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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-12-16 13:08:39 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-12-16 13:08:39 -0800
commit26c816a67de449b3c5284ab97b03aeeeeabbb45c (patch)
tree2cca69d5115269b1c680b1ccd852202e1f7b5862 /argv-array.h
parentf0070a7df98540ebd0ba6ecb7aef4620efe27724 (diff)
parent6c51cb525da47a751b856bba55522ca9d4c24dac (diff)
Merge branch 'hw/doc-in-header'
* hw/doc-in-header: trace2: move doc to trace2.h submodule-config: move doc to submodule-config.h tree-walk: move doc to tree-walk.h trace: move doc to trace.h run-command: move doc to run-command.h parse-options: add link to doc file in parse-options.h credential: move doc to credential.h argv-array: move doc to argv-array.h cache: move doc to cache.h sigchain: move doc to sigchain.h pathspec: move doc to pathspec.h revision: move doc to revision.h attr: move doc to attr.h refs: move doc to refs.h remote: move doc to remote.h and refspec.h sha1-array: move doc to sha1-array.h merge: move doc to ll-merge.h graph: move doc to graph.h and graph.c dir: move doc to dir.h diff: move doc to diff.h and diffcore.h
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diff --git a/argv-array.h b/argv-array.h
index a39ba43f57..a7d3b10707 100644
--- a/argv-array.h
+++ b/argv-array.h
@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
#ifndef ARGV_ARRAY_H
#define ARGV_ARRAY_H
+/**
+ * The argv-array API allows one to dynamically build and store
+ * NULL-terminated lists. An argv-array maintains the invariant that the
+ * `argv` member always points to a non-NULL array, and that the array is
+ * always NULL-terminated at the element pointed to by `argv[argc]`. This
+ * makes the result suitable for passing to functions expecting to receive
+ * argv from main().
+ *
+ * The string-list API (documented in string-list.h) is similar, but cannot be
+ * used for these purposes; instead of storing a straight string pointer,
+ * it contains an item structure with a `util` field that is not compatible
+ * with the traditional argv interface.
+ *
+ * Each `argv_array` manages its own memory. Any strings pushed into the
+ * array are duplicated, and all memory is freed by argv_array_clear().
+ */
+
extern const char *empty_argv[];
+/**
+ * A single array. This should be initialized by assignment from
+ * `ARGV_ARRAY_INIT`, or by calling `argv_array_init`. The `argv`
+ * member contains the actual array; the `argc` member contains the
+ * number of elements in the array, not including the terminating
+ * NULL.
+ */
struct argv_array {
const char **argv;
int argc;
@@ -11,17 +35,55 @@ struct argv_array {
#define ARGV_ARRAY_INIT { empty_argv, 0, 0 }
+/**
+ * Initialize an array. This is no different than assigning from
+ * `ARGV_ARRAY_INIT`.
+ */
void argv_array_init(struct argv_array *);
+
+/* Push a copy of a string onto the end of the array. */
const char *argv_array_push(struct argv_array *, const char *);
+
+/**
+ * Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a
+ * convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`.
+ */
__attribute__((format (printf,2,3)))
const char *argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Push a list of strings onto the end of the array. The arguments
+ * should be a list of `const char *` strings, terminated by a NULL
+ * argument.
+ */
LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *, ...);
+
+/* Push a null-terminated array of strings onto the end of the array. */
void argv_array_pushv(struct argv_array *, const char **);
+
+/**
+ * Remove the final element from the array. If there are no
+ * elements in the array, do nothing.
+ */
void argv_array_pop(struct argv_array *);
+
/* Splits by whitespace; does not handle quoted arguments! */
void argv_array_split(struct argv_array *, const char *);
+
+/**
+ * Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the
+ * initial, empty state.
+ */
void argv_array_clear(struct argv_array *);
+
+/**
+ * Disconnect the `argv` member from the `argv_array` struct and
+ * return it. The caller is responsible for freeing the memory used
+ * by the array, and by the strings it references. After detaching,
+ * the `argv_array` is in a reinitialized state and can be pushed
+ * into again.
+ */
const char **argv_array_detach(struct argv_array *);
#endif /* ARGV_ARRAY_H */