Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/28] path.c: make get_pathname() return strbuf instead of static buffer

From: Torsten Bögershausen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:11:07 +0100

On 2014-03-08 03.47, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
> We've been avoiding PATH_MAX whenever possible. This patch makes
> get_pathname() return a strbuf and updates the callers to take
> advantage of this. The code is simplified as we no longer need to
> worry about buffer overflow.
> 
> vsnpath() behavior is changed slightly: previously it always clears
Minor question:
Is the function name vsnpath() appropriate any more ?
How about renaming the function into strbuf_vaddpath() ?

> the buffer before writing, now it just appends. Fortunately this is a
> static function and all of its callers prepare the buffer properly:
> git_path() gets the buffer from get_pathname() which resets the
> buffer, the remaining call sites start with STRBUF_INIT'd buffer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email-masked]>