Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] fast-import: use pointer-to-pointer to keep list tail

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:43:55 -0700

Jeff King wrote:

> This is shorter, idiomatic, and it means the compiler does
> not get confused about whether our "e" pointer is valid,
> letting us drop the "e = e" hack.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <[email-masked]>
> ---
> And it fixes an instance of Linus's "people do not understand pointers"

Heh.  Yes, looks correct.  For what it's worth,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>