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Merge branch 'mh/fetch-filter-refs' 

Finishing touch to update documentation of string-list to make sure
the earlier rewrite of ref-list match logic that depends on its sort
order will not get broken.

* mh/fetch-filter-refs:
  string_list API: document what "sorted" means
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Junio C Hamano 2012-09-21 11:17:00 -07:00
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string-list API
===============

The string_list API offers a data structure and functions to handle sorted
and unsorted string lists.
The string_list API offers a data structure and functions to handle
sorted and unsorted string lists. A "sorted" list is one whose
entries are sorted by string value in `strcmp()` order.

The 'string_list' struct used to be called 'path_list', but was renamed
because it is not specific to paths.
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`sort_string_list`::

Make an unsorted list sorted.
Sort the list's entries by string value in `strcmp()` order.

`unsorted_string_list_has_string`::