docs/buffers.md


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Edward Thomson 5346be3d 2021-09-23T21:16:36 docs: document `git_buf` We have been inconsistent about the way that we handle `git_buf`s provided by users. _Usually_ we require that it has been properly initialized with `GIT_BUF_INIT`, but _sometimes_ we simply overwrite the data in it regardless. And even more rarely, we will grow a user-provided buffer and concatenate data onto it (see `git_diff_format_email`). Document the path forward for `git_buf`, which is that we always require that the buffer is intitialized with `GIT_BUF_INIT`. `git_diff_format_email` will be kept backward compatible but users are encouraged to switch to the new `git_email` APIs.