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1 #ifndef CONFIG_H
2 #define CONFIG_H
4 #include "hashmap.h"
5 #include "string-list.h"
6 #include "repository.h"
9 /**
10 * The config API gives callers a way to access Git configuration files
11 * (and files which have the same syntax).
13 * General Usage
14 * -------------
16 * Config files are parsed linearly, and each variable found is passed to a
17 * caller-provided callback function. The callback function is responsible
18 * for any actions to be taken on the config option, and is free to ignore
19 * some options. It is not uncommon for the configuration to be parsed
20 * several times during the run of a Git program, with different callbacks
21 * picking out different variables useful to themselves.
24 struct object_id;
26 /* git_config_parse_key() returns these negated: */
27 #define CONFIG_INVALID_KEY 1
28 #define CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME 2
29 /* git_config_set_gently(), git_config_set_multivar_gently() return the above or these: */
30 #define CONFIG_NO_LOCK -1
31 #define CONFIG_INVALID_FILE 3
32 #define CONFIG_NO_WRITE 4
33 #define CONFIG_NOTHING_SET 5
34 #define CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN 6
35 #define CONFIG_GENERIC_ERROR 7
37 #define CONFIG_REGEX_NONE ((void *)1)
39 enum config_scope {
40 CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
41 CONFIG_SCOPE_SYSTEM,
42 CONFIG_SCOPE_GLOBAL,
43 CONFIG_SCOPE_LOCAL,
44 CONFIG_SCOPE_WORKTREE,
45 CONFIG_SCOPE_COMMAND,
46 CONFIG_SCOPE_SUBMODULE,
48 const char *config_scope_name(enum config_scope scope);
50 struct git_config_source {
51 unsigned int use_stdin:1;
52 const char *file;
53 const char *blob;
54 enum config_scope scope;
57 enum config_origin_type {
58 CONFIG_ORIGIN_UNKNOWN = 0,
59 CONFIG_ORIGIN_BLOB,
60 CONFIG_ORIGIN_FILE,
61 CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN,
62 CONFIG_ORIGIN_SUBMODULE_BLOB,
63 CONFIG_ORIGIN_CMDLINE
66 enum config_event_t {
67 CONFIG_EVENT_SECTION,
68 CONFIG_EVENT_ENTRY,
69 CONFIG_EVENT_WHITESPACE,
70 CONFIG_EVENT_COMMENT,
71 CONFIG_EVENT_EOF,
72 CONFIG_EVENT_ERROR
75 struct config_source;
77 * The parser event function (if not NULL) is called with the event type and
78 * the begin/end offsets of the parsed elements.
80 * Note: for CONFIG_EVENT_ENTRY (i.e. config variables), the trailing newline
81 * character is considered part of the element.
83 typedef int (*config_parser_event_fn_t)(enum config_event_t type,
84 size_t begin_offset, size_t end_offset,
85 struct config_source *cs,
86 void *event_fn_data);
88 struct config_options {
89 unsigned int respect_includes : 1;
90 unsigned int ignore_repo : 1;
91 unsigned int ignore_worktree : 1;
92 unsigned int ignore_cmdline : 1;
93 unsigned int system_gently : 1;
96 * For internal use. Include all includeif.hasremoteurl paths without
97 * checking if the repo has that remote URL, and when doing so, verify
98 * that files included in this way do not configure any remote URLs
99 * themselves.
101 unsigned int unconditional_remote_url : 1;
103 const char *commondir;
104 const char *git_dir;
106 * event_fn and event_fn_data are for internal use only. Handles events
107 * emitted by the config parser.
109 config_parser_event_fn_t event_fn;
110 void *event_fn_data;
111 enum config_error_action {
112 CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET = 0, /* use source-specific default */
113 CONFIG_ERROR_DIE, /* die() on error */
114 CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR, /* error() on error, return -1 */
115 CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT, /* return -1 */
116 } error_action;
119 /* Config source metadata for a given config key-value pair */
120 struct key_value_info {
121 const char *filename;
122 int linenr;
123 enum config_origin_type origin_type;
124 enum config_scope scope;
125 const char *path;
127 #define KVI_INIT { \
128 .filename = NULL, \
129 .linenr = -1, \
130 .origin_type = CONFIG_ORIGIN_UNKNOWN, \
131 .scope = CONFIG_SCOPE_UNKNOWN, \
132 .path = NULL, \
135 /* Captures additional information that a config callback can use. */
136 struct config_context {
137 /* Config source metadata for key and value. */
138 const struct key_value_info *kvi;
140 #define CONFIG_CONTEXT_INIT { 0 }
143 * A config callback function takes four parameters:
145 * - the name of the parsed variable. This is in canonical "flat" form: the
146 * section, subsection, and variable segments will be separated by dots,
147 * and the section and variable segments will be all lowercase. E.g.,
148 * `core.ignorecase`, `diff.SomeType.textconv`.
