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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
	 "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] hash: use git_hash_init() consistently
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:39:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5x2q984j.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707050141.GA1288294@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 7 Jul 2026 01:01:41 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> We'd like to add more logic to git_hash_init(), but many callers skip it
> and call algop->init_fn() directly. Let's make sure we're consistently
> using the wrapper by adding a coccinelle rule.
>
> Besides the coccinelle file itself, this is a purely mechanical
> conversion based on the patch it generates. There should be no bare
> init_fn() calls left (except for the one in the wrapper).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> It feels like the "expression ALGO" in the rule should be a
> "git_hash_algo", but I had trouble getting coccinelle to recognize all
> cases when I did that. Probably not worth digging too far into, as
> the presence of the git_hash_ctx type means we should never hit any
> false positives.

Thanks.  May conversions do look simple and straight-forward, but
some look a bit curious.

> diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
> index e3c68cfb66..f292683c2d 100644
> --- a/object-file.c
> +++ b/object-file.c
> ...
> -	algo->init_fn(c);
> -	if (compat && compat_c)
> -		compat->init_fn(compat_c);
> +	git_hash_init(c, algo);
> +	if (compat && compat_c) {
> +		git_hash_init(compat_c, compat);
> +	}

For example, it is a mystery how Coccinelle decided to add a pair of
braces around this single statement.  It should be obvious that the
corresponding single statement in the original did not need one.

> diff --git a/rerere.c b/rerere.c
> index 8232542585..2e932439a4 100644
> --- a/rerere.c
> +++ b/rerere.c
> @@ -438,8 +438,9 @@ static int handle_path(unsigned char *hash, struct rerere_io *io, int marker_siz
>  	struct git_hash_ctx ctx;
>  	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, out = STRBUF_INIT;
>  	int has_conflicts = 0;
> -	if (hash)
> -		the_hash_algo->init_fn(&ctx);
> +	if (hash) {
> +		git_hash_init(&ctx, the_hash_algo);
> +	}

Ditto.


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-07 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-07  4:55 [PATCH 0/7] git_hash_*() quality-of-life improvements Jeff King
2026-07-07  5:01 ` [PATCH 1/7] hash: use git_hash_init() consistently Jeff King
2026-07-07 14:39   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-07-07 20:13     ` Jeff King
2026-07-07 20:17       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07 20:25         ` Jeff King
2026-07-07 21:25   ` brian m. carlson
2026-07-08  3:54     ` Jeff King
2026-07-07  5:04 ` [PATCH 2/7] hash: convert remaining direct function calls Jeff King
2026-07-07 16:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07  5:05 ` [PATCH 3/7] hash: document function pointers and wrappers Jeff King
2026-07-07 14:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 20:05     ` Jeff King
2026-07-07  5:07 ` [PATCH 4/7] hash: make git_hash_discard() idempotent Jeff King
2026-07-07 16:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07 20:18     ` Jeff King
2026-07-07 21:41       ` brian m. carlson
2026-07-07 22:25         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07  5:07 ` [PATCH 5/7] csum-file: use idempotent git_hash_discard() Jeff King
2026-07-07  5:08 ` [PATCH 6/7] http: " Jeff King
2026-07-07 16:25   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07  5:09 ` [PATCH 7/7] hash: check ctx->active flag in all wrapper functions Jeff King
2026-07-07 14:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 16:33   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-07 20:10     ` Jeff King
2026-07-07 14:26 ` [PATCH 0/7] git_hash_*() quality-of-life improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-08  3:52 ` [PATCH v2 " Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:52   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] hash: use git_hash_init() consistently Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:52   ` [PATCH v2 2/7] hash: convert remaining direct function calls Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:52   ` [PATCH v2 3/7] hash: document function pointers and wrappers Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:52   ` [PATCH v2 4/7] hash: make git_hash_discard() idempotent Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:53   ` [PATCH v2 5/7] csum-file: use idempotent git_hash_discard() Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:53   ` [PATCH v2 6/7] http: " Jeff King
2026-07-08  3:53   ` [PATCH v2 7/7] hash: check ctx->active flag in all wrapper functions Jeff King
2026-07-08  8:05   ` [PATCH v2 0/7] git_hash_*() quality-of-life improvements Patrick Steinhardt

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