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[PATCH v2 02/13] config: add 'gently' parameter to format_config()

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Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 13, 2026, 23:55 UTC
Message-ID
<93c94a1b257d26a23942e902630c220e4a4f8eaf.1771026918.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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<pull.2044.v2.git.1771026918.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>

This parameter is set to 0 for all current callers and is UNUSED. However, we will start using this option in future changes and in a critical change that requires gentle parsing (not using die()) to try parsing all values in a list.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/config.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 237f7a934d..b4c4228311 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -242,10 +242,14 @@ struct strbuf_list {
  * append it into strbuf `buf`.  Returns a negative value on failure,
  * 0 on success, 1 on a missing optional value (i.e., telling the
  * caller to pretend that <key_,value_> did not exist).
+ *
+ * Note: 'gently' is currently ignored, but will be implemented in
+ * a future change.
  */
 static int format_config(const struct config_display_options *opts,
 			 struct strbuf *buf, const char *key_,
-			 const char *value_, const struct key_value_info *kvi)
+			 const char *value_, const struct key_value_info *kvi,
+			 int gently UNUSED)
 {
 	if (opts->show_scope)
 		show_config_scope(opts, kvi, buf);
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ static int collect_config(const char *key_, const char *value_,
 	strbuf_init(&values->items[values->nr], 0);
 
 	status = format_config(data->display_opts, &values->items[values->nr++],
-			       key_, value_, kvi);
+			       key_, value_, kvi, 0);
 	if (status < 0)
 		return status;
 	if (status) {
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ static int get_value(const struct config_location_options *opts,
 		strbuf_init(item, 0);
 
 		status = format_config(display_opts, item, key_,
-				       display_opts->default_value, &kvi);
+				       display_opts->default_value, &kvi, 0);
 		if (status < 0)
 			die(_("failed to format default config value: %s"),
 			    display_opts->default_value);
@@ -743,7 +747,7 @@ static int get_urlmatch(const struct config_location_options *opts,
 
 		status = format_config(&display_opts, &buf, item->string,
 				       matched->value_is_null ? NULL : matched->value.buf,
-				       &matched->kvi);
+				       &matched->kvi, 0);
 		if (!status)
 			fwrite(buf.buf, 1, buf.len, stdout);
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
-- 
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  5. 3/5 config: allow format_config() to filterDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 10, 2026
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  10. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 11, 2026
  11. Derrick StoleeFeb 11, 2026
  12. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 12, 2026
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  14. Derrick StoleeFeb 10, 2026
  15. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 11, 2026
  16. 00/13 Make 'git config list --type=' parse and filter typesDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  17. 01/13 config: move show_all_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  18. 02/13 config: add 'gently' parameter to format_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  19. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  20. 03/13 config: make 'git config list --type=<X>' workDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  21. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  23. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  24. 04/13 config: format int64s gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2026
  26. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  27. Derrick StoleeFeb 23, 2026
  28. 05/13 config: format bools gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  29. 06/13 config: format bools or ints gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  30. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  31. Derrick StoleeFeb 23, 2026
  32. 07/13 config: format bools or strings in helperDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  33. 08/13 parse: add git_parse_maybe_pathname()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  34. 09/13 config: format paths gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  35. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  36. 10/13 config: format expiry dates gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  37. 11/13 color: add color_parse_gently()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  38. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  40. Derrick StoleeFeb 23, 2026
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  43. 13/13 config: restructure format_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 13, 2026
  44. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  45. 00/13 Make 'git config list --type=' parse and filter typesDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  46. 01/13 config: move show_all_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  47. 02/13 config: add 'gently' parameter to format_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  48. 03/13 config: make 'git config list --type=<X>' workDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  49. 04/13 config: format int64s gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  50. 05/13 config: format bools gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  51. 06/13 config: format bools or ints gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  52. 07/13 config: format bools or strings in helperDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  53. 08/13 config: format paths gentlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  54. 09/13 config: format expiry dates quietlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  55. 10/13 color: add color_parse_quietly()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  56. 11/13 config: format colors quietlyDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  57. 12/13 config: restructure format_config()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026
  58. 13/13 config: use an enum for typeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 23, 2026

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