Re: [PATCH 4/6] builtin/receive-pack: report unpack errors via strbuf

Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Aug 09, 2026 at 02:00:52PM -0500, Justin Tobler wrote:
> On 26/08/07 10:36AM, Justin Tobler wrote:
> > On 26/08/07 09:03AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > > > @@ -2711,8 +2719,8 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc,
> > > >  			   PACKET_READ_DIE_ON_ERR_PACKET);
> > > >  
> > > >  	if ((commands = read_head_info(&reader, &shallow))) {
> > > > -		const char *unpack_status = NULL;
> > > >  		struct string_list push_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> > > > +		struct strbuf unpack_status = STRBUF_INIT;
> > > 
> > > Can't we reuse this buffer and reset it on every run to save some memory
> > > allocations?
> 
> Looking at this more closely, there isn't actually any loop we are
> running this in so I don't think there is any need to change how
> `unpack_status` is set up here.

Oh, right. I think I saw the loop in `read_head_info()` itself. My
mistake.

Patrick
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