[RFC PATCH v1.5 0/5] config-parse: create config parsing library

I'll be leaving Google soon, so I won't be pushing this series through to completion :/ As such, here's an rfc-quality 'reroll' to demonstrate how I intended to respond to the comments on v1 2/2 that discussed where the library boundary should be [1]. In particular:

I've punted on this altogether by removing "respect_includes" from the options accepted by the library functions. As 2/5 describes, config_options is quite bloated, so this split already makes sense even without config-parse.

Initially, I considered turning the "includes" machinery into a first-class citizen in config-parse instead of having it implemented as a separate config callback, but it turned out to be much more complicated than it first appears. The biggest challenge is that as "hasconfig:remote.*url" performs the additional pass over the config files, it performs different actions - from the starting file, it collects remote urls, then in files that could be imported via "hasconfig:remote.*url", it forbid remote urls. This 'action switching' didn't translate well into the lower level machinery, so I opted to leave this for later.

I've opted to move the error reporting to a callback function (3/5), so in-tree callers will use the existing logic, but other callers can provide their own error handling. I've reused the config 'event listeners' for this purpose since they seemed pretty well-suited to the task - they already respond to errors, and the in-tree error handling doesn't do anything that an event listener can't express.

As a result, the library now excludes functions that use the in-tree error handling; we either teach the function to accept event listeners or exclude it altogether.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230721003107.3095493-1-jonathantanmy@google.com

Glen Choo (5):
  config: return positive from git_config_parse_key()
  config: split out config_parse_options
  config: report config parse errors using cb
  config.c: accept config_parse_options in git_config_from_stdin
  config-parse: split library out of config.[c|h]

 Makefile           |   1 +
 builtin/config.c   |   7 +-
 bundle-uri.c       |   4 +-
 config-parse.c     | 561 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 config-parse.h     | 155 +++++++++++
 config.c           | 660 ++++-----------------------------------------
 config.h           | 134 +--------
 fsck.c             |   4 +-
 submodule-config.c |  13 +-
 t/t1300-config.sh  |  16 ++
 10 files changed, 816 insertions(+), 739 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 config-parse.c
 create mode 100644 config-parse.h

