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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt | 13 |
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt index e9559790a3..d66e61b1ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt @@ -148,22 +148,22 @@ outputting that information, if desired. ------------ * * -M +* |\ * | | | * | \ \ | \ \ -M-. \ \ +*-. \ \ |\ \ \ \ | | * | | | | | | | * | | | | | * -| | | | | M +| | | | | * | | | | | |\ | | | | | | * | * | | | | | -| | | | | M \ +| | | | | * \ | | | | | |\ | | | | | * | | | | | | | * | | | diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 82e9e831b6..2efe7a40be 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ Functions Wait for the completion of an asynchronous function that was started with start_async(). +`run_hook`:: + + Run a hook. + The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL + if the hook uses the default index file or no index is needed. + The second argument is the name of the hook. + The further arguments correspond to the hook arguments. + The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the arguments list. + If the hook does not exist or is not executable, the return + value will be zero. + If it is executable, the hook will be executed and the exit + status of the hook is returned. + On execution, .stdout_to_stderr and .no_stdin will be set. + (See below.) + Data structures --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index 985800e43a..7438149249 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Functions * Adding data to the buffer -NOTE: All of these functions in this section will grow the buffer as - necessary. +NOTE: All of the functions in this section will grow the buffer as necessary. +If they fail for some reason other than memory shortage and the buffer hadn't +been allocated before (i.e. the `struct strbuf` was set to `STRBUF_INIT`), +then they will free() it. `strbuf_addch`:: @@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. Read a given size of data from a FILE* pointer to the buffer. + -NOTE: The buffer is rewinded if the read fails. If -1 is returned, +NOTE: The buffer is rewound if the read fails. If -1 is returned, `errno` must be consulted, like you would do for `read(3)`. `strbuf_read()`, `strbuf_read_file()` and `strbuf_getline()` has the same behaviour as well. @@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ same behaviour as well. Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs. +`strbuf_readlink`:: + + Read the target of a symbolic link, specified by its path. The third + argument can be used to give a hint about the size, to avoid reallocs. + `strbuf_getline`:: Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line |