dir.c: improve docs for match_pathspec() and match_pathspec_depth()

Fix a grammatical issue in the description of these functions, and
make it more obvious how and why seen[] can be reused across multiple
invocations.

Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Adam Spiers 2013-01-06 16:58:06 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 270be81604
commit 52ed1894b0
2 changed files with 32 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -167,12 +167,19 @@ static int match_one(const char *match, const char *name, int namelen)
}
/*
* Given a name and a list of pathspecs, see if the name matches
* any of the pathspecs. The caller is also interested in seeing
* all pathspec matches some names it calls this function with
* (otherwise the user could have mistyped the unmatched pathspec),
* and a mark is left in seen[] array for pathspec element that
* actually matched anything.
* Given a name and a list of pathspecs, returns the nature of the
* closest (i.e. most specific) match of the name to any of the
* pathspecs.
*
* The caller typically calls this multiple times with the same
* pathspec and seen[] array but with different name/namelen
* (e.g. entries from the index) and is interested in seeing if and
* how each pathspec matches all the names it calls this function
* with. A mark is left in the seen[] array for each pathspec element
* indicating the closest type of match that element achieved, so if
* seen[n] remains zero after multiple invocations, that means the nth
* pathspec did not match any names, which could indicate that the
* user mistyped the nth pathspec.
*/
int match_pathspec(const char **pathspec, const char *name, int namelen,
int prefix, char *seen)
@ -239,12 +246,19 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct pathspec_item *item, int prefix,
}
/*
* Given a name and a list of pathspecs, see if the name matches
* any of the pathspecs. The caller is also interested in seeing
* all pathspec matches some names it calls this function with
* (otherwise the user could have mistyped the unmatched pathspec),
* and a mark is left in seen[] array for pathspec element that
* actually matched anything.
* Given a name and a list of pathspecs, returns the nature of the
* closest (i.e. most specific) match of the name to any of the
* pathspecs.
*
* The caller typically calls this multiple times with the same
* pathspec and seen[] array but with different name/namelen
* (e.g. entries from the index) and is interested in seeing if and
* how each pathspec matches all the names it calls this function
* with. A mark is left in the seen[] array for each pathspec element
* indicating the closest type of match that element achieved, so if
* seen[n] remains zero after multiple invocations, that means the nth
* pathspec did not match any names, which could indicate that the
* user mistyped the nth pathspec.
*/
int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
const char *name, int namelen,

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@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ struct dir_struct {
char basebuf[PATH_MAX];
};
/*
* The ordering of these constants is significant, with
* higher-numbered match types signifying "closer" (i.e. more
* specific) matches which will override lower-numbered match types
* when populating the seen[] array.
*/
#define MATCHED_RECURSIVELY 1
#define MATCHED_FNMATCH 2
#define MATCHED_EXACTLY 3