list tail Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:54 ` [PATCH 13/14] tree-diff: simplify emit_path() list management Jeff King
2025-01-09 8:57 ` [PATCH 14/14] tree-diff: make list tail-passing more explicit Jeff King
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