SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch

diff --git a/ll-merge.c b/ll-merge.c
index fb61ea66a13eba3a8e91a05dbe1c37de98cec853..8ea03e536a56655ff48f4fa8a3050c0225d52f38 100644 (file)
--- a/ll-merge.c
+++ b/ll-merge.c
@@ -225,11 +225,8 @@ static int read_merge_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
        const char *key, *name;
        int namelen;
 
-       if (!strcmp(var, "merge.default")) {
-               if (value)
-                       default_ll_merge = xstrdup(value);
-               return 0;
-       }
+       if (!strcmp(var, "merge.default"))
+               return git_config_string(&default_ll_merge, var, value);
 
        /*
         * We are not interested in anything but "merge.<name>.variable";
@@ -254,12 +251,8 @@ static int read_merge_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
                ll_user_merge_tail = &(fn->next);
        }
 
-       if (!strcmp("name", key)) {
-               if (!value)
-                       return error("%s: lacks value", var);
-               fn->description = xstrdup(value);
-               return 0;
-       }
+       if (!strcmp("name", key))
+               return git_config_string(&fn->description, var, value);
 
        if (!strcmp("driver", key)) {
                if (!value)
@@ -285,12 +278,8 @@ static int read_merge_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (!strcmp("recursive", key)) {
-               if (!value)
-                       return error("%s: lacks value", var);
-               fn->recursive = xstrdup(value);
-               return 0;
-       }
+       if (!strcmp("recursive", key))
+               return git_config_string(&fn->recursive, var, value);
 
        return 0;
 }