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Diffstat (limited to 'dir.c')
-rw-r--r-- | dir.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -167,12 +167,19 @@ static int match_one(const char *match, const char *name, int namelen) } /* - * Given a name and a list of pathspecs, see if the name matches - * any of the pathspecs. The caller is also interested in seeing - * all pathspec matches some names it calls this function with - * (otherwise the user could have mistyped the unmatched pathspec), - * and a mark is left in seen[] array for pathspec element that - * actually matched anything. + * Given a name and a list of pathspecs, returns the nature of the + * closest (i.e. most specific) match of the name to any of the + * pathspecs. + * + * The caller typically calls this multiple times with the same + * pathspec and seen[] array but with different name/namelen + * (e.g. entries from the index) and is interested in seeing if and + * how each pathspec matches all the names it calls this function + * with. A mark is left in the seen[] array for each pathspec element + * indicating the closest type of match that element achieved, so if + * seen[n] remains zero after multiple invocations, that means the nth + * pathspec did not match any names, which could indicate that the + * user mistyped the nth pathspec. */ int match_pathspec(const char **pathspec, const char *name, int namelen, int prefix, char *seen) @@ -239,12 +246,19 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct pathspec_item *item, int prefix, } /* - * Given a name and a list of pathspecs, see if the name matches - * any of the pathspecs. The caller is also interested in seeing - * all pathspec matches some names it calls this function with - * (otherwise the user could have mistyped the unmatched pathspec), - * and a mark is left in seen[] array for pathspec element that - * actually matched anything. + * Given a name and a list of pathspecs, returns the nature of the + * closest (i.e. most specific) match of the name to any of the + * pathspecs. + * + * The caller typically calls this multiple times with the same + * pathspec and seen[] array but with different name/namelen + * (e.g. entries from the index) and is interested in seeing if and + * how each pathspec matches all the names it calls this function + * with. A mark is left in the seen[] array for each pathspec element + * indicating the closest type of match that element achieved, so if + * seen[n] remains zero after multiple invocations, that means the nth + * pathspec did not match any names, which could indicate that the + * user mistyped the nth pathspec. */ int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps, const char *name, int namelen, |