Subject: [PATCH v2] use strvec_pushv() to add another strvec

From: René Scharfe <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:46:26 +0100

Add and apply a semantic patch that simplifies the code by letting
strvec_pushv() append the items of a second strvec instead of pushing
them one by one.

Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <[email-masked]>
---
Changes since v1:
- Semantic patch.
- New conversion in builtin/rebase.c.

 builtin/rebase.c                |  3 +--
 contrib/coccinelle/strvec.cocci | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 fetch-pack.c                    |  8 ++----
 git.c                           |  3 +--
 submodule.c                     |  4 +--
 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 contrib/coccinelle/strvec.cocci

diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index a1c7d78196..fa4f5d9306 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ static struct replay_opts get_replay_opts(const struct rebase_options *opts)
 
 	replay.signoff = opts->signoff;
 
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < opts->trailer_args.nr; i++)
-		strvec_push(&replay.trailer_args, opts->trailer_args.v[i]);
+	strvec_pushv(&replay.trailer_args, opts->trailer_args.v);
 
 	replay.allow_ff = !(opts->flags & REBASE_FORCE);
 	if (opts->allow_rerere_autoupdate)
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/strvec.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/strvec.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64edb09f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/strvec.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+@@
+type T;
+identifier i;
+expression dst;
+struct strvec *src_ptr;
+struct strvec src_arr;
+@@
+(
+- for (T i = 0; i < src_ptr->nr; i++) { strvec_push(dst, src_ptr->v[i]); }
++ strvec_pushv(dst, src_ptr->v);
+|
+- for (T i = 0; i < src_arr.nr; i++) { strvec_push(dst, src_arr.v[i]); }
++ strvec_pushv(dst, src_arr.v);
+)
+
+@ separate_loop_index @
+type T;
+identifier i;
+expression dst;
+struct strvec *src_ptr;
+struct strvec src_arr;
+@@
+  T i;
+  ...
+(
+- for (i = 0; i < src_ptr->nr; i++) { strvec_push(dst, src_ptr->v[i]); }
++ strvec_pushv(dst, src_ptr->v);
+|
+- for (i = 0; i < src_arr.nr; i++) { strvec_push(dst, src_arr.v[i]); }
++ strvec_pushv(dst, src_arr.v);
+)
+
+@ unused_loop_index extends separate_loop_index @
+@@
+  {
+  ...
+- T i;
+  ... when != i
+  }
+
+@ depends on unused_loop_index @
+@@
+  if (...)
+- {
+  strvec_pushv(...);
+- }
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 6ecd468ef7..a32224ed02 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1024,12 +1024,8 @@ static int get_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				     fsck_msg_types.buf);
 	}
 
-	if (index_pack_args) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < cmd.args.nr; i++)
-			strvec_push(index_pack_args, cmd.args.v[i]);
-	}
+	if (index_pack_args)
+		strvec_pushv(index_pack_args, cmd.args.v);
 
 	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 2b212e6675..5a40eab8a2 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -877,8 +877,7 @@ static int run_argv(struct strvec *args)
 			commit_pager_choice();
 
 			strvec_push(&cmd.args, "git");
-			for (size_t i = 0; i < args->nr; i++)
-				strvec_push(&cmd.args, args->v[i]);
+			strvec_pushv(&cmd.args, args->v);
 
 			trace_argv_printf(cmd.args.v, "trace: exec:");
 
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index cd879a5cfe..4c8c674aa4 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1815,7 +1815,6 @@ int fetch_submodules(struct repository *r,
 		     int default_option,
 		     int quiet, int max_parallel_jobs)
 {
-	int i;
 	struct submodule_parallel_fetch spf = SPF_INIT;
 	const struct run_process_parallel_opts opts = {
 		.tr2_category = "submodule",
@@ -1842,8 +1841,7 @@ int fetch_submodules(struct repository *r,
 		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	strvec_push(&spf.args, "fetch");
-	for (i = 0; i < options->nr; i++)
-		strvec_push(&spf.args, options->v[i]);
+	strvec_pushv(&spf.args, options->v);
 	strvec_push(&spf.args, "--recurse-submodules-default");
 	/* default value, "--submodule-prefix" and its value are added later */
 
-- 
2.53.0