The usual pattern for an argv array is to initialize it,
push in some strings, and then clear it when done. Very
occasionally, though, we must do other exotic things with
the memory, like freeing the list but keeping the strings.
Let's provide a detach function so that callers can make use
of our API to build up the array, and then take ownership of
it.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When we have a null-terminated array, it would be useful to convert it
or append it to an argv_array for further manipulation.
Implement argv_array_pushv() which will push a null-terminated array of
strings on to an argv_array.
Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The argv_array_detach function (and associated free() function) was
really only useful for transferring ownership of the memory to a "struct
child_process". Now that we have an internal argv_array in that struct,
there are no callers left.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A GSoC project.
* fa/remote-svn:
Add a test script for remote-svn
remote-svn: add marks-file regeneration
Add a svnrdump-simulator replaying a dump file for testing
remote-svn: add incremental import
remote-svn: Activate import/export-marks for fast-import
Create a note for every imported commit containing svn metadata
vcs-svn: add fast_export_note to create notes
Allow reading svn dumps from files via file:// urls
remote-svn, vcs-svn: Enable fetching to private refs
When debug==1, start fast-import with "--stats" instead of "--quiet"
Add documentation for the 'bidi-import' capability of remote-helpers
Connect fast-import to the remote-helper via pipe, adding 'bidi-import' capability
Add argv_array_detach and argv_array_free_detached
Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs
Add git-remote-testsvn to Makefile
Implement a remote helper for svn in C
Allow detaching of ownership of the argv_array's contents and add a
function to free those detached argv_arrays later.
This makes it possible to use argv_array efficiently with the exiting
struct child_process which only contains a member char **argv.
Add to documentation.
Signed-off-by: Florian Achleitner <florian.achleitner.2.6.31@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Michael Barr <b@rr-dav.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Since the array struct stores a "const char **" argv member
(for compatibility with most of our argv-taking functions),
we have to cast away the const-ness when freeing its
elements.
However, we used the wrong type when doing so. It doesn't
make a difference since free() take a void pointer anyway,
but it can be slightly confusing to a reader.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Sometimes we build a set of similar command lines, differing
only in the final arguments (e.g., "fetch --multiple"). To
use argv_array for this, you have to either push the same
set of elements repeatedly, or break the abstraction by
manually manipulating the array's internal members.
Instead, let's provide a sanctioned "pop" function to remove
elements from the end.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
It can be convenient to push many strings in a single line
(e.g., if you are initializing an array with defaults). This
patch provides a convenience wrapper to allow this.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
An empty argv-array is initialized to point to a static
empty NULL-terminated array. The original implementation
separates the actual storage of the NULL-terminator from the
pointer to the list. This makes the exposed type a "const
char **", which nicely matches the type stored by the
argv-array.
However, this indirection means that one cannot use
empty_argv to initialize a static variable, since it is
not a constant.
Instead, we can expose empty_argv directly, as an array of
pointers. The only place we use it is in the ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
initializer, and it decays to a pointer appropriately there.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The submodule code recently grew generic code to build a
dynamic argv array. Many other parts of the code can reuse
this, too, so let's make it generically available.
There are two enhancements not found in the original code:
1. We now handle the NULL-termination invariant properly,
even when no strings have been pushed (before, you
could have an empty, NULL argv). This was not a problem
for the submodule code, which always pushed at least
one argument, but was not sufficiently safe for
generic code.
2. There is a formatted variant of the "push" function.
This is a convenience function which was not needed by
the submodule code, but will make it easier to port
other users to the new code.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
