Re: [RFC PATCH v7 3/3] git-remote-ext

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> writes:


> +'%G<repository>' (as argument)::
> +	This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead, it
> +	will cause helper to start by sending git:// service request to
> +	remote side with service field set to approiate value and
> +	repository field set to <repository>. Default is not to send
> +	such request.
> ++
> +This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over
> +some tunnel.
> +
> +'%V<host>' (as argument)::
> +	This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead it sets
> +	the vhost field in git:// service request. Default is not to
> +	send vhost in such request (if sent).

The above does not say anything about being the first 'character' in an
argument, like the in-code comment does.  Is that intended?

> +static const char **parse_argv(const char *arg, const char *service)
> +{
> +	int arguments = 0;
> +	int i;
> +	const char **ret;
> +	char *temparray[MAXARGUMENTS + 1];
> +
> +	while (*arg) {
> +		char *expanded;
> +		if (arguments == MAXARGUMENTS)
> +			die("remote-ext command has too many arguments");
> +		expanded = strip_escapes(arg, service, &arg);
> +		if (expanded)
> +			temparray[arguments++] = expanded;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = xmalloc((arguments + 1) * sizeof(char *));
> +	for (i = 0; i < arguments; i++)
> +		ret[i] = temparray[i];
> +	ret[arguments] = NULL;
> +	return (const char **)ret;
> +}

Isn't "ret" declared to be of that type?