[PATCH v9 5/8] config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set API

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Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>

Date

Aug 7, 2014, 11:59 UTC

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	if (!git_config_get_value(key, &value)){
		if (!strcmp(value, "foo"))
			git_config_die(key, "value: `%s` is illegal", value);
		else
			/* do work */
	}

Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/technical/api-config.txt | 13 ++++++++++++
 cache.h                                |  3 +++
 config.c                               | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
index 21f280c..0d8b99b 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ as well as retrieval for the queried variable, including:
 	Similar to `git_config_get_string`, but expands `~` or `~user` into
 	the user's home directory when found at the beginning of the path.
 
+`git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...)`::
+
+	First prints the error message specified by the caller in `err` and then
+	dies printing the line number and the file name of the highest priority
+	value for the configuration variable `key`.
+
+`void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr)`::
+
+	Helper function which formats the die error message according to the
+	parameters entered. Used by `git_die_config()`. It can be used by callers
+	handling `git_config_get_value_multi()` to print the correct error message
+	for the desired value.
+
 See test-config.c for usage examples.
 
 Value Parsing Helpers
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f11ce41..89a0d51 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1388,6 +1388,9 @@ struct key_value_info {
 	int linenr;
 };
 
+extern NORETURN void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+extern NORETURN void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr);
+
 extern int committer_ident_sufficiently_given(void);
 extern int author_ident_sufficiently_given(void);
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 4cefa25..5ae9ab0 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1469,8 +1469,12 @@ const struct string_list *git_config_get_value_multi(const char *key)
 
 int git_config_get_string_const(const char *key, const char **dest)
 {
+	int ret;
 	git_config_check_init();
-	return git_configset_get_string_const(&the_config_set, key, dest);
+	ret = git_configset_get_string_const(&the_config_set, key, dest);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		git_die_config(key, NULL);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int git_config_get_string(const char *key, char **dest)
@@ -1511,8 +1515,39 @@ int git_config_get_maybe_bool(const char *key, int *dest)
 
 int git_config_get_pathname(const char *key, const char **dest)
 {
+	int ret;
 	git_config_check_init();
-	return git_configset_get_pathname(&the_config_set, key, dest);
+	ret = git_configset_get_pathname(&the_config_set, key, dest);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		git_die_config(key, NULL);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+NORETURN
+void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr)
+{
+	if (!filename)
+		die(_("unable to parse '%s' from command-line config"), key);
+	else
+		die(_("bad config variable '%s' in file '%s' at line %d"),
+		    key, filename, linenr);
+}
+
+NORETURN __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
+void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...)
+{
+	const struct string_list *values;
+	struct key_value_info *kv_info;
+
+	if (err) {
+		va_list params;
+		va_start(params, err);
+		vreportf("error: ", err, params);
+		va_end(params);
+	}
+	values = git_config_get_value_multi(key);
+	kv_info = values->items[values->nr - 1].util;
+	git_die_config_linenr(key, kv_info->filename, kv_info->linenr);
 }
 
 /*

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