Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] Use the early config machinery to expand aliases

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 06:07:30AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> But couldn't we just unconditionally do:
> 
>   setup_git_directory_gently();
> 
> here to move into the top-level if there is one, without caring about
> cdup_dir at all?

IOW, drop your patch 4, and then squash patches 7 and 8 into this:

diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 3b90397a9..6bdc93630 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 
+struct config_alias_data
+{
+	struct strbuf key;
+	char *v;
+};
+
+static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
+{
+	struct config_alias_data *data = d;
+
+	if (!strcmp(key, data->key.buf))
+		return git_config_string((const char **)&data->v, key, value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
 {
-	char *v = NULL;
-	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
-	strbuf_addf(&key, "alias.%s", alias);
-	if (git_config_key_is_valid(key.buf))
-		git_config_get_string(key.buf, &v);
-	strbuf_release(&key);
-	return v;
+	struct config_alias_data data = { STRBUF_INIT, NULL };
+
+	strbuf_addf(&data.key, "alias.%s", alias);
+	if (git_config_key_is_valid(data.key.buf))
+		read_early_config(config_alias_cb, &data);
+	strbuf_release(&data.key);
+
+	return data.v;
 }
 
 #define SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING 1
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 8ff44f081..4e556fa9a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -16,50 +16,6 @@ const char git_more_info_string[] =
 	   "to read about a specific subcommand or concept.");
 
 static int use_pager = -1;
-static char *orig_cwd;
-static const char *env_names[] = {
-	GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT,
-	GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT
-};
-static char *orig_env[4];
-static int save_restore_env_balance;
-
-static void save_env_before_alias(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	assert(save_restore_env_balance == 0);
-	save_restore_env_balance = 1;
-	orig_cwd = xgetcwd();
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env_names); i++) {
-		orig_env[i] = getenv(env_names[i]);
-		orig_env[i] = xstrdup_or_null(orig_env[i]);
-	}
-}
-
-static void restore_env(int external_alias)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	assert(save_restore_env_balance == 1);
-	save_restore_env_balance = 0;
-	if (!external_alias && orig_cwd && chdir(orig_cwd))
-		die_errno("could not move to %s", orig_cwd);
-	free(orig_cwd);
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env_names); i++) {
-		if (external_alias &&
-		    !strcmp(env_names[i], GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT))
-			continue;
-		if (orig_env[i]) {
-			setenv(env_names[i], orig_env[i], 1);
-			free(orig_env[i]);
-		} else {
-			unsetenv(env_names[i]);
-		}
-	}
-}
 
 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
 	switch (use_pager) {
@@ -250,19 +206,17 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 	const char **new_argv;
 	const char *alias_command;
 	char *alias_string;
-	int unused_nongit;
-
-	save_env_before_alias();
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&unused_nongit);
 
 	alias_command = (*argv)[0];
 	alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
 	if (alias_string) {
 		if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
+			int nongit_ok;
 			struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
+			setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+
 			commit_pager_choice();
-			restore_env(1);
 
 			child.use_shell = 1;
 			argv_array_push(&child.args, alias_string + 1);
@@ -308,8 +262,6 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
-	restore_env(0);
-
 	errno = saved_errno;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/t/t7006-pager.sh b/t/t7006-pager.sh
index 83881ec3a..20b4d83c2 100755
--- a/t/t7006-pager.sh
+++ b/t/t7006-pager.sh
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ test_expect_success TTY 'core.pager in repo config works and retains cwd' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_failure TTY 'core.pager is found via alias in subdirectory' '
+test_expect_success TTY 'core.pager is found via alias in subdirectory' '
 	sane_unset GIT_PAGER &&
 	test_config core.pager "cat >via-alias" &&
 	(