From 1794e6e0972bec862a29b637e4c4262fa76e97a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Spiers Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:58:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] setup.c: document get_pathspec() Since we have just created a new pathspec-handling library, now is a good time to add some comments explaining get_pathspec(). Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- setup.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 7663a4cbb2..95701475d5 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -249,6 +249,25 @@ static const char *prefix_pathspec(const char *prefix, int prefixlen, const char return prefix_path(prefix, prefixlen, copyfrom); } +/* + * N.B. get_pathspec() is deprecated in favor of the "struct pathspec" + * based interface - see pathspec_magic above. + * + * Arguments: + * - prefix - a path relative to the root of the working tree + * - pathspec - a list of paths underneath the prefix path + * + * Iterates over pathspec, prepending each path with prefix, + * and return the resulting list. + * + * If pathspec is empty, return a singleton list containing prefix. + * + * If pathspec and prefix are both empty, return an empty list. + * + * This is typically used by built-in commands such as add.c, in order + * to normalize argv arguments provided to the built-in into a list of + * paths to process, all relative to the root of the working tree. + */ const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec) { const char *entry = *pathspec; -- 2.11.4.GIT