Subject: Re: [GSoC][PATCHl 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename

From: Phillip Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:30:14 +0100

Hi Rohit

On 06/08/2019 18:36, Rohit Ashiwal wrote:
> The purpose of amend_author was to free() the malloc()'d string
> obtained from get_author(). But the name does not actually convey
> this purpose. Rename it to something meaningful.

The name was intended to covey that it was only used when amending a 
commit, I'm fine with the rename though.

Best Wishes

Phillip

> 
> Signed-off-by: Rohit Ashiwal <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   sequencer.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 65adf79222..d24a6fd585 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
>   	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL;
>   	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
>   	struct strbuf commit_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
> -	char *amend_author = NULL;
> +	char *author_to_free = NULL;
>   	const char *hook_commit = NULL;
>   	enum commit_msg_cleanup_mode cleanup;
>   	int res = 0;
> @@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
>   			strbuf_addstr(msg, orig_message);
>   			hook_commit = "HEAD";
>   		}
> -		author = amend_author = get_author(message);
> +		author = author_to_free = get_author(message);
>   		unuse_commit_buffer(current_head, message);
>   		if (!author) {
>   			res = error(_("unable to parse commit author"));
> @@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
>   	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
>   	strbuf_release(&err);
>   	strbuf_release(&commit_msg);
> -	free(amend_author);
> +	free(author_to_free);
>   
>   	return res;
>   }
>