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[PATCH 15/16] init: expand comments explaining config trickery

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 13, 2016, 03:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20160913032418.boochwwign64nfvv@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20160913032242.coyuhyhn6uklewuk@sigill.intra.peff.net>

git-init may copy "config" from the templates directory and then re-read it. There are some comments explaining what's going on here, but they are not grouped very well with the matching code. Let's rearrange and expand them.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/init-db.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 3a45f0b..e935895 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -191,16 +191,19 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
 	/* Just look for `init.templatedir` */
 	git_config(git_init_db_config, NULL);
 
-	/* First copy the templates -- we might have the default
+	/*
+	 * First copy the templates -- we might have the default
 	 * config file there, in which case we would want to read
 	 * from it after installing.
 	 */
 	copy_templates(template_path);
-
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
-	is_bare_repository_cfg = init_is_bare_repository;
 
-	/* reading existing config may have overwrote it */
+	/*
+	 * We must make sure command-line options continue to override any
+	 * values we might have just re-read from the config.
+	 */
+	is_bare_repository_cfg = init_is_bare_repository;
 	if (init_shared_repository != -1)
 		set_shared_repository(init_shared_repository);
 
-- 
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  1. 0/16 fix config-reading in non-reposJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  2. 01/16 t1007: factor out repeated setupJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  3. Stefan BellerSep 13, 2016
  4. 02/16 hash-object: always try to set up the git repositoryJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  5. 06/16 diff: always try to set up the repositoryJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  6. Stefan BellerSep 13, 2016
  7. Jeff KingSep 13, 2016
  8. 04/16 diff: skip implicit no-index check when given --no-indexJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  9. 07/16 pager: remove obsolete commentJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  10. 03/16 patch-id: use RUN_SETUP_GENTLYJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  11. 05/16 diff: handle --no-index prefixes consistentlyJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  12. 08/16 pager: stop loading git_default_config()Jeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  13. 09/16 pager: make pager_program a file-local staticJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  14. 10/16 pager: use callbacks instead of configsetJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  15. 11/16 pager: handle early configJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  16. 12/16 t1302: use "git -C"Jeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  17. 13/16 test-config: setup git directoryJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  18. 14/16 config: only read .git/config from configured reposJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  19. 15/16 init: expand comments explaining config trickeryJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  20. 16/16 init: reset cached config when entering new repoJeff King, Sep 13, 2016
  21. Stefan BellerSep 13, 2016
  22. Dennis KaarsemakerSep 14, 2016
  23. Jeff KingSep 14, 2016

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