Range-diff:
1:  9924481630 = 1:  9924481630 config: return positive from git_config_parse_key()
-:  ---------- > 2:  8807be8319 config: split out config_parse_options
-:  ---------- > 3:  3d4a2357f3 config: report config parse errors using cb
-:  ---------- > 4:  ff03ee1de7 config.c: accept config_parse_options in git_config_from_stdin
2:  4461d2163e ! 5:  377acbfbb5 config-parse: split library out of config.[c|h]
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +struct parse_event_data {
     +	enum config_event_t previous_type;
     +	size_t previous_offset;
    -+	const struct config_options *opts;
    ++	const struct config_parse_options *opts;
     +};
     +
     +static int do_event(struct config_source *cs, enum config_event_t type,
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +
     +static int git_parse_source(struct config_source *cs, config_fn_t fn,
     +			    struct key_value_info *kvi, void *data,
    -+			    const struct config_options *opts)
    ++			    const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     +{
     +	int comment = 0;
     +	size_t baselen = 0;
     +	struct strbuf *var = &cs->var;
    -+	int error_return = 0;
    -+	char *error_msg = NULL;
     +
     +	/* U+FEFF Byte Order Mark in UTF8 */
     +	const char *bomptr = utf8_bom;
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +		if (get_value(cs, kvi, fn, data, var) < 0)
     +			break;
     +	}
    -+
    -+	if (do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data) < 0)
    -+		return -1;
    -+
    -+	switch (cs->origin_type) {
    -+	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_BLOB:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in blob %s"),
    -+				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_FILE:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in file %s"),
    -+				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in standard input"),
    -+				      cs->linenr);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_SUBMODULE_BLOB:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in submodule-blob %s"),
    -+				       cs->linenr, cs->name);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_CMDLINE:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in command line %s"),
    -+				       cs->linenr, cs->name);
    -+		break;
    -+	default:
    -+		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in %s"),
    -+				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    -+	}
    -+
    -+	switch (opts && opts->error_action ?
    -+		opts->error_action :
    -+		cs->default_error_action) {
    -+	case CONFIG_ERROR_DIE:
    -+		die("%s", error_msg);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR:
    -+		error_return = error("%s", error_msg);
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT:
    -+		error_return = -1;
    -+		break;
    -+	case CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET:
    -+		BUG("config error action unset");
    -+	}
    -+
    -+	free(error_msg);
    -+	return error_return;
    ++	/*
    ++	 * FIXME for whatever reason, do_event passes the _previous_ event, so
    ++	 * in order for our callback to receive the error event, we have to call
    ++	 * do_event twice
    ++	 */
    ++	do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data);
    ++	do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data);
    ++	return -1;
     +}
     +
     +/*
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     + */
     +static int do_config_from(struct config_source *top, config_fn_t fn,
     +			  void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    -+			  const struct config_options *opts)
    ++			  const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     +{
     +	struct key_value_info kvi = KVI_INIT;
     +	int ret;
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +			       const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
     +			       const char *name, const char *path, FILE *f,
     +			       void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    -+			       const struct config_options *opts)
    ++			       const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     +{
     +	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
     +	int ret;
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +	top.origin_type = origin_type;
     +	top.name = name;
     +	top.path = path;
    -+	top.default_error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_DIE;
     +	top.do_fgetc = config_file_fgetc;
     +	top.do_ungetc = config_file_ungetc;
     +	top.do_ftell = config_file_ftell;
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +	return ret;
     +}
     +
    -+int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data,
    -+			  enum config_scope scope)
    ++int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    ++			  const struct config_parse_options *config_opts)
     +{
     +	return do_config_from_file(fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN, "", NULL, stdin,
    -+				   data, scope, NULL);
    ++				   data, scope, config_opts);
     +}
     +
     +int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename,
     +				      void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    -+				      const struct config_options *opts)
    ++				      const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     +{
     +	int ret = -1;
     +	FILE *f;
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +	return ret;
     +}
     +
    -+int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
    -+{
    -+	return git_config_from_file_with_options(fn, filename, data,
    -+						 CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN, NULL);
    -+}
    -+
     +int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
     +			const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
     +			const char *name, const char *buf, size_t len,
     +			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    -+			const struct config_options *opts)
    ++			const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     +{
     +	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
     +
    @@ config-parse.c (new)
     +	top.origin_type = origin_type;
     +	top.name = name;
     +	top.path = NULL;
    -+	top.default_error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR;
     +	top.do_fgetc = config_buf_fgetc;
     +	top.do_ungetc = config_buf_ungetc;
     +	top.do_ftell = config_buf_ftell;
    @@ config-parse.h (new)
     +/*
     + * Low level config parsing.
     + */
    -+#ifndef CONFIG_LIB_H
    -+#define CONFIG_LIB_H
    ++#ifndef CONFIG_PARSE_H
    ++#define CONFIG_PARSE_H
     +
     +#include "strbuf.h"
     +
    @@ config-parse.h (new)
     +					struct config_source *cs,
     +					void *event_fn_data);
     +
    -+struct config_options {
    -+	unsigned int respect_includes : 1;
    -+	unsigned int ignore_repo : 1;
    -+	unsigned int ignore_worktree : 1;
    -+	unsigned int ignore_cmdline : 1;
    -+	unsigned int system_gently : 1;
    -+
    -+	/*
    -+	 * For internal use. Include all includeif.hasremoteurl paths without
    -+	 * checking if the repo has that remote URL, and when doing so, verify
    -+	 * that files included in this way do not configure any remote URLs
    -+	 * themselves.
    -+	 */
    -+	unsigned int unconditional_remote_url : 1;
    -+
    -+	const char *commondir;
    -+	const char *git_dir;
    ++struct config_parse_options {
     +	/*
     +	 * event_fn and event_fn_data are for internal use only. Handles events
     +	 * emitted by the config parser.
     +	 */
     +	config_parser_event_fn_t event_fn;
     +	void *event_fn_data;
    -+	enum config_error_action {
    -+		CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET = 0, /* use source-specific default */
    -+		CONFIG_ERROR_DIE, /* die() on error */
    -+		CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR, /* error() on error, return -1 */
    -+		CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT, /* return -1 */
    -+	} error_action;
     +};
     +
     +struct config_source {
    @@ config-parse.h (new)
     +	enum config_origin_type origin_type;
     +	const char *name;
     +	const char *path;
    -+	enum config_error_action default_error_action;
     +	int linenr;
     +	int eof;
     +	size_t total_len;
    @@ config-parse.h (new)
     +typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *,
     +			   const struct config_context *, void *);
     +
    -+/**
    -+ * Read a specific file in git-config format.
    -+ */
    -+int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
    -+
     +int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *,
     +				      void *, enum config_scope,
    -+				      const struct config_options *);
    ++				      const struct config_parse_options *);
     +
     +int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
     +			const enum config_origin_type,
     +			const char *name,
     +			const char *buf, size_t len,
     +			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    -+			const struct config_options *opts);
    ++			const struct config_parse_options *opts);
     +
    -+int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data, enum config_scope scope);
    ++int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    ++			  const struct config_parse_options *config_opts);
     +
    -+#endif /* CONFIG_LIB_H */
    ++#endif /* CONFIG_PARSE_H */
     
