Re: [PATCHv3] Read from XDG configuration file, not write

[nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.fr]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Hrm, xdg_git_path() returns allocated memory, and each call site
> leaks its return value, no?
>
> I didn't mean a micro-helper function like xdg_git_path() when I
> suggested refactoring.  I meant a helper that figures out all the
> necessary bits in one go.  For example, can't the above call site
> look more like this?
>
>       static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
>       {
>               int ret = -1;
>               char *global = NULL, *xdg = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
>               const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
>               struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
>               config_fn_t fn;
>               void *data;
>
>               local = given_config_file;
>               if (!local) {
>                       local = repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
>                       if (git_config_system())
>                               system_wide = git_etc_gitconfig();
>                       home_config_paths(&global, &xdg);
>               }
>               ...
>
> And then the config.c::home_config_paths() may look like:
>
>       void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg)
>       {
>               char *xdg_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
>               char *home = getenv("HOME");
>               char *to_free = NULL;
>
>               if (!home) {
>                       *global = NULL;
>               } else {
>                       if (!xdg_home) {
>                               to_free = strdup(mkpath("%s/.config", home));
>                               xdg_home = to_free;
>                       }
>                       *global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
>               }
>
>               if (!xdg_home)
>                       *xdg = NULL;
>               else
>                       *xdg = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/git/config", xdg_home));
>               free(to_free);

We adapted this code to allow reuse and introduce default values to
core.excludesfile and core.attributesfile in the XDG directory too,
in our V4 version.