From: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
To: git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/19] Improve documentation and comments regarding directory traversal API
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:02:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130106120201.GH28089@pacific.linksys.moosehall> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOkDyE_DX8iAAd5ubJaQ_guPQ-PSz4-sFETZoRf7JRTrH6Qcpw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:54:19PM +0000, Adam Spiers wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> writes:
> >> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> >> index ee8e711..89e27a6 100644
> >> --- a/dir.c
> >> +++ b/dir.c
> >> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
> >> * This handles recursive filename detection with exclude
> >> * files, index knowledge etc..
> >> *
> >> + * See Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
> >> + *
> >> * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005-2006
> >> * Junio Hamano, 2005-2006
> >> */
> >> @@ -476,6 +478,10 @@ void add_excludes_from_file(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *fname)
> >> die("cannot use %s as an exclude file", fname);
> >> }
> >>
> >> +/*
> >> + * Loads the per-directory exclude list for the substring of base
> >> + * which has a char length of baselen.
> >> + */
> >> static void prep_exclude(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *base, int baselen)
> >> {
> >> struct exclude_list *el;
> >> @@ -486,7 +492,7 @@ static void prep_exclude(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *base, int baselen)
> >> (baselen + strlen(dir->exclude_per_dir) >= PATH_MAX))
> >> return; /* too long a path -- ignore */
> >>
> >> - /* Pop the ones that are not the prefix of the path being checked. */
> >> + /* Pop the directories that are not the prefix of the path being checked. */
> >
> > The "one" does not refer to a "directory", but to an "exclude-list".
>
> No, if that was the case, it would mean that multiple exclude lists
> would be popped, but that is not the case here (prior to v4).
Sorry, I meant prior to v3 11/19.
> > Pop the ones that are not for parent directories of the path
> > being checked
>
> Better would be:
>
> Pop the entries within the EXCL_DIRS exclude list which originate
> from directories not in the prefix of the path being checked.
>
> although as previously stated, the v4 series I have been holding off
> from submitting (in order not to distract you from a maint release)
> actually changes this behaviour so EXCL_DIRS becomes an exclude_group of
> multiple exclude_lists, one per directory. So in v4, multiple
> exclude_lists *will* be popped. I'll tweak the comment in v4 to make
> this clear.
Again, I got confused and forgot that I already included the switch to
exclude_list_groups as v3 11/19. But since the patch being discussed
here is v3 02/19 which precedes it, everything I said still applies.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-06 12:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-27 2:32 [PATCH v3 00/19] new git check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 01/19] api-directory-listing.txt: update to match code Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 02/19] Improve documentation and comments regarding directory traversal API Adam Spiers
2013-01-01 20:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-02 12:54 ` Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 12:02 ` Adam Spiers [this message]
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 03/19] dir.c: rename cryptic 'which' variable to more consistent name Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 04/19] dir.c: rename path_excluded() to is_path_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 05/19] dir.c: rename excluded_from_list() to is_excluded_from_list() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 06/19] dir.c: rename excluded() to is_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 07/19] dir.c: refactor is_excluded_from_list() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 08/19] dir.c: refactor is_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 09/19] dir.c: refactor is_path_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 10/19] dir.c: rename free_excludes() to clear_exclude_list() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] dir.c: use a single struct exclude_list per source of excludes Adam Spiers
2013-01-04 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-05 7:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-06 15:27 ` Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 15:35 ` [PATCH] api-allocation-growing.txt: encourage better variable naming Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 20:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-06 20:52 ` Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 20:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-06 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] dir.c: use a single struct exclude_list per source of excludes Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-06 22:53 ` Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 23:17 ` Adam Spiers
2013-01-06 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 12/19] dir.c: keep track of where patterns came from Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 13/19] dir.c: provide clear_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 14/19] add.c: refactor treat_gitlinks() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 15/19] add.c: remove unused argument from validate_pathspec() Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 16/19] pathspec.c: move reusable code from builtin/add.c Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 20:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 20:45 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-29 0:40 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 21:15 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 17/19] pathspec.c: extract new validate_path() for reuse Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 20:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 21:08 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 18/19] setup.c: document get_pathspec() Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 20:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 20:40 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-29 0:52 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-29 1:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-27 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 19/19] Add git-check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 21:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-29 1:23 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-29 3:32 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-27 5:15 ` [PATCH v3 00/19] new git check-ignore sub-command Michael Leal
2012-12-28 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 19:39 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-28 20:15 ` Antoine Pelisse
2012-12-28 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-28 21:23 ` Junio C Hamano
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