150 * - the value of the found variable, as a string. If the variable had no
151 * value specified, the value will be NULL (typically this means it
152 * should be interpreted as boolean true).
154 * - the 'config context', that is, additional information about the config
155 * iteration operation provided by the config machinery. For example, this
156 * includes information about the config source being parsed (e.g. the
157 * filename).
159 * - a void pointer passed in by the caller of the config API; this can
160 * contain callback-specific data
162 * A config callback should return 0 for success, or -1 if the variable
163 * could not be parsed properly.
165 typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *,
166 const struct config_context *, void *);
168 int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
169 const struct config_context *, void *);
172 * Read a specific file in git-config format.
173 * This function takes the same callback and data parameters as `git_config`.
175 * Unlike git_config(), this function does not respect includes.
177 int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
179 int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *,
180 void *, enum config_scope,
181 const struct config_options *);
182 int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
183 const enum config_origin_type,
184 const char *name,
185 const char *buf, size_t len,
186 void *data, enum config_scope scope,
187 const struct config_options *opts);
188 int git_config_from_blob_oid(config_fn_t fn, const char *name,
189 struct repository *repo,
190 const struct object_id *oid, void *data,
191 enum config_scope scope);
192 void git_config_push_parameter(const char *text);
193 void git_config_push_env(const char *spec);
194 int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data);
195 void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data);
196 void read_very_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data);
199 * Most programs will simply want to look up variables in all config files
200 * that Git knows about, using the normal precedence rules. To do this,
201 * call `git_config` with a callback function and void data pointer.
203 * `git_config` will read all config sources in order of increasing
204 * priority. Thus a callback should typically overwrite previously-seen
205 * entries with new ones (e.g., if both the user-wide `~/.gitconfig` and
206 * repo-specific `.git/config` contain `color.ui`, the config machinery
207 * will first feed the user-wide one to the callback, and then the
208 * repo-specific one; by overwriting, the higher-priority repo-specific
209 * value is left at the end).
211 * Unlike git_config_from_file(), this function respects includes.
213 void git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *);
216 * Lets the caller examine config while adjusting some of the default
217 * behavior of `git_config`. It should almost never be used by "regular"
218 * Git code that is looking up configuration variables.
219 * It is intended for advanced callers like `git-config`, which are
220 * intentionally tweaking the normal config-lookup process.
221 * It takes two extra parameters:
223 * - `config_source`
224 * If this parameter is non-NULL, it specifies the source to parse for
225 * configuration, rather than looking in the usual files. See `struct
226 * git_config_source` in `config.h` for details. Regular `git_config` defaults
227 * to `NULL`.
229 * - `opts`
230 * Specify options to adjust the behavior of parsing config files. See `struct
231 * config_options` in `config.h` for details. As an example: regular `git_config`
232 * sets `opts.respect_includes` to `1` by default.
234 int config_with_options(config_fn_t fn, void *,
235 struct git_config_source *config_source,
236 struct repository *repo,
237 const struct config_options *opts);
240 * Value Parsing Helpers
241 * ---------------------
243 * The following helper functions aid in parsing string values
246 int git_parse_ssize_t(const char *, ssize_t *);
247 int git_parse_ulong(const char *, unsigned long *);
248 int git_parse_int(const char *value, int *ret);
251 * Same as `git_config_bool`, except that it returns -1 on error rather
252 * than dying.
254 int git_parse_maybe_bool(const char *);
257 * Parse the string to an integer, including unit factors. Dies on error;
258 * otherwise, returns the parsed result.
260 int git_config_int(const char *, const char *, const struct key_value_info *);
262 int64_t git_config_int64(const char *, const char *,
263 const struct key_value_info *);
266 * Identical to `git_config_int`, but for unsigned longs.
268 unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *, const char *,
269 const struct key_value_info *);
271 ssize_t git_config_ssize_t(const char *, const char *,
272 const struct key_value_info *);
275 * Same as `git_config_bool`, except that integers are returned as-is, and
276 * an `is_bool` flag is unset.
