pingcap/tidb

Use redundantbranch to find useless branch control

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#11,854 opened on Aug 24, 2019

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Description

See https://github.com/Merovius/go-tools for more examples.

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Research direction
Familiarize yourself with the 'redundantbranch' tool from the linked repository, then run it on the TiDB codebase to identify and remove useless branch control statements.
Tech stack
go
Domain
backenddatabase
Issue type
Refactor
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Needs investigation
Prerequisites
GitGo
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40