From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.email>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env`
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:24:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X9NzE5+LNYqG1s+o@ncase> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X9D23LQv34A5Q5DC@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 11:10:04AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:52:26PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>
> > Co-authored-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
>
> In case we want it, this is also:
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
>
> > +--config-env=<name>=<envvar>::
> > + Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The <envvar>
> > + given will be replaced with the contents of the environment
> > + variable of that name. In contrast to `-c`, an envvar must
> > + always be given and exist in the environment. Passing an
> > + environment variable with empty value will set <name> to the
> > + empty string which `git config --type=bool` will convert to
> > + `false`.
>
> I agree with Ævar that we probably should keep an empty variable as the
> empty string. I think some options use an empty string to clear a list
> (e.g., push.pushOption), and I'm not sure how they'd react to a bool
> instead. It would be nice to also have a way to do the implicit-bool
> thing, but I don't think it's strictly necessary (it's always correct to
> put the string "true" into the variable instead).
I think this is just weirdly worded in the `-c` case, which I mostly
copied. We _do_ keep the empty string, which effectively means that `git
config --type=bool` will return `false`.
Or do you mean that we should allow `--config-env=foo.bar=`?
> I think we should also document that <envvar> can't contain an "=" sign.
> Of course using strrchr() here doesn't help much with just this patch,
> because we flatten the string before stuffing it into
> $GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS, so the reading side would mis-parse it.
Makes sense.
Patrick
> But here's a fix for that. I built it on top of your whole series, since
> you touched some of the related functions, but it could easily be
> rebased onto just this part.
>
> [1/3]: quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function
> [2/3]: config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS
> [3/3]: config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format
>
> config.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> quote.c | 15 ++++--
> quote.h | 18 ++++++-
> t/t1300-config.sh | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> -Peff
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Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-24 10:50 [PATCH v2 0/2] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-24 10:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-24 10:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-25 3:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 7:06 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-25 7:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 7:57 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-25 8:47 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-25 9:00 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-25 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 10:41 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Jeff King
2020-11-25 13:16 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-11-26 0:36 ` Jeff King
2020-11-25 20:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 22:47 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-26 6:31 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 9:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 11:30 ` Jeff King
2020-12-01 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] environment: make `getenv_safe()` non-static Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] config: refactor parsing of GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-01 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] config: allow specifying config entries via env Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] git: add `--super-prefix` to usage string Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 14:40 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-09 16:24 ` Jeff King
2020-12-11 13:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-11 14:21 ` Jeff King
2020-12-11 14:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-11 16:10 ` Jeff King
2020-12-09 16:10 ` Jeff King
2020-12-09 16:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function Jeff King
2020-12-09 16:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Jeff King
2020-12-09 16:20 ` [PATCH 3/3] config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format Jeff King
2020-12-09 16:34 ` Jeff King
2020-12-10 20:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-10 21:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11 13:21 ` Jeff King
2020-12-10 0:00 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 0:09 ` Jeff King
2020-12-10 0:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11 13:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2020-12-11 14:20 ` Jeff King
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] environment: make `getenv_safe()` non-static Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 13:12 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] config: refactor parsing of GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 11:52 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-09 15:29 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] config: allow specifying config entries via env Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-11 13:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-11 14:27 ` Jeff King
2020-12-11 14:42 ` Jeff King
2020-12-11 14:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-11 14:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-11 15:21 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-11 16:02 ` Jeff King
2020-12-16 7:52 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] " Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:52 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] git: add `--super-prefix` to usage string Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:52 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-23 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-16 7:54 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:54 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] environment: make `getenv_safe()` a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:54 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-23 21:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-23 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-06 10:28 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-06 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-16 7:56 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:56 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 7:57 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2020-12-16 20:01 ` Phillip Wood
2021-01-07 6:36 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] config: allow specifying config entries via env Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:36 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] git: add `--super-prefix` to usage string Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:36 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-10 20:29 ` Simon Ruderich
2021-01-11 0:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-11 8:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:36 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:37 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:37 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:37 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:37 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] environment: make `getenv_safe()` a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-07 6:37 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:36 ` [PATCH v7 0/8] " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:36 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] git: add `--super-prefix` to usage string Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:36 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-11 8:36 ` [PATCH v7 3/8] quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:36 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:37 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:37 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:37 ` [PATCH v7 7/8] environment: make `getenv_safe()` a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-11 8:37 ` [PATCH v7 8/8] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:26 ` [PATCH v8 0/8] " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:26 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] git: add `--super-prefix` to usage string Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:26 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] config: add new way to pass config via `--config-env` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-16 15:40 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-17 8:38 ` Jeff King
2021-04-19 15:28 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-20 11:01 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-20 10:59 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-23 10:05 ` Jeff King
2021-05-19 11:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-12 12:26 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:26 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] config: extract function to parse config pairs Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:27 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] config: store "git -c" variables using more robust format Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-15 19:16 ` Jeff King
2021-01-20 6:29 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-20 6:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-20 7:42 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-20 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-12 12:27 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] config: parse more robust format in GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:27 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] environment: make `getenv_safe()` a public function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-01-12 12:27 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs Patrick Steinhardt
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