Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Outreachy] patch-ids: fix const correctness

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:45:44 -0700

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, at 23:44, Okhuomon Ajayi wrote:
>> Fix const correctness warning in patch_id_neq() in patch-ids.c.
>> ---
>>  patch-ids.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c
>> index a5683b462c..4a72c2cbe6 100644
>> --- a/patch-ids.c
>> +++ b/patch-ids.c
>> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int patch_id_neq(const void *cmpfn_data,
>>  			const void *keydata UNUSED)
>>  {
>>  	/* NEEDSWORK: const correctness? */
>> -	struct diff_options *opt = (void *)cmpfn_data;
>> +	const struct diff_options *opt = (void *)cmpfn_data;
>>  	struct patch_id *a, *b;
>> 
>>  	a = container_of(eptr, struct patch_id, ent);
>> -- 
>> 2.43.0
>
> Can’t the comment be removed now, though? If the cmit msg. says “Fix”.

And the proposed commit log message should describe what the problem
is, why it matters, and how the updated code is better than the
current state of the code.