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[PATCH v3 5/6] config: respect commondir

From
BWBrandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2017, 18:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20170614180739.72193-6-bmwill@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170614180739.72193-1-bmwill@google.com>

Worktrees present an interesting problem when it comes to the config. Historically we could assume that the per-repository config lives at 'gitdir/config', but since worktrees were introduced this isn't the case anymore. There is currently no way to specify per-worktree configuration, and as such the repository config is shared with all worktrees and is located at 'commondir/config'.

Many users of the config machinery correctly set 'config_options.git_dir' with the repository's commondir, allowing the config to be properly loaded when operating in a worktree. But other's, like 'read_early_config()', set 'config_options.git_dir' with the repository's gitdir which can be incorrect when using worktrees.

To fix this issue, and to make things less ambiguous, lets add a 'commondir' field to the 'config_options' struct and have all callers properly set both the 'git_dir' and 'commondir' fields so that the config machinery is able to properly find the repository's config.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
---
 config.c | 11 +++++++----
 config.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e82e1d987..dd7ad5e1e 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1547,8 +1547,8 @@ static int do_git_config_sequence(const struct config_options *opts,
 	char *user_config = expand_user_path("~/.gitconfig", 0);
 	char *repo_config;
 
-	if (opts->git_dir)
-		repo_config = mkpathdup("%s/config", opts->git_dir);
+	if (opts->commondir)
+		repo_config = mkpathdup("%s/config", opts->commondir);
 	else if (have_git_dir())
 		repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
 	else
@@ -1660,7 +1660,8 @@ void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 
 	opts.respect_includes = 1;
 
-	if (have_git_dir())
+	if (have_git_dir()) {
+		opts.commondir = get_git_common_dir();
 		opts.git_dir = get_git_dir();
 	/*
 	 * When setup_git_directory() was not yet asked to discover the
@@ -1670,8 +1671,10 @@ void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 	 * notably, the current working directory is still the same after the
 	 * call).
 	 */
-	else if (!discover_git_directory(&commondir, &gitdir))
+	} else if (!discover_git_directory(&commondir, &gitdir)) {
+		opts.commondir = commondir.buf;
 		opts.git_dir = gitdir.buf;
+	}
 
 	git_config_with_options(cb, data, NULL, &opts);
 
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c70599bd5..63b92784c 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum config_origin_type {
 
 struct config_options {
 	unsigned int respect_includes : 1;
+	const char *commondir;
 	const char *git_dir;
 };
 
-- 
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  1. 0/4 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  2. 1/4 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  3. 2/4 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  4. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  5. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  6. 4/4 config: don't implicitly use gitdirBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  7. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  8. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  11. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  12. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  13. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  14. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  15. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  16. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  17. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  18. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  19. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  20. 3/4 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  21. Jeff KingJun 12, 2017
  22. Brandon WilliamsJun 12, 2017
  23. Jeff KingJun 12, 2017
  24. Brandon WilliamsJun 12, 2017
  25. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  26. 0/6 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  27. 1/6 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  28. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  29. 2/6 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  30. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  31. 5/6 setup: teach discover_git_directory to respect the commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  32. Jeff KingJun 14, 2017
  33. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2017
  34. 6/6 config: respect commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  35. 4/6 config: don't implicitly use gitdirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  36. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  37. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  38. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2017
  40. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  41. Jacob KellerJun 14, 2017
  42. Jeff KingJun 14, 2017
  43. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2017
  44. 3/6 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  45. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  46. 0/6 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  47. 1/6 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  48. 2/6 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  49. 4/6 setup: teach discover_git_directory to respect the commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  50. 3/6 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  51. 5/6 config: respect commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  52. 6/6 config: don't implicitly use gitdir or commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  53. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2017
  54. Brandon WilliamsJun 15, 2017
  55. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2017
  56. Brandon WilliamsJun 15, 2017
  57. Brandon WilliamsJun 16, 2017

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