      ## config.c ##
     @@
    @@ config.c
     -	enum config_origin_type origin_type;
     -	const char *name;
     -	const char *path;
    --	enum config_error_action default_error_action;
     -	int linenr;
     -	int eof;
     -	size_t total_len;
    @@ config.c: int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
     -struct parse_event_data {
     -	enum config_event_t previous_type;
     -	size_t previous_offset;
    --	const struct config_options *opts;
    +-	const struct config_parse_options *opts;
     -};
     -
     -static int do_event(struct config_source *cs, enum config_event_t type,
    @@ config.c: int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
     -	out->path = cs->path;
     -}
     -
    + int git_config_err_fn(enum config_event_t type, size_t begin_offset UNUSED,
    + 		      size_t end_offset UNUSED, struct config_source *cs,
    + 		      void *data)
    +@@ config.c: int git_config_err_fn(enum config_event_t type, size_t begin_offset UNUSED,
    + 	return error_return;
    + }
    + 
     -static int git_parse_source(struct config_source *cs, config_fn_t fn,
     -			    struct key_value_info *kvi, void *data,
    --			    const struct config_options *opts)
    +-			    const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     -{
     -	int comment = 0;
     -	size_t baselen = 0;
     -	struct strbuf *var = &cs->var;
    --	int error_return = 0;
    --	char *error_msg = NULL;
     -
     -	/* U+FEFF Byte Order Mark in UTF8 */
     -	const char *bomptr = utf8_bom;
    @@ config.c: int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
     -			break;
     -	}
     -
    --	if (do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data) < 0)
    --		return -1;
    --
    --	switch (cs->origin_type) {
    --	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_BLOB:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in blob %s"),
    --				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_FILE:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in file %s"),
    --				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in standard input"),
    --				      cs->linenr);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_SUBMODULE_BLOB:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in submodule-blob %s"),
    --				       cs->linenr, cs->name);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ORIGIN_CMDLINE:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in command line %s"),
    --				       cs->linenr, cs->name);
    --		break;
    --	default:
    --		error_msg = xstrfmt(_("bad config line %d in %s"),
    --				      cs->linenr, cs->name);
    --	}
    --
    --	switch (opts && opts->error_action ?
    --		opts->error_action :
    --		cs->default_error_action) {
    --	case CONFIG_ERROR_DIE:
    --		die("%s", error_msg);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR:
    --		error_return = error("%s", error_msg);
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT:
    --		error_return = -1;
    --		break;
    --	case CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET:
    --		BUG("config error action unset");
    --	}
    --
    --	free(error_msg);
    --	return error_return;
    +-	/*
    +-	 * FIXME for whatever reason, do_event passes the _previous_ event, so
    +-	 * in order for our callback to receive the error event, we have to call
    +-	 * do_event twice
    +-	 */
    +-	do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data);
    +-	do_event(cs, CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR, &event_data);
    +-	return -1;
     -}
     -
      static uintmax_t get_unit_factor(const char *end)
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     - */
     -static int do_config_from(struct config_source *top, config_fn_t fn,
     -			  void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    --			  const struct config_options *opts)
    +-			  const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     -{
     -	struct key_value_info kvi = KVI_INIT;
     -	int ret;
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     -			       const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
     -			       const char *name, const char *path, FILE *f,
     -			       void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    --			       const struct config_options *opts)
    +-			       const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     -{
     -	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
     -	int ret;
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     -	top.origin_type = origin_type;
     -	top.name = name;
     -	top.path = path;
    --	top.default_error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_DIE;
     -	top.do_fgetc = config_file_fgetc;
     -	top.do_ungetc = config_file_ungetc;
     -	top.do_ftell = config_file_ftell;
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     -}
     -
     -static int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data,
    --				 enum config_scope scope)
    +-				 enum config_scope scope,
    +-				 const struct config_parse_options *config_opts)
     -{
     -	return do_config_from_file(fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN, "", NULL, stdin,
