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[PATCH] config: add --repository option

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
May 9, 2009, 16:35 UTC
Message-ID
<1241886936-18941-1-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com>

This is a shorthand similar to --system but instead uses the config file of the current repository.

Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
---
	I often want to check what the local value of a config
	entry is, hence this patch.
 builtin-config.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index a81bc8b..1ae4f82 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static char delim = '=';
 static char key_delim = ' ';
 static char term = '\n';
 
-static int use_global_config, use_system_config;
+static int use_global_config, use_system_config, use_repository_config;
 static const char *given_config_file;
 static int actions, types;
 static const char *get_color_slot, *get_colorbool_slot;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 	OPT_GROUP("Config file location"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "global", &use_global_config, "use global config file"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "system", &use_system_config, "use system config file"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "repository", &use_repository_config, "use repository config file"),
 	OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_file, "FILE", "use given config file"),
 	OPT_GROUP("Action"),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get", &actions, "get value: name [value-regex]", ACTION_GET),
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_config_options, builtin_config_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
-	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + !!given_config_file > 1) {
+	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + use_repository_config + !!given_config_file > 1) {
 		error("only one config file at a time.");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 	}
 	else if (use_system_config)
 		config_exclusive_filename = git_etc_gitconfig();
+	else if (use_repository_config)
+		config_exclusive_filename = git_pathdup("config");
 	else if (given_config_file) {
 		if (!is_absolute_path(given_config_file) && prefix)
 			config_exclusive_filename = prefix_filename(prefix,
-- 
1.6.3.1.ga0e91
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