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Re: [PATCH v10 4/4] hook: introduce the receive-report hook

From: Karthik Nayak <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-11 21:58:18

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:
Karthik Nayak [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
+static void override_cmds_error(struct command *commands, const char *err)
+{
+	for (struct command *cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
+		if (cmd->error_string_owned)
+			FREE_AND_NULL(cmd->error_string_owned);
+		cmd->error_string = err;
+	}
+}
This is my fault, but like free(), FREE_AND_NULL() can safely be
called on a variable that already is NULL so we may want to fix up
after the dust settles, perhaps?
I didn't really think too much about the change. I'll avoid a re-roll
for this.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 builtin/receive-pack.c      | 3 +--
 tools/coccinelle/free.cocci | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git c/builtin/receive-pack.c w/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 9ac7717096..1d5b050beb 100644
--- c/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ w/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -2452,8 +2452,7 @@ static void update_shallow_info(struct command *commands,
 static void override_cmds_error(struct command *commands, const char *err)
 {
 	for (struct command *cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
-		if (cmd->error_string_owned)
-			FREE_AND_NULL(cmd->error_string_owned);
+		FREE_AND_NULL(cmd->error_string_owned);
 		cmd->error_string = err;
 	}
 }
diff --git c/tools/coccinelle/free.cocci w/tools/coccinelle/free.cocci
index 03799e1908..c95ffa2a07 100644
--- c/tools/coccinelle/free.cocci
+++ w/tools/coccinelle/free.cocci
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ statement S;
   S
   commit_list_free(E);
 - }
+@@
+expression E;
+@@
+- if (E)
+-  FREE_AND_NULL(E);
++ FREE_AND_NULL(E);
I could send in this patch for coccinelle with the fixup if that's okay
with you.

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