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Re: [PATCH v7 5/8] config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set API

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Aug 5, 2014, 15:15 UTC
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<vpqiom72cj4.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
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Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com> writes:
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> Matthieu, I have finished the new version, but instead of flooding the mailing list with
> a series again, I wanted to confirm if the new git_config_die() is alright.
>
> 	NORETURN __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
> 	void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...)
> 	{
> 		const struct string_list *values;
> 		struct key_value_info *kv_info;
>
> 		if (err) {
> 			va_list params;
> 			va_start(params, err);
> 			vreportf("error: ", err, params);
> 			va_end(params);
> 		}
> 		values = git_config_get_value_multi(key);
> 		kv_info = values->items[values->nr - 1].util;
> 		git_die_config_linenr(key, kv_info->filename, kv_info->linenr);
> 	}
>
> Currently works like the old git_config() error reporting path. If err is set to "NULL",
> it would print no error message and just the die message. If given something like,
>
> 	 git_config_die(key, "value '%s' is not allowed", value);
>
> it would print,
>
> 	error: value '3' is not allowed
> 	fatal: bad config variable 'core.frotz' at file line 15 in .git/config
That seems to be a good step forward.

I think we would also want to improve the error message, but that shouldn't block your series from inclusion: we can do that later without API change.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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Message 12 of 19 in “Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set API”
  1. 0/8 Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set APITanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  2. 1/8 config.c: mark error and warnings strings for translationTanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  3. 2/8 config.c: fix accuracy of line number in errorsTanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  4. Matthieu MoyAug 4, 2014
  5. 3/8 add line number and file name info to `config_set`Tanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  6. 4/8 change `git_config()` return value to voidTanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  7. 5/8 config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set APITanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2014
  9. Tanay AbhraAug 4, 2014
  10. Matthieu MoyAug 4, 2014
  11. Tanay AbhraAug 5, 2014
  12. Matthieu MoyAug 5, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2014
  15. 6/8 rewrite git_config() to use the config-set APITanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  16. 7/8 add a test for semantic errors in config filesTanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2014
  18. 8/8 add tests for `git_config_get_string_const()`Tanay Abhra, Aug 1, 2014
  19. Matthieu MoyAug 4, 2014

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