[PATCH 2 of 5] diff: generalize addmodehdr to support delete/new file flags

Guillermo Perez bisho at fb.com
Fri Nov 23 01:11:42 CST 2012



On 11/22/12 7:37 , "Greg Ward" <greg at gerg.ca> wrote:

>On 21 November 2012, Guillermo Pérez said:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Guillermo Pérez <bisho at fb.com>
>> # Date 1353509645 28800
>> # Node ID 7f925309efeb8f58edba8f6bbf943c1791e0e685
>> # Parent  afc2d3d7a9aaac736efe291d5aff087743092467
>> diff: generalize addmodehdr to support delete/new file flags
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^
>
>...but it's called addflagchangemeta() in the code! No wait, now it's
>called addflagsmeta(). Phew, I can't keep up. ;-)
>
>How about just rename it *once*, from addmodehdr() to ... umm ...
>addflagmeta()?
>
>Alternately, use "header" consistently instead of "meta":
>
>  addflagheader()
>  addrenameheader()
>  addcopyheader()
>
>IMHO that's clearer and more concrete. You're not adding metadata;
>you're adding a header to the diff that describes metadata changes.

Makes sense, will fix that.



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