Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: --dissociate option to mark that reference is only temporary

From: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:44:08 +0200

Am 14.10.2014 um 21:57 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> +static void dissociate_from_references(void)
> +{
> +	struct child_process cmd;
> +
> +	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));

We have CHILD_PROCESS_INIT these days.

> +	argv_array_pushl(&cmd.args, "repack", "-a", "-d", NULL);
> +	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
> +	cmd.out = -1;

This requests a pipe, but you don't use it nor need it.

> +	cmd.no_stdin = 1;
> +	if (run_command(&cmd))
> +		die(_("cannot repack to clean up"));
> +	if (unlink(git_path("objects/info/alternates")) && errno != ENOENT)
> +		die_errno(_("cannot unlink temporary alternates file"));
> +}

Unless you have a secret plan, you can do it even shorter with our
helpers:

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 8649090..81efb07 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -743,14 +743,9 @@ static void write_refspec_config(const char *src_ref_prefix,
 
 static void dissociate_from_references(void)
 {
-	struct child_process cmd;
-
-	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
-	argv_array_pushl(&cmd.args, "repack", "-a", "-d", NULL);
-	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
-	cmd.out = -1;
-	cmd.no_stdin = 1;
-	if (run_command(&cmd))
+	static const char* argv[] = { "repack", "-a", "-d", NULL };
+
+	if (run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD|RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN))
 		die(_("cannot repack to clean up"));
 	if (unlink(git_path("objects/info/alternates")) && errno != ENOENT)
 		die_errno(_("cannot unlink temporary alternates file"));