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[PATCH v3 0/1] advice: add --no-advice global option

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James Liu <james@jamesliu.io>
Date
Apr 30, 2024, 01:47 UTC
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Hi,

This is v3 of the patch to add a global --no-advice option for silencing all advice hints. The environment variable has been renamed to GIT_ADVICE and marked for internal use only, and the conditional in the advice_enabled() helper has been adjusted to use git_env_bool().

I explored the idea of adding another test to ensure the configuration is propagated to subprocesses correctly. This would use `git fetch --all` as the trigger, however it appears that advice is only printed when `fetch_one()` is invoked, which I don't think spawns any child processes. With that said, since this is a common pattern, I believe the existing additional test case is sufficient.

Cheers, James

James Liu (1):
  advice: add --no-advice global option
 Documentation/git.txt |  5 ++++-
 advice.c              |  8 +++++++-
 environment.h         |  7 +++++++
 git.c                 |  6 +++++-
 t/t0018-advice.sh     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v2:
1:  0f2ecb7862 ! 1:  55d5559586 advice: add --no-advice global option
    @@ Commit message
     
         Add a --no-advice global option to disable all advice hints from being
         displayed. This is independent of the toggles for individual advice
    -    hints.
    +    hints. Use an internal environment variable (GIT_ADVICE) to ensure this
    +    configuration is propagated to the usage site, even if it executes in a
    +    subprocess.
     
         Signed-off-by: James Liu <james@jamesliu.io>
     
    @@ advice.c: void advise(const char *advice, ...)
     -	int enabled = advice_setting[type].level != ADVICE_LEVEL_DISABLED;
     +	int enabled;
     +
    -+	if (getenv(GIT_NO_ADVICE))
    ++	if (!git_env_bool(GIT_ADVICE, 1))
     +		return 0;
     +
     +	enabled = advice_setting[type].level != ADVICE_LEVEL_DISABLED;
    @@ advice.c: void advise(const char *advice, ...)
     
      ## environment.h ##
     @@ environment.h: const char *getenv_safe(struct strvec *argv, const char *name);
    - #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
      #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
      #define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
    -+#define GIT_NO_ADVICE "GIT_NO_ADVICE"
      
    ++/*
    ++ * Environment variable used to propagate the --no-advice global option to the
    ++ * advice_enabled() helper, even when run in a subprocess.
    ++ * This is an internal variable that should not be set by the user.
    ++ */
    ++#define GIT_ADVICE "GIT_ADVICE"
    ++
      /*
       * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
    +  * Contains a colon ':' separated list of keys with optional values
     
      ## git.c ##
     @@ git.c: const char git_usage_string[] =
    @@ git.c: static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
      			if (envchanged)
      				*envchanged = 1;
     +		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-advice")) {
    -+			setenv(GIT_NO_ADVICE, "1", 1);
    ++			setenv(GIT_ADVICE, "0", 1);
     +			if (envchanged)
     +				*envchanged = 1;
      		} else {
-- 
2.44.0
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  2. 1/2 advice: allow advice type to be provided in testsJames Liu, Apr 24, 2024
  3. Patrick SteinhardtApr 24, 2024
  4. 2/2 advice: add "all" option to disable all hintsJames Liu, Apr 24, 2024
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  6. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2024
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  15. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2024
  16. Patrick SteinhardtApr 25, 2024
  17. Dragan SimicApr 24, 2024
  18. 0/1 advice: add --no-advice global optionJames Liu, Apr 29, 2024
  19. 1/1 advice: add --no-advice global optionJames Liu, Apr 29, 2024
  20. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  21. James LiuApr 29, 2024
  22. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  23. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  24. Eric SunshineApr 29, 2024
  25. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  26. Jeff KingApr 29, 2024
  27. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2024
  29. James LiuApr 30, 2024
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2024
  31. Rubén JustoApr 29, 2024
  32. Dragan SimicApr 29, 2024
  33. 0/1 advice: add --no-advice global optionJames Liu, Apr 30, 2024
  34. 1/1 advice: add --no-advice global optionJames Liu, Apr 30, 2024
  35. Patrick SteinhardtApr 30, 2024
  36. Dragan SimicApr 30, 2024
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2024
  38. 0/3 advice: add "all" option to disable all hintsJames Liu, May 3, 2024
  39. 1/3 doc: clean up usage documentation for --no-* optsJames Liu, May 3, 2024
  40. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2024
  41. James LiuMay 6, 2024
  42. 2/3 doc: add spacing around paginate optionsJames Liu, May 3, 2024
  43. Karthik NayakMay 3, 2024
  44. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2024
  45. 3/3 advice: add --no-advice global optionJames Liu, May 3, 2024
  46. 4/3 t0018: two small fixesJunio C Hamano, May 8, 2024
  47. Dragan SimicMay 3, 2024
  48. Re* [PATCH v4 0/3] advice: add "all" option to disable all hintsJunio C Hamano, May 3, 2024
  49. Eric SunshineMay 3, 2024
  50. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2024
  51. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2024
  52. Eric SunshineMay 3, 2024
  53. Johannes SchindelinMay 5, 2024
  54. Re* Re* [PATCH v4 0/3] advice: add "all" option to disable all hintsJunio C Hamano, May 6, 2024
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  56. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2024
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  61. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2024
  62. James LiuMay 5, 2024
  63. James LiuMay 6, 2024
  64. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2024
  65. James LiuMay 6, 2024
  66. Karthik NayakMay 7, 2024
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