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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
	 Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:07:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh5sci7go.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260123-toon-last-modified-tree-v4-3-86bf97bad4e2@iotcl.com> (Toon Claes's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:33:03 +0100")

Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:

> When the user passes two revisions, they get the following output:
>
>     $ git last-modified HEAD HEAD~
>     error: last-modified can only operate on one revision at a time
>     error: unable to setup last-modified
>
> The error message about "unable to setup" is not very informative,
> remove it.

We can see that an error message is always given when
populate_paths_from_revs() returns negative, so this change is safe
(i.e., if there is a code path in the function that returns negative
without giving any message, this change will lead to a silent
failure in such a code path).  Looking good.

Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
> ---
>  builtin/last-modified.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/last-modified.c b/builtin/last-modified.c
> index 06e3f79aec..0df85be318 100644
> --- a/builtin/last-modified.c
> +++ b/builtin/last-modified.c
> @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int last_modified_init(struct last_modified *lm, struct repository *r,
>  	lm->rev.bloom_filter_settings = get_bloom_filter_settings(lm->rev.repo);
>  
>  	if (populate_paths_from_revs(lm) < 0)
> -		return error(_("unable to setup last-modified"));
> +		return -1;
>  
>  	CALLOC_ARRAY(lm->all_paths, hashmap_get_size(&lm->paths));
>  	lm->all_paths_nr = 0;

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-23 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-12 16:17 [PATCH] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-12 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-13  6:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 11:33       ` Toon Claes
2026-01-15 11:54         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 14:34           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-16  7:09             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-16 12:30               ` Toon Claes
2026-01-16 17:16               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-19  6:57                 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-25 11:26               ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 14:34         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 16:02     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 16:35       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:11       ` Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 17:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:01         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:04         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:07         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:12         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 17:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-27 13:26       ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 22:34         ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-01-29 14:59           ` Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26         ` [PATCH v6 " Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-02-06 15:55             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-30 17:07           ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 15:55             ` Patrick Steinhardt

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