Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] revert: decouple sequencer actions from builtin commands

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:34:54 -0600

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

>                                                  So, while a future
> instruction sheet would look like:
>
>   pick next~4
>   action3 b74fea
>   revert rr/moo^2~34
>
> the actions "pick", "action3" and "revert" need not necessarily
> correspond to the specific builtins.

So what change does the patch actually make?  Is this a renaming?

[...]
> --- a/builtin/revert.c
> +++ b/builtin/revert.c
[...]
> @@ -64,16 +64,21 @@ struct replay_opts {
>  
>  #define GIT_REFLOG_ACTION "GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"
>  
> -static const char *action_name(const struct replay_opts *opts)
> +static const char *command_name(struct replay_opts *opts)

Why is the const being dropped?  I'm lost, so not reading further.