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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Gregory Anders" <greg@gpanders.com>,
	"Đoàn Trần Công Danh" <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 13:45:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h7j6svkj.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <609ce01c4d5df_5a82087a@natae.notmuch>


On Thu, May 13 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> Jeff King wrote:
>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 02:04:08AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> 
>> > Jeff King wrote:
>> > > It is a bit unfortunate to have to go through these contortions, but
>> > > this is definitely the best we can do for now. I think in the long run
>> > > it would be nice to have a "--stdin" mode for git-config, where we could
>> > > do something like:
>> > > 
>> > >   git config --stdin <<\EOF
>> > >   key=foo.bar
>> > >   type=bool
>> > >   default=false
>> > > 
>> > >   key=another.key
>> > >   type=color
>> > >   default=red
>> > >   EOF
>> > 
>> > Why do we even have to specify the type? Shouldn't there be a registry
>> > of configurations (a schema), so that all users don't have to do this?
>> 
>> One of the purposes of git-config is to serve third-party scripts that
>> store their own config keys that Git does not know about. So we can't
>> know the set of all possible types that will be asked about.
>
> Yes, I know, I maintain several tools that have such configurations. For
> those you would need to specify the type (or find some way to install
> the schema so that git parses it).
>
> But I'm talking about git.git configurations. If you don't specify the
> type in --stdin it should fetch it from some database. That would be
> much more user-friendly.

For what it's worth my idea of hacking a plumbing thingy for
git-send-email here before ultimately deciding that my simpler caching
approach was easier and gave me 95% of the win, was to just teach it a
mode where it spews out all config variables \0-delimited with all
possible interpretations of it. I.e.:

    some.variable	123	bool	true	path	123	string	123	[...]

It's rather cheap to do the "interpret this as --type=X for me" on the
C-level, so we might as well spew out all possible interpretations.

That means that any external tool would be guaranteed to only need one
"git config" invocation to parse any of its config, i.e. in a case where
variable X decides if variable Y is a bool or path or whatever. They'd
already have all possible values.

Something like:

	git config -l -z --type=bool,path
	git config -l -z --type=ALL


  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-13 11:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-12 13:48 [PATCH 0/9] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 1/9] send-email: remove non-working support for "sendemail.smtpssl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 15:46   ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 2/9] send-email: refactor sendemail.smtpencryption config parsing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 3/9] send-email: lazily load config for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 4/9] send-email: lazily shell out to "git var" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 5/9] send-email: use function syntax instead of barewords Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 23:11   ` Jeff King
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 6/9] send-email: get rid of indirect object syntax Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 7/9] send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 8/9] perl: lazily load some common Git.pm setup code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 18:05   ` Eric Wong
2021-05-12 13:48 ` [PATCH 9/9] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-12 19:52   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-12 23:08   ` Jeff King
2021-05-13  7:04     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-13  7:07       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-13  7:26       ` Jeff King
2021-05-13  8:15         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-13 11:45           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-05-12 18:04 ` [PATCH 0/9] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Eric Wong
2021-05-12 23:34 ` Jeff King
2021-05-12 23:36 ` Jeff King
2021-05-13  7:37   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-13  7:49     ` Jeff King
2021-05-20  8:18 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:18   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] send-email: remove non-working support for "sendemail.smtpssl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:18   ` [PATCH v2 02/10] send-email: refactor sendemail.smtpencryption config parsing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 03/10] send-email: lazily load config for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 04/10] send-email: lazily shell out to "git var" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 05/10] send-email: use function syntax instead of barewords Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 06/10] send-email: get rid of indirect object syntax Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 07/10] send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 08/10] perl: lazily load some common Git.pm setup code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 09/10] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:19   ` [PATCH v2 10/10] perl: nano-optimize by replacing Cwd::cwd() with Cwd::getcwd() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-20  8:27   ` [PATCH v2 00/10] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Jeff King
2021-05-20 23:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-21  6:23       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-21  7:07         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-21  9:13         ` Jeff King
2021-05-21  9:24           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-21  9:37             ` Jeff King
2021-05-28 15:49         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-29  8:19           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-29 14:53             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-30 11:33               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-30 16:07                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-28 15:12     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-23  8:56   ` [PATCH v3 00/13] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 01/13] send-email tests: support GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS=true Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 02/13] send-email tests: test for boolean variables without a value Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 03/13] send-email: remove non-working support for "sendemail.smtpssl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 04/13] send-email: refactor sendemail.smtpencryption config parsing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 05/13] send-email: copy "config_regxp" into git-send-email.perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 06/13] send-email: lazily load config for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 07/13] send-email: lazily shell out to "git var" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 08/13] send-email: use function syntax instead of barewords Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 09/13] send-email: get rid of indirect object syntax Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 10/13] send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 11/13] perl: lazily load some common Git.pm setup code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 12/13] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-23  8:56     ` [PATCH v3 13/13] perl: nano-optimize by replacing Cwd::cwd() with Cwd::getcwd() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  1:15     ` [PATCH v3 00/13] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Junio C Hamano
2021-05-24  7:52     ` [PATCH v4 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 01/13] send-email tests: support GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS=true Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 02/13] send-email tests: test for boolean variables without a value Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 03/13] send-email: remove non-working support for "sendemail.smtpssl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 04/13] send-email: refactor sendemail.smtpencryption config parsing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 05/13] send-email: copy "config_regxp" into git-send-email.perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 06/13] send-email: lazily load config for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 07/13] send-email: lazily shell out to "git var" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 08/13] send-email: use function syntax instead of barewords Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 09/13] send-email: get rid of indirect object syntax Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:52       ` [PATCH v4 10/13] send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-27  1:11         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-27 11:36           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:53       ` [PATCH v4 11/13] perl: lazily load some common Git.pm setup code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:53       ` [PATCH v4 12/13] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-27 15:57         ` Jeff King
2021-05-24  7:53       ` [PATCH v4 13/13] perl: nano-optimize by replacing Cwd::cwd() with Cwd::getcwd() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-27 16:00       ` [PATCH v4 00/13] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Jeff King
2021-05-28  9:23       ` [PATCH v5 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 01/13] send-email tests: support GIT_TEST_PERL_FATAL_WARNINGS=true Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 02/13] send-email tests: test for boolean variables without a value Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-10 23:23           ` Jeff King
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 03/13] send-email: remove non-working support for "sendemail.smtpssl" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 04/13] send-email: refactor sendemail.smtpencryption config parsing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 05/13] send-email: copy "config_regxp" into git-send-email.perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 06/13] send-email: lazily load config for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 07/13] send-email: lazily shell out to "git var" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 08/13] send-email: use function syntax instead of barewords Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28 16:10           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-29  8:17             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-29 14:25               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 09/13] send-email: get rid of indirect object syntax Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 10/13] send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28 15:55           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-29  8:12             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-29 14:24               ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 11/13] perl: lazily load some common Git.pm setup code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 12/13] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28  9:23         ` [PATCH v5 13/13] perl: nano-optimize by replacing Cwd::cwd() with Cwd::getcwd() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-28 16:13         ` [PATCH v5 00/13] send-email: various optimizations to speed up by >2x Felipe Contreras
2021-05-31  5:48         ` Jeff King
2021-05-31  9:53           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-31 14:38             ` Jeff King
2021-05-27  7:21 ` [PATCH 0/9] " Elijah Newren

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