receive-pack: factor out queueing of command

Make a helper function to accept a line of a protocol message and
queue an update command out of the code from read_head_info().

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Author: gitster

builtin/receive-pack.c

@@ -831,16 +831,40 @@ static void execute_commands(struct command *commands,
 		      "the reported refs above");
 }
 
+static struct command **queue_command(struct command **tail,
+				      const char *line,
+				      int linelen)
+{
+	unsigned char old_sha1[20], new_sha1[20];
+	struct command *cmd;
+	const char *refname;
+	int reflen;
+
+	if (linelen < 83 ||
+	    line[40] != ' ' ||
+	    line[81] != ' ' ||
+	    get_sha1_hex(line, old_sha1) ||
+	    get_sha1_hex(line + 41, new_sha1))
+		die("protocol error: expected old/new/ref, got '%s'", line);
+
+	refname = line + 82;
+	reflen = linelen - 82;
+	cmd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct command) + reflen + 1);
+	hashcpy(cmd->old_sha1, old_sha1);
+	hashcpy(cmd->new_sha1, new_sha1);
+	memcpy(cmd->ref_name, refname, reflen);
+	cmd->ref_name[reflen] = '\0';
+	*tail = cmd;
+	return &cmd->next;
+}
+
 static struct command *read_head_info(struct sha1_array *shallow)
 {
 	struct command *commands = NULL;
 	struct command **p = &commands;
 	for (;;) {
 		char *line;
-		unsigned char old_sha1[20], new_sha1[20];
-		struct command *cmd;
-		char *refname;
-		int len, reflen, linelen;
+		int len, linelen;
 
 		line = packet_read_line(0, &len);
 		if (!line)
@@ -866,23 +890,7 @@ static struct command *read_head_info(struct sha1_array *shallow)
 				quiet = 1;
 		}
 
-		if (linelen < 83 ||
-		    line[40] != ' ' ||
-		    line[81] != ' ' ||
-		    get_sha1_hex(line, old_sha1) ||
-		    get_sha1_hex(line + 41, new_sha1))
-			die("protocol error: expected old/new/ref, got '%s'",
-			    line);
-
-		refname = line + 82;
-		reflen = linelen - 82;
-		cmd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct command) + reflen + 1);
-		hashcpy(cmd->old_sha1, old_sha1);
-		hashcpy(cmd->new_sha1, new_sha1);
-		memcpy(cmd->ref_name, refname, reflen);
-		cmd->ref_name[reflen] = '\0';
-		*p = cmd;
-		p = &cmd->next;
+		p = queue_command(p, line, linelen);
 	}
 	return commands;
 }