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[PATCH 7/8] builtin/config: warn if "value_regex" doesn't canonicalize as boolean

From
MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2019, 18:55 UTC
Message-ID
<0f48ab4fc344b3cc226d0a45d13530022208ff3e.1573670565.git.martin.agren@gmail.com>
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<cover.1573670565.git.martin.agren@gmail.com>

With `--type=bool`, we try to canonicalize the "value_regex". If it doesn't canonicalize, we continue and handle the "value_regex" as an ordinary regex. This is deliberate -- we do not want to cause existing scripts to fail.

This does mean that users might be at risk of missing out on config values depending on which representation they use in their config file:

	$ git config foo.bar on
	$ git config foo.baz true
	$ git config --type=bool --get-regex "foo\.*" tru
	foo.baz true
	$ # oops! missing foo.bar

Let's start warning when the "value_regex" doesn't look like a boolean. Document our intention of eventually requiring the canonicalization to pass.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 2 ++
 builtin/config.c             | 2 ++
 t/t1300-config.sh            | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 864375b1ec..43310ca3c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ unset an existing `--type` specifier with `--no-type`.
 With `--type=bool` or `--type=bool-or-int`, if `value_regex` is given
 and canonicalizes to a boolean value, it matches all entries
 that canonicalize to the same boolean value.
+The support for non-canonicalizing values of `value_regex` with
+`--type=bool` is deprecated.
 
 When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
 repository local configuration files by default, and options
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 4e274d4867..2af62b95f8 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ static int handle_value_regex(const char *regex_)
 			cmd_line_value.boolean = boolval;
 			return 0;
 		}
+		warning(_("value_regex '%s' cannot be canonicalized "
+			  "to a boolean value"), regex_);
 	}
 
 	if (type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT) {
diff --git a/t/t1300-config.sh b/t/t1300-config.sh
index f0e9a21dc4..3e067c211d 100755
--- a/t/t1300-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-config.sh
@@ -466,8 +466,9 @@ test_expect_success '--get canonicalizes integer value_regex with --type=bool' '
 
 test_expect_success '--type=bool with "non-bool" value_regex' '
 	echo true >expect &&
-	git config --type=bool --get foo.y4 "t.*" >output &&
+	git config --type=bool --get foo.y4 "t.*" >output 2>err &&
 	test_cmp expect output &&
+	test_i18ngrep "cannot be canonicalized" err &&
 	test_must_fail git config --type=bool --get foo.y4 "T.*" >output &&
 	test_must_be_empty output
 '
-- 
2.24.0
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Message 15 of 23 in “builtin/config: canonicalize "value_regex" with `--type=bool[-or-int]`”
  1. 0/8 builtin/config: canonicalize "value_regex" with `--type=bool[-or-int]`Martin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  2. 1/8 config: make `git_parse_maybe_bool_text()` publicMartin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  3. 2/8 t1300: modernize part of scriptMartin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  5. 3/8 builtin/config: extract `handle_value_regex()` from `get_value()`Martin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  7. Martin ÅgrenNov 21, 2019
  8. 4/8 builtin/config: collect "value_regexp" data in a structMartin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  10. Martin ÅgrenNov 21, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  12. 5/8 builtin/config: canonicalize "value_regex" with `--type=bool`Martin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  14. 6/8 builtin/config: canonicalize "value_regex" with `--type=bool-or-int`Martin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  15. 7/8 builtin/config: warn if "value_regex" doesn't canonicalize as booleanMartin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  17. Martin ÅgrenNov 21, 2019
  18. 8/8 builtin/config: die if "value_regex" doesn't canonicalize as booleanMartin Ågren, Nov 13, 2019
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2019
  20. Martin ÅgrenNov 14, 2019
  21. Jeff KingNov 14, 2019
  22. Martin ÅgrenNov 14, 2019
  23. Jeff KingNov 14, 2019

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