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Why Git Has a Variable Named false_but_the_compiler_does_not_know_it_ (blog.codingconfessions.com)
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[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

actually not sure, as they do use #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored in a couple of places :

https://github.com/git/git/blob/8d96f09e9245ddf80c1981476fcbac8c4bb4125f/compat/win32/headless.c#L14

https://github.com/git/git/blob/8d96f09e9245ddf80c1981476fcbac8c4bb4125f/compat/regex/regex.c#L20

but apparently that disables it for everything after that line in the file though:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48426484/concise-way-to-disable-specific-warning-instances-in-clang#comment83878587_48426846

I think the second answer on that stackoverflow post might be better than false_but_the_compiler_does_not_know_it_ though...