On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Hi Ayush > > > > On 11/08/2025 00:45, Ayush Chandekar wrote: > >> The global variable 'merge_log_config', set via the "merge.log" or > >> "merge.summary" settings, is only used in 'cmd_fmt_merge_msg()' and > >> 'cmd_merge()' to adjust the 'shortlog_len' variable. > >> Remove 'merge_log_config' globally and localize it in > >> 'cmd_fmt_merge_msg()' and 'cmd_merge()'. Set its value by passing it in > >> 'fmt_merge_msg_config()' by passing its pointer to the function via the > >> callback parameter. > > > > This looks like a good solution > > When fmt_merge_msg_config() needs to read more stuff, the callback > parameter may have to be updated, but this will do for now. > > Thanks. Yes, then we can create a struct and pass the struct instead, maybe. Thanks, Ayush