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string-list: document that string_list_insert() inserts unique strings
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Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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hvoigt authored and gitster committed Mar 30, 2012
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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.
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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
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