[PATCH v2 3/3] http: expand http.cookieFile as a path
This should handle .gitconfig files that specify things like:
[http]
cookieFile = "~/.gitcookies"
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
---
v2: rework documentation now that 'pathname' is documented centrally
Documentation/config.txt | 3 ++-
http.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e655b9729a7d..4c3cd7621ad0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1664,7 +1664,8 @@ http.emptyAuth::
authentication.
http.cookieFile::
- File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
+ The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
+ which should be used
in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 4304b80ad3ac..1044f9ba0e28 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
return git_config_string(&http_proxy_authmethod, var, value);
if (!strcmp("http.cookiefile", var))
- return git_config_string(&curl_cookie_file, var, value);
+ return git_config_pathname(&curl_cookie_file, var, value);
if (!strcmp("http.savecookies", var)) {
curl_save_cookies = git_config_bool(var, value);
return 0;
--
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>