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Re: [PATCH] perl: add new module Git::Config for cached 'git config' access

From
Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Date
Apr 8, 2009, 05:49 UTC
Message-ID
<49DC3ADD.5000902@catalyst.net.nz>
In-Reply-To
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Jakub Narebski wrote:
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>> -		my ($item, $value) = m{(.*?)=(.*)};
>> +		my ($item, $value) = m{(.*?)\n((?s:.*))\0}
>> +			or die "failed to parse it; \$_='$_'";
> 
> Errr... wouldn't it be better to simply use 
> 
> +		my ($item, $value) = split("\n", $_, 2)
> 
> here?

Yeah, I guess that's easier to read and possibly faster; both are using the regexp engine and using COW strings though, so it's probably not as bad as one might think.

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> Have you tested Git::Config with a "null" value, i.e. something
> like
> 
>     [section]
>         noval
> 
> in the config file (which evaluates to 'true' with '--bool' option)?
> Because from what I remember from the discussion on the 
> "git config --null --list" format the lack of "\n" is used to
> distinguish between noval (which is equivalent to 'true'), and empty
> value (which is equivalent to 'false')
> 
>     [boolean]
>         noval        # equivalent to 'true'
>         empty1 =     # equivalent to 'false'
>         empty2 = ""  # equivalent to 'false'
That I didn't consider.  Below is a patch for this.  Any more gremlins?
Subject: perl: fix no value items in Git::Config

When interpreted as boolean, items in the configuration which do not have an '=' are interpreted as true. Parse for this situation, and represent it with an object in the state hash which works a bit like undef, but isn't. Various internal tests that items were multiple values with ref() must become stricter. Reported by Jakub Narebski. Sneak a couple of vim footer changes in too.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
  pull 'perl-Config' from git://github.com/samv/git for a rebased
  version without the vim footer changes, and with cleaner whitespace.
 perl/Git/Config.pm |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 t/t9700/config.t   |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/perl/Git/Config.pm b/perl/Git/Config.pm
index a35d9f3..6b4d928 100644
--- a/perl/Git/Config.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/Config.pm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sub _config {
 	}
 
 	if (defined wantarray) {
-		my @values = ref $state ? @$state :
+		my @values = ref($state) eq "ARRAY" ? @$state :
 			defined $state ? ($state) : ();
 
 		if ( my $type = $self->type( $item ) ) {
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ Reads the current state of the configuration file.
 
 =cut
 
+our $NOVALUE = bless [__PACKAGE__."/NOVALUE"], "Git::Config::novalue";
+
 sub read {
 	my $self = shift;
 	my $which = shift;
@@ -185,13 +187,19 @@ sub read {
 
 	local($/)="\0";
 	while (<$fh>) {
-		my ($item, $value) = m{(.*?)\n((?s:.*))\0}
-			or die "failed to parse it; \$_='$_'";
+		my ($item, $value) = split "\n", $_, 2;
+		if (defined $value) {
+			chop($value);
+		} else {
+			chop($item);
+			$value = $NOVALUE;
+		}
+		my $exists = exists $read_state->{$item};
 		my $sl = \( $read_state->{$item} );
-		if (!defined $$sl) {
+		if (!$exists) {
 			$$sl = $value;
 		}
-		elsif (!ref $$sl) {
+		elsif (!ref $$sl or ref $$sl ne "ARRAY") {
 			$$sl = [ $$sl, $value ];
 		}
 		else {
@@ -325,7 +333,7 @@ sub _write {
 		if ($type ne "string") {
 			push @cmd, "--$type";
 		}
-		if (ref $value) {
+		if (ref $value eq "ARRAY") {
 			$git->command_oneline (
 				"config", @cmd, "--replace-all",
 				 $item, $value->[0],
@@ -378,7 +386,7 @@ sub thaw {
 {
 	package Git::Config::string;
 	sub freeze { shift }
-	sub thaw   { shift }
+	sub thaw   { (shift)."" }
 }
 {
 	package Git::Config::integer;
@@ -408,6 +416,15 @@ sub thaw {
 	}
 }
 {
+	package Git::Config::novalue;
+	sub as_string { "" }
+	sub as_num    {  0 }
+	use overload
+		'""' => \&as_string,
+		'0+' => \&as_num,
+		fallback => 1;
+}
+{
 	package Git::Config::boolean;
 	our @true = qw(true yes 1);
 	our @false = qw(false no 0);
@@ -424,7 +441,8 @@ sub thaw {
 	}
 	sub thaw {
 		my $val = shift;
-		if ($val =~ m{$true_re}) {
+		if (eval{$val->isa("Git::Config::novalue")}
+			    or $val =~ m{$true_re}) {
 			1;
 		}
 		elsif ($val =~ m{$false_re}) {
@@ -464,4 +482,4 @@ Perl Artistic License 2.0 or later, or the GPL v2 or later.
 #   cperl-indent-wrt-brace: nil
 # End:
 #
-# vim: vim:tw=78:sts=0:noet
+# vim: tw=78:sts=0:noet
diff --git a/t/t9700/config.t b/t/t9700/config.t
index f0f7d2d..9d7860f 100644
--- a/t/t9700/config.t
+++ b/t/t9700/config.t
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ in_empty_repo sub {
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.false.val", "false");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.true.val", "yes");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "multiline.val", "hello\nmultiline.val=world");
+	open(CONFIG, ">>.git/config") or die $!;
+	print CONFIG <<CONF;
+[boolean]
+   noval
+   empty1 =
+   empty2 = ""
+CONF
+	close CONFIG;
 
 	my $conf = Git::Config->new();
 	ok($conf, "constructed a new Git::Config");
@@ -100,6 +108,18 @@ in_empty_repo sub {
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.falseval", "false");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.trueval", "on");
 
+	is($conf->config("boolean.noval"), "", "noval: string");
+	is($conf->config("boolean.empty1"), "", "empty1: string");
+	is($conf->config("boolean.empty2"), "", "empty2: string");
+
+	$conf->type("boolean.*" => "boolean");
+
+	ok($conf->config("boolean.noval"), "noval: boolean");
+	eval{my $x = $conf->config("boolean.empty1")};
+	ok($@, "empty1: boolean");
+	eval{my $x = $conf->config("boolean.empty2")};
+	ok($@, "empty2: boolean");
+
 	SKIP:{
 		if (eval {
 			$git->command(
@@ -128,4 +148,4 @@ in_empty_repo sub {
 #   cperl-indent-wrt-brace: nil
 # End:
 #
-# vim: vim:tw=78:sts=0:noet
+# vim: tw=78:sts=0:noet
-- 
1.6.0
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  1. perl: add new module Git::Config for cached 'git config' accessSam Vilain, Apr 5, 2009
  2. perl: make Git.pm use new Git::Config moduleSam Vilain, Apr 5, 2009
  3. Frank LichtenheldApr 6, 2009
  4. Sam VilainApr 6, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiApr 7, 2009
  6. Sam VilainApr 8, 2009
  7. Jakub NarebskiApr 8, 2009
  8. Sam VilainApr 8, 2009
  9. Jakub NarebskiApr 8, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
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