Re: [PATCH] repository: fix a sparse 'using integer as NULL pointer' warning

["brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>]

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On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 03:01:19AM +0000, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
> Commit 78a6766802 ("Integrate hash algorithm support with repo setup",
> 2017-11-12) added a 'const struct git_hash_algo *hash_algo' field to the
> repository structure, without modifying the initializer of the 'the_repo'
> variable. This does not actually introduce a bug, since the '0' initializer
> for the 'ignore_env:1' bit-field is interpreted as a NULL pointer (hence
> the warning), and the final field (now with no initializer) receives a
> default '0'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
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> 
> Hi Junio,
> 
> I don't recall Brian doing a re-roll of the 'bc/hash-algo' branch[1], but
> now that it has been merged into the 'next' branch, sparse is barking on
> that branch too. This patch (slightly different to the last one) applies
> on top of 'next'.

Thanks for the patch; it's obviously correct.  I'll get sparse set up
for future patch series.
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