Subject: [PATCH v2] tree-walk.h: fix incorrect API comment

From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 19:19:11 +0000

From: Elijah Newren <[email-masked]>

When commit 50ddb089ff68 (tree-walk.c: remove the_repo from
get_tree_entry(), 2019-06-27) added an extra parameter to
get_tree_entry(), it did not fix the ordering comment about the meaning
of the parameters.  Rather than just changing "third"->"fourth" and
"fourth"->"fifth", give the paramemters meaningful names (or actually,
just take the existing names from the get_tree_entry() definition in the
tree-walk.c file) and while at it, tweak the rest of the description to
incorporate the other parameter names as well.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <[email-masked]>
---
    tree-walk.h: fix incorrect API comment
    
    Changes since v1:
    
     * Updated the documentation to explain that oid and mode are output
       parameters, and slightly tweaked the description further.

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1912%2Fnewren%2Ffix-tree-walk-api-comment-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1912/newren/fix-tree-walk-api-comment-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1912

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  6375bc7d351 ! 1:  a47aceb6394 tree-walk.h: fix incorrect API comment
     @@ Commit message
          of the parameters.  Rather than just changing "third"->"fourth" and
          "fourth"->"fifth", give the paramemters meaningful names (or actually,
          just take the existing names from the get_tree_entry() definition in the
     -    tree-walk.c file) and strike the comment.
     +    tree-walk.c file) and while at it, tweak the rest of the description to
     +    incorporate the other parameter names as well.
      
          Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <[email-masked]>
      
       ## tree-walk.h ##
      @@ tree-walk.h: struct traverse_info {
     + };
       
       /**
     -  * Find an entry in a tree given a pathname and the sha1 of a tree to
     +- * Find an entry in a tree given a pathname and the sha1 of a tree to
      - * search. Returns 0 if the entry is found and -1 otherwise. The third
      - * and fourth parameters are set to the entry's sha1 and mode respectively.
     -+ * search. Returns 0 if the entry is found and -1 otherwise.
     -  */
     +- */
      -int get_tree_entry(struct repository *, const struct object_id *, const char *, struct object_id *, unsigned short *);
     ++ * Walk trees starting with "tree_oid" to find the entry for "name", and
     ++ * return the the object name and the mode of the found entry via the
     ++ * "oid" and "mode" parameters.  Return 0 if the entry is found, and -1
     ++ * otherwise.
     ++ */
      +int get_tree_entry(struct repository *repo, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
      +		   const char *name, struct object_id *oid,
      +		   unsigned short *mode);

 tree-walk.h | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tree-walk.h b/tree-walk.h
index aaea689f9ae..29a55328bd9 100644
--- a/tree-walk.h
+++ b/tree-walk.h
@@ -176,11 +176,14 @@ struct traverse_info {
 };
 
 /**
- * Find an entry in a tree given a pathname and the sha1 of a tree to
- * search. Returns 0 if the entry is found and -1 otherwise. The third
- * and fourth parameters are set to the entry's sha1 and mode respectively.
- */
-int get_tree_entry(struct repository *, const struct object_id *, const char *, struct object_id *, unsigned short *);
+ * Walk trees starting with "tree_oid" to find the entry for "name", and
+ * return the the object name and the mode of the found entry via the
+ * "oid" and "mode" parameters.  Return 0 if the entry is found, and -1
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+int get_tree_entry(struct repository *repo, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
+		   const char *name, struct object_id *oid,
+		   unsigned short *mode);
 
 /**
  * Generate the full pathname of a tree entry based from the root of the

base-commit: f65182a99e545d2f2bc22e6c1c2da192133b16a3
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