ll-merge: simplify opts == NULL case

As long as sizeof(struct ll_merge_options) is small, there is not
much reason not to keep a copy of the default merge options in the BSS
section.  In return, we get clearer code and one less stack frame in
the opts == NULL case.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ll-merge.c b/ll-merge.c
index 007dd3e4d3..6ce512efc4 100644
--- a/ll-merge.c
+++ b/ll-merge.c
@@ -351,16 +351,13 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 	     const struct ll_merge_options *opts)
 {
 	static struct git_attr_check check[2];
+	static const struct ll_merge_options default_opts;
 	const char *ll_driver_name = NULL;
 	int marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
 	const struct ll_merge_driver *driver;
 
-	if (!opts) {
-		struct ll_merge_options default_opts = {0};
-		return ll_merge(result_buf, path, ancestor, ancestor_label,
-				ours, our_label, theirs, their_label,
-				&default_opts);
-	}
+	if (!opts)
+		opts = &default_opts;
 
 	if (opts->renormalize) {
 		normalize_file(ancestor, path);