Christian Couder <christian.cou...@gmail.com> writes:
> Introduce set_index_file() to be able to temporarily change the index file.
>
> It should be used like this:
>
> /* Save current index file */
> old_index_file = get_index_file();
> set_index_file((char *)tmp_index_file);
>
> /* Do stuff that will use tmp_index_file as the index file */
> ...
>
> /* When finished reset the index file */
> set_index_file(old_index_file);
WHY is glaringly missing.
> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chrisc...@tuxfamily.org>
> ---
Doesn't calling this have a global effect that is flowned upon when
used by a library-ish function? Who is the expected caller in this
series that wants to "libify" a part of the system?
> cache.h | 1 +
> environment.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
> index c73becb..8854365 100644
> --- a/cache.h
> +++ b/cache.h
> @@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ extern int is_inside_work_tree(void);
> extern const char *get_git_dir(void);
> extern const char *get_git_common_dir(void);
> extern char *get_object_directory(void);
> +extern void set_index_file(char *index_file);
> extern char *get_index_file(void);
> extern char *get_graft_file(void);
> extern int set_git_dir(const char *path);
> diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
> index ca72464..7a53799 100644
> --- a/environment.c
> +++ b/environment.c
> @@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ int odb_pack_keep(char *name, size_t namesz, const
> unsigned char *sha1)
> return open(name, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Temporarily change the index file.
> + * Please save the current index file using get_index_file() before changing
> + * the index file. And when finished, reset it to the saved value.
> + */
> +void set_index_file(char *index_file)
> +{
> + git_index_file = index_file;
> +}
> +
> char *get_index_file(void)
> {
> if (!git_index_file)
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