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[PATCH 4/9] config: use config_error_nonbool() instead of custom messages

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 7, 2023, 07:25 UTC
Message-ID
<20231207072516.GD1277973@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20231207072338.GA1277727@coredump.intra.peff.net>

A few config callbacks use their own custom messages to report an unexpected implicit bool like:

  [merge "foo"]
  driver

These should just use config_error_nonbool(), so the user sees consistent messages.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 imap-send.c       | 2 +-
 merge-ll.c        | 2 +-
 xdiff-interface.c | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 5b0fe4f95a..9c4df7bbc8 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ static int git_imap_config(const char *var, const char *val,
 		server.port = git_config_int(var, val, ctx->kvi);
 	else if (!strcmp("imap.host", var)) {
 		if (!val) {
-			return error("Missing value for 'imap.host'");
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		} else {
 			if (starts_with(val, "imap:"))
 				val += 5;
diff --git a/merge-ll.c b/merge-ll.c
index 8fcf2d3710..1df58ebaac 100644
--- a/merge-ll.c
+++ b/merge-ll.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int read_merge_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 
 	if (!strcmp("driver", key)) {
 		if (!value)
-			return error("%s: lacks value", var);
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		/*
 		 * merge.<name>.driver specifies the command line:
 		 *
diff --git a/xdiff-interface.c b/xdiff-interface.c
index 05d6475a09..d788689d01 100644
--- a/xdiff-interface.c
+++ b/xdiff-interface.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int git_xmerge_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "merge.conflictstyle")) {
 		if (!value)
-			return error(_("'%s' is not a boolean"), var);
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		if (!strcmp(value, "diff3"))
 			git_xmerge_style = XDL_MERGE_DIFF3;
 		else if (!strcmp(value, "zdiff3"))
-- 
2.43.0.664.ga12c899002
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  2. 1/9 config: reject bogus values for core.checkstatJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  3. Taylor BlauDec 8, 2023
  4. 2/9 git_xmerge_config(): prefer error() to die()Jeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  5. 3/9 imap-send: don't use git_die_config() inside callbackJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  6. Patrick SteinhardtDec 7, 2023
  7. Taylor BlauDec 8, 2023
  8. Patrick SteinhardtDec 11, 2023
  9. Jeff KingDec 12, 2023
  10. 4/9 config: use config_error_nonbool() instead of custom messagesJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  11. 5/9 diff: give more detailed messages for bogus diff.* configJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  12. 6/9 config: use git_config_string() for core.checkRoundTripEncodingJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  13. 7/9 push: drop confusing configset/callback redundancyJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  14. 8/9 gpg-interface: drop pointless config_error_nonbool() checksJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  15. 9/9 sequencer: simplify away extra git_config_string() callJeff King, Dec 7, 2023
  16. Patrick SteinhardtDec 7, 2023

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