use pop_commit() for consuming the first entry of a struct commit_listrs/pop-commit

Instead of open-coding the function pop_commit() just call it.  This
makes the intent clearer and reduces code size.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 85c54dcd5a..63563b9ab0 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static struct commit_list *reduce_parents(struct commit *head_commit,
 					  int *head_subsumed,
 					  struct commit_list *remoteheads)
 {
-	struct commit_list *parents, *next, **remotes = &remoteheads;
+	struct commit_list *parents, **remotes;
 
 	/*
 	 * Is the current HEAD reachable from another commit being
@@ -1033,16 +1033,14 @@ static struct commit_list *reduce_parents(struct commit *head_commit,
 	/* Find what parents to record by checking independent ones. */
 	parents = reduce_heads(remoteheads);
 
-	for (remoteheads = NULL, remotes = &remoteheads;
-	     parents;
-	     parents = next) {
-		struct commit *commit = parents->item;
-		next = parents->next;
+	remoteheads = NULL;
+	remotes = &remoteheads;
+	while (parents) {
+		struct commit *commit = pop_commit(&parents);
 		if (commit == head_commit)
 			*head_subsumed = 0;
 		else
 			remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
-		free(parents);
 	}
 	return remoteheads;
 }