[PATCH 0/6] clean up parsing of maybe_bool

When we want to parse a boolean config item without dying on error, we call git_config_maybe_bool() which takes two arguments: the value to be parsed (obviously) and a `name` which is completely ignored. Junio has suggested to drop `name` and rename the function [1]. That effort even started shortly after that, by introducing git_parse_maybe_bool(). The new function currently only has a single user outside config.c.

Patch 5 of this series deprecates the old function and updates all callers to use git_parse_maybe_bool() instead. Patch 6 is a final cleanup: one of the converted callers suddenly had an unused argument.

Patches 3 and 4 prepare for the switch. In particular, patch 4 ensures that the two functions are actually equivalent. In doing so, it affects `git push --signed=..` which was very slightly inconsistent to the rest of Git.

Patch 2 adds a failing test in preparation for patch 4. Patch 1 corrects the documentation not to say "git push --sign=.." to make it a bit more obvious that the opposite typo is not being made in patches 2 and 4.

git_parse_maybe_bool is used in sb/diff-color-move, which is in "next". This series makes --color-moved and diff.colormoved consistent with other booleans. That should be a good thing, but cc Stefan to be sure.

Martin

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqq7fotd71o.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com/

Martin Ågren (6):
  Doc/git-{push,send-pack}: correct --sign= to --signed=
  t5334: document that git push --signed=1 does not work
  config: introduce git_parse_maybe_bool_text
  config: make git_{config,parse}_maybe_bool equivalent
  treewide: deprecate git_config_maybe_bool, use git_parse_maybe_bool
  parse_decoration_style: drop unused argument `var`

 Documentation/git-push.txt             |  4 ++--
 Documentation/git-send-pack.txt        |  4 ++--
 Documentation/technical/api-config.txt |  4 ++++
 t/t5534-push-signed.sh                 |  7 +++++++
 builtin/log.c                          | 10 +++++-----
 builtin/merge.c                        |  4 ++--
 builtin/pull.c                         |  4 ++--
 builtin/push.c                         |  2 +-
 builtin/remote.c                       |  2 +-
 builtin/send-pack.c                    |  2 +-
 config.c                               | 15 ++++++++++-----
 pager.c                                |  2 +-
 submodule-config.c                     |  6 +++---
 13 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)