Re: Git v2.21.0-rc0 broken on *BSD, maybe others

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

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> The AIX problem is from d1dd94b308 (Do not print 'dangling' for
> cat-file in case of ambiguity - 2019-01-17). Apparently AIX compiler
> is a bit picky about enum being a strong or weak type. I like this
> compiler. The below patch should do.

That would cascade down the call graph and contaminate everything
(eh, rather, requiring that many places "int" needs to turn into
"enum get_oid_result"), no?  For starters, cache.h still says that
the function would return an "int".

> -- 8< --
> diff --git a/sha1-name.c b/sha1-name.c
> index d1cc77c124..6dda2c16df 100644
> --- a/sha1-name.c
> +++ b/sha1-name.c
> @@ -1820,9 +1820,11 @@ void maybe_die_on_misspelt_object_name(const char *name, const char *prefix)
>  			       prefix, &oid, &oc);
>  }
>  
> -int get_oid_with_context(struct repository *repo, const char *str,
> -			 unsigned flags, struct object_id *oid,
> -			 struct object_context *oc)
> +enum get_oid_result get_oid_with_context(struct repository *repo,
> +					 const char *str,
> +					 unsigned flags,
> +					 struct object_id *oid,
> +					 struct object_context *oc)
>  {
>  	if (flags & GET_OID_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS && flags & GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE)
>  		BUG("incompatible flags for get_sha1_with_context");
> -- 8< --
>
>
> [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqsgwwizf6.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
> --
> Duy