nth_packed_object_oid(): use customary integer return

Our nth_packed_object_sha1() function returns NULL for error. So when we
wrapped it with nth_packed_object_oid(), we kept the same semantics. But
it's a bit funny, because the caller actually passes in an out
parameter, and the pointer we return is just that same struct they
passed to us (or NULL).

It's not too terrible, but it does make the interface a little
non-idiomatic. Let's switch to our usual "0 for success, negative for
error" return value. Most callers either don't check it, or are
trivially converted. The one that requires the biggest change is
actually improved, as we can ditch an extra aliased pointer variable.

Since we are changing the interface in a subtle way that the compiler
wouldn't catch, let's also change the name to catch any topics in
flight. We can drop the 'o' and make it nth_packed_object_id(). That's
slightly shorter, but also less redundant since the 'o' stands for
"object" already.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index ec536a4ae5..95b83ba25b 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -129,10 +129,9 @@ int bsearch_pack(const struct object_id *oid, const struct packed_git *p, uint32
 const unsigned char *nth_packed_object_sha1(struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
 /*
  * Like nth_packed_object_sha1, but write the data into the object specified by
- * the the first argument.  Returns the first argument on success, and NULL on
- * error.
+ * the the first argument.  Returns 0 on success, negative otherwise.
  */
-const struct object_id *nth_packed_object_oid(struct object_id *, struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
+int nth_packed_object_id(struct object_id *, struct packed_git *, uint32_t n);
 
 /*
  * Return the offset of the nth object within the specified packfile.