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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-03-30 20:25:55 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-03-30 20:25:55 -0700 |
| commit | 19a6cd372a998df3079d870e02c064c5bb101841 (patch) | |
| tree | ea64d8d12431bdfc2636cfe879f66eeaeb19c3a4 /Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | |
| parent | config: remove useless assignment (diff) | |
| parent | string-list: document that string_list_insert() inserts unique strings (diff) | |
| download | tgif-19a6cd372a998df3079d870e02c064c5bb101841.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
string-list: document that string_list_insert() inserts unique strings
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt index ce24eb96f5..5a0c14fceb 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Functions Insert a new element to the string_list. The returned pointer can be handy if you want to write something to the `util` pointer of the - string_list_item containing the just added string. + string_list_item containing the just added string. If the given + string already exists the insertion will be skipped and the + pointer to the existing item returned. + Since this function uses xrealloc() (which die()s if it fails) if the list needs to grow, it is safe not to check the pointer. I.e. you may |