Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2025-07-20

Re: [PATCH] rev-list: make "struct rev_list_info" static to the only user

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2025-07-20 00:41:06

René Scharfe [off-list ref] writes:
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 	 * NEEDSWORK: These loops that attempt to find presence of
-	 * options without understanding that the options they are
+	 * options without understanding the options they are
 	 * skipping are broken (e.g., it would not know "--grep
 	 * --exclude-promisor-objects" is not triggering
 	 * "--exclude-promisor-objects" option).  We really need
This tacked-on bit seems funny to me. Isn't the original more correct?
The loops do not understand that the options are broken.
No, the options are fine, but the loops are broken -- they cannot tell
what they are looking at is an option or an argument of a preceding
option, yet they ignore that latter possibility.  So the word "that"
is best left out.
Or "... understanding the options, which they are skipping, are
broken", perhaps.
I also don't see a connection to the struct move,
though.
True, this has nothing to do with the main theme of the patch.
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