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[PATCH 1/2] config api: Add git_config_magic_int()

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Feb 12, 2008, 08:21 UTC
Message-ID
<47B15701.8040803@op5.se>

There are some values where git can reasonably guess at an optimal value. For such occasions, this is a nifty addendum to the config api, letting the caller specify a magic string and a magic setting to return if the value of the variable matches the magic string.

An example would be for threads, where 0 = auto is overly voodoo-ish for some consumers, and typing "auto" is much nicer and more immediately obvious.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
---
 cache.h  |    1 +
 config.c |    9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 3867ba7..1b923ad 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ extern int git_config(config_fn_t fn);
 extern int git_parse_long(const char *, long *);
 extern int git_parse_ulong(const char *, unsigned long *);
 extern int git_config_int(const char *, const char *);
+extern int git_config_magic_int(const char *, const char *, const char *, int);
 extern unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_bool(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_set(const char *, const char *);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 3e72778..635d92b 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ int git_config_int(const char *name, const char *value)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int git_config_magic_int(const char *name, const char *value,
+			 const char *magic_value, int magic_setting)
+{
+	if (value && !strcasecmp(value, magic_value))
+		return magic_setting;
+
+	return git_config_int(name, value);
+}
+
 unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
-- 
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