    --				   data, scope, NULL);
    +-				   data, scope, config_opts);
     -}
     -
     -int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename,
     -				      void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    --				      const struct config_options *opts)
    +-				      const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     -{
     -	int ret = -1;
     -	FILE *f;
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     -	return ret;
     -}
     -
    --int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
    --{
    --	return git_config_from_file_with_options(fn, filename, data,
    --						 CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN, NULL);
    --}
    --
    + int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
    + {
    + 	struct config_parse_options config_opts = CP_OPTS_INIT(CONFIG_ERROR_DIE);
    +@@ config.c: int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
    + 						 CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN, &config_opts);
    + }
    + 
     -int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
     -			const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
     -			const char *name, const char *buf, size_t len,
     -			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    --			const struct config_options *opts)
    +-			const struct config_parse_options *opts)
     -{
     -	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
     -
    @@ config.c: int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
     -	top.origin_type = origin_type;
     -	top.name = name;
     -	top.path = NULL;
    --	top.default_error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR;
     -	top.do_fgetc = config_buf_fgetc;
     -	top.do_ungetc = config_buf_ungetc;
     -	top.do_ftell = config_buf_ftell;
    @@ config.h: struct git_config_source {
     -					struct config_source *cs,
     -					void *event_fn_data);
     -
    --struct config_options {
    --	unsigned int respect_includes : 1;
    --	unsigned int ignore_repo : 1;
    --	unsigned int ignore_worktree : 1;
    --	unsigned int ignore_cmdline : 1;
    --	unsigned int system_gently : 1;
    --
    --	/*
    --	 * For internal use. Include all includeif.hasremoteurl paths without
    --	 * checking if the repo has that remote URL, and when doing so, verify
    --	 * that files included in this way do not configure any remote URLs
    --	 * themselves.
    --	 */
    --	unsigned int unconditional_remote_url : 1;
    --
    --	const char *commondir;
    --	const char *git_dir;
    +-struct config_parse_options {
     -	/*
     -	 * event_fn and event_fn_data are for internal use only. Handles events
     -	 * emitted by the config parser.
     -	 */
     -	config_parser_event_fn_t event_fn;
     -	void *event_fn_data;
    --	enum config_error_action {
    --		CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET = 0, /* use source-specific default */
    --		CONFIG_ERROR_DIE, /* die() on error */
    --		CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR, /* error() on error, return -1 */
    --		CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT, /* return -1 */
    --	} error_action;
     -};
    +-
    + #define CP_OPTS_INIT(error_action) { \
    + 	.event_fn = git_config_err_fn, \
    + 	.event_fn_data = (enum config_error_action []){(error_action)}, \
    +@@ config.h: enum config_error_action {
    + int git_config_err_fn(enum config_event_t type, size_t begin_offset,
    + 		      size_t end_offset, struct config_source *cs,
    + 		      void *event_fn_data);
     -
     -/* Config source metadata for a given config key-value pair */
     -struct key_value_info {
    @@ config.h: struct git_config_source {
     -
      int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
      		       const struct config_context *, void *);
    - 
    --/**
    -- * Read a specific file in git-config format.
    -- * This function takes the same callback and data parameters as `git_config`.
    -- *
    -- * Unlike git_config(), this function does not respect includes.
    -- */
    --int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
    +-
    + /**
    +  * Read a specific file in git-config format.
    +  * This function takes the same callback and data parameters as `git_config`.
    +@@ config.h: int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
    +  * Unlike git_config(), this function does not respect includes.
    +  */
    + int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
     -
     -int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *,
     -				      void *, enum config_scope,
    --				      const struct config_options *);
    +-				      const struct config_parse_options *);
     -int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
     -			const enum config_origin_type,
     -			const char *name,
     -			const char *buf, size_t len,
     -			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
    --			const struct config_options *opts);
    +-			const struct config_parse_options *opts);
      int git_config_from_blob_oid(config_fn_t fn, const char *name,
      			     struct repository *repo,
      			     const struct object_id *oid, void *data,

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