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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-03-31 03:25:55 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-03-31 03:25:55 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: string-list: document that string_list_insert() inserts unique strings
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@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Functions
Insert a new element to the string_list. The returned pointer can be
handy if you want to write something to the `util` pointer of the
- string_list_item containing the just added string.
+ string_list_item containing the just added string. If the given
+ string already exists the insertion will be skipped and the
+ pointer to the existing item returned.
+
Since this function uses xrealloc() (which die()s if it fails) if the
list needs to grow, it is safe not to check the pointer. I.e. you may