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Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] Use the early config machinery to expand aliases

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 10, 2017, 10:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20170610101057.yeemax73c2t6truz@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170610100730.j62kh2hayt6zknr5@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 06:07:30AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> But couldn't we just unconditionally do:
> 
>   setup_git_directory_gently();
> 
> here to move into the top-level if there is one, without caring about
> cdup_dir at all?
IOW, drop your patch 4, and then squash patches 7 and 8 into this:
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 3b90397a9..6bdc93630 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 
+struct config_alias_data
+{
+	struct strbuf key;
+	char *v;
+};
+
+static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
+{
+	struct config_alias_data *data = d;
+
+	if (!strcmp(key, data->key.buf))
+		return git_config_string((const char **)&data->v, key, value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
 {
-	char *v = NULL;
-	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
-	strbuf_addf(&key, "alias.%s", alias);
-	if (git_config_key_is_valid(key.buf))
-		git_config_get_string(key.buf, &v);
-	strbuf_release(&key);
-	return v;
+	struct config_alias_data data = { STRBUF_INIT, NULL };
+
+	strbuf_addf(&data.key, "alias.%s", alias);
+	if (git_config_key_is_valid(data.key.buf))
+		read_early_config(config_alias_cb, &data);
+	strbuf_release(&data.key);
+
+	return data.v;
 }
 
 #define SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING 1
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 8ff44f081..4e556fa9a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -16,50 +16,6 @@ const char git_more_info_string[] =
 	   "to read about a specific subcommand or concept.");
 
 static int use_pager = -1;
-static char *orig_cwd;
-static const char *env_names[] = {
-	GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT
-};
-static char *orig_env[4];
-static int save_restore_env_balance;
-
-static void save_env_before_alias(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	assert(save_restore_env_balance == 0);
-	save_restore_env_balance = 1;
-	orig_cwd = xgetcwd();
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env_names); i++) {
-		orig_env[i] = getenv(env_names[i]);
-		orig_env[i] = xstrdup_or_null(orig_env[i]);
-	}
-}
-
-static void restore_env(int external_alias)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	assert(save_restore_env_balance == 1);
-	save_restore_env_balance = 0;
-	if (!external_alias && orig_cwd && chdir(orig_cwd))
-		die_errno("could not move to %s", orig_cwd);
-	free(orig_cwd);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env_names); i++) {
-		if (external_alias &&
-		    !strcmp(env_names[i], GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT))
-			continue;
-		if (orig_env[i]) {
-			setenv(env_names[i], orig_env[i], 1);
-			free(orig_env[i]);
-		} else {
-			unsetenv(env_names[i]);
-		}
-	}
-}
 
 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
 	switch (use_pager) {
@@ -250,19 +206,17 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 	const char **new_argv;
 	const char *alias_command;
 	char *alias_string;
-	int unused_nongit;
-
-	save_env_before_alias();
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&unused_nongit);
 
 	alias_command = (*argv)[0];
 	alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
 	if (alias_string) {
 		if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
+			int nongit_ok;
 			struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
+			setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+
 			commit_pager_choice();
-			restore_env(1);
 
 			child.use_shell = 1;
 			argv_array_push(&child.args, alias_string + 1);
@@ -308,8 +262,6 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
-	restore_env(0);
-
 	errno = saved_errno;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/t/t7006-pager.sh b/t/t7006-pager.sh
index 83881ec3a..20b4d83c2 100755
--- a/t/t7006-pager.sh
+++ b/t/t7006-pager.sh
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ test_expect_success TTY 'core.pager in repo config works and retains cwd' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_failure TTY 'core.pager is found via alias in subdirectory' '
+test_expect_success TTY 'core.pager is found via alias in subdirectory' '
 	sane_unset GIT_PAGER &&
 	test_config core.pager "cat >via-alias" &&
 	(
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Message 19 of 32 in “Avoid problem where git_dir is set after alias expansion”
  1. 0/8 Avoid problem where git_dir is set after alias expansionJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  2. 2/8 config: report correct line number upon errorJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  3. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  4. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2017
  5. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  6. 4/8 read_early_config(): optionally return the worktree's top-level directoryJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  7. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  8. 1/8 discover_git_directory(): avoid setting invalid git_dirJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  9. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  10. 3/8 help: use early config when autocorrecting aliasesJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  11. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  12. 5/8 t1308: relax the test verifying that empty alias values are disallowedJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2017
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2017
  16. 6/8 t7006: demonstrate a problem with aliases in subdirectoriesJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  17. 8/8 Use the early config machinery to expand aliasesJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  18. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  19. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2017
  21. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2017
  22. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  23. 7/8 alias_lookup(): optionally return top-level directoryJohannes Schindelin, Jun 8, 2017
  24. Jeff KingJun 10, 2017
  25. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2017
  26. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  27. Johannes SchindelinJun 13, 2017
  28. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2017
  30. Jeff KingJun 14, 2017
  31. Johannes SchindelinJun 14, 2017
  32. Brandon WilliamsJun 8, 2017

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