For those who wondered like I did, the related "string_list: Add
STRING_LIST_INIT macro and make use of it." (which was discussed in
[0]) was committed as v1.7.2-rc1-3-g183113a on Sun Jul 4.
[0] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/149779/focus=150160
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Cheers,
Sverre Rabbelier