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[PATCH 5/8] config: provide a version of git_config with more options

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 16, 2012, 08:05 UTC
Message-ID
<20120216080555.GE11843@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20120216080102.GA11793@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Callers may want to provide a specific version of a file in which to look for config. Right now this can be done by setting the magic global config_exclusive_filename variable. By providing a version of git_config that takes a filename, we can take a step towards making this magic global go away.

Furthermore, by providing a more "advanced" interface, we now have a a natural place to add new options for callers like git-config, which care about tweaking the specifics of config lookup, without disturbing the large number of "simple" users (i.e., every other part of git).

The astute reader of this patch may notice that the logic for handling config_exclusive_filename was taken out of git_config_early, but added into git_config. This means that git_config_early will no longer respect config_exclusive_filename. That's OK, because the only other caller of git_config_early is check_repository_format_gently, but the only function which sets config_exclusive_filename is cmd_config, which does not call check_repository_format_gently (and if it did, it would have been a bug, anyway, as we would be checking the repository format in the wrong file).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Obviously this could also learn about a respect_includes flag, and it in
fact does in patch 8. I didn't include it in the initial version because
this part of the series is really about refactoring the
config_exclusive_filename stuff (and is semantically independent of the
notion of included files).
 cache.h  |    1 +
 config.c |   22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 7e375ce..7cb8874 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ extern int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
 extern void git_config_push_parameter(const char *text);
 extern int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data);
 extern int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *);
+extern int git_config_with_options(config_fn_t fn, void *, const char *filename);
 extern int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *, const char *repo_config);
 extern int git_parse_ulong(const char *, unsigned long *);
 extern int git_config_int(const char *, const char *);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index c456600..fbf883d 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -942,9 +942,6 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 	int ret = 0, found = 0;
 	const char *home = NULL;
 
-	/* Setting $GIT_CONFIG makes git read _only_ the given config file. */
-	if (config_exclusive_filename)
-		return git_config_from_file(fn, config_exclusive_filename, data);
 	if (git_config_system() && !access(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),
 					    data);
@@ -980,7 +977,8 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 	return ret == 0 ? found : ret;
 }
 
-int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
+int git_config_with_options(config_fn_t fn, void *data,
+			    const char *filename)
 {
 	char *repo_config = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -988,14 +986,28 @@ int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 
 	inc.fn = fn;
 	inc.data = data;
+	fn = git_config_include;
+	data = &inc;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have a specific filename, use it. Otherwise, follow the
+	 * regular lookup sequence.
+	 */
+	if (filename)
+		return git_config_from_file(fn, filename, data);
 
 	repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
-	ret = git_config_early(git_config_include, &inc, repo_config);
+	ret = git_config_early(fn, data, repo_config);
 	if (repo_config)
 		free(repo_config);
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
+{
+	return git_config_with_options(fn, data, config_exclusive_filename);
+}
+
 /*
  * Find all the stuff for git_config_set() below.
  */
-- 
1.7.9.1.4.g8ffed
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  2. An incremental update to "What's cooking"Junio C Hamano, Feb 14, 2012
  3. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2012
  5. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012
  6. 0/8 config-include fixesJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  7. 1/8 t1300: add missing &&-chainingJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  8. 2/8 config: copy the return value of prefix_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  9. 3/8 config: teach git_config_set_multivar_in_file a default pathJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  10. 4/8 config: teach git_config_rename_section a file argumentJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  11. 5/8 config: provide a version of git_config with more optionsJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  12. 6/8 config: stop using config_exclusive_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  13. 7/8 config: eliminate config_exclusive_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  14. 8/8 config: do not respect includes for single-file --listJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2012
  16. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2012
  18. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  19. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  20. 0/2 api-config documentation leftoversJeff King, Feb 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2012
  22. 1/2 docs/api-config: minor clarificationsJeff King, Feb 17, 2012
  23. 2/2 docs/api-config: describe git_config_with_optionsJeff King, Feb 17, 2012

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