Re: [PATCH 2/5] safe_create_leading_directories(): reduce scope of local variable
From: Jonathan Nieder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:59:30
Michael Haggerty wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <redacted> --- sha1_file.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index c9245a6..cc9957e 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path) int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path) { char *pos = path + offset_1st_component(path); - struct stat st; while (pos) { + struct stat st;
Is this to make it easier to reason about whether 'st' has been properly initialized at any given moment, or is there a more subtle reason? Curious, Jonathan