Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] repack: refactor finding pack prefix

From: Taylor Blau <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:47:19 -0400

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:59:05AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
> index 96af2d1caf..21e3b89f27 100644
> --- a/builtin/repack.c
> +++ b/builtin/repack.c
> @@ -783,6 +783,17 @@ static int write_cruft_pack(const struct pack_objects_args *args,
>  	return finish_pack_objects_cmd(&cmd, names, local);
>  }
>
> +static const char *find_pack_prefix(void)
> +{
> +	const char *pack_prefix;
> +	if (!skip_prefix(packtmp, packdir, &pack_prefix))

I wonder if this might be a good opportunity to pass "packtmp" and
"packdir" as arguments to the function. I know that these are globals,
but it at least nudges us in the right direction away from adding more
global variables.

Thanks,
Taylor