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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 1981a0859f..5390a479b3 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ static inline int want_ancestry(const struct rev_info *revs);
void show_object_with_name(FILE *out, struct object *obj, const char *name)
{
- const char *p;
-
fprintf(out, "%s ", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
- for (p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
+ /*
+ * This "for (const char *p = ..." is made as a first step towards
+ * making use of such declarations elsewhere in our codebase. If
+ * it causes compilation problems on your platform, please report
+ * it to the Git mailing list at git@vger.kernel.org. In the meantime,
+ * adding -std=gnu99 to CFLAGS may help if you are with older GCC.
+ */
+ for (const char *p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
fputc(*p, out);
fputc('\n', out);
}