278 int git_config_bool_or_int(const char *, const char *,
279 const struct key_value_info *, int *);
282 * Parse a string into a boolean value, respecting keywords like "true" and
283 * "false". Integer values are converted into true/false values (when they
284 * are non-zero or zero, respectively). Other values cause a die(). If
285 * parsing is successful, the return value is the result.
287 int git_config_bool(const char *, const char *);
290 * Allocates and copies the value string into the `dest` parameter; if no
291 * string is given, prints an error message and returns -1.
293 int git_config_string(const char **, const char *, const char *);
296 * Similar to `git_config_string`, but expands `~` or `~user` into the
297 * user's home directory when found at the beginning of the path.
299 int git_config_pathname(const char **, const char *, const char *);
301 int git_config_expiry_date(timestamp_t *, const char *, const char *);
302 int git_config_color(char *, const char *, const char *);
303 int git_config_set_in_file_gently(const char *, const char *, const char *);
306 * write config values to a specific config file, takes a key/value pair as
307 * parameter.
309 void git_config_set_in_file(const char *, const char *, const char *);
311 int git_config_set_gently(const char *, const char *);
314 * Write a config value that should apply to the current worktree. If
315 * extensions.worktreeConfig is enabled, then the write will happen in the
316 * current worktree's config. Otherwise, write to the common config file.
318 int repo_config_set_worktree_gently(struct repository *, const char *, const char *);
321 * write config values to `.git/config`, takes a key/value pair as parameter.
323 void git_config_set(const char *, const char *);
325 int git_config_parse_key(const char *, char **, size_t *);
328 * The following macros specify flag bits that alter the behavior
329 * of the git_config_set_multivar*() methods.
333 * When CONFIG_FLAGS_MULTI_REPLACE is specified, all matching key/values
334 * are removed before a single new pair is written. If the flag is not
335 * present, then set operations replace only the first match.
337 #define CONFIG_FLAGS_MULTI_REPLACE (1 << 0)
340 * When CONFIG_FLAGS_FIXED_VALUE is specified, match key/value pairs
341 * by string comparison (not regex match) to the provided value_pattern
342 * parameter.
344 #define CONFIG_FLAGS_FIXED_VALUE (1 << 1)
346 int git_config_set_multivar_gently(const char *, const char *, const char *, unsigned);
347 void git_config_set_multivar(const char *, const char *, const char *, unsigned);
348 int repo_config_set_multivar_gently(struct repository *, const char *, const char *, const char *, unsigned);
349 int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *, const char *, const char *, const char *, unsigned);
352 * takes four parameters:
354 * - the name of the file, as a string, to which key/value pairs will be written.
356 * - the name of key, as a string. This is in canonical "flat" form: the section,
357 * subsection, and variable segments will be separated by dots, and the section
358 * and variable segments will be all lowercase.
359 * E.g., `core.ignorecase`, `diff.SomeType.textconv`.
361 * - the value of the variable, as a string. If value is equal to NULL, it will
362 * remove the matching key from the config file.
364 * - the value regex, as a string. It will disregard key/value pairs where value
365 * does not match.
367 * - a flags value with bits corresponding to the CONFIG_FLAG_* macros.
369 * It returns 0 on success.
371 void git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char *config_filename,
372 const char *key,
373 const char *value,
374 const char *value_pattern,
375 unsigned flags);
378 * rename or remove sections in the config file
379 * parameters `old_name` and `new_name`
380 * If NULL is passed through `new_name` parameter,
381 * the section will be removed from the config file.
383 int git_config_rename_section(const char *, const char *);
385 int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *, const char *, const char *);
386 int git_config_copy_section(const char *, const char *);
387 int git_config_copy_section_in_file(const char *, const char *, const char *);
388 int git_env_bool(const char *, int);
389 unsigned long git_env_ulong(const char *, unsigned long);
390 int git_config_system(void);
391 int config_error_nonbool(const char *);
392 #if defined(__GNUC__)
393 #define config_error_nonbool(s) (config_error_nonbool(s), const_error())
394 #endif
396 char *git_system_config(void);
397 void git_global_config(char **user, char **xdg);
399 int git_config_parse_parameter(const char *, config_fn_t fn, void *data);
401 const char *config_origin_type_name(enum config_origin_type type);
402 void kvi_from_param(struct key_value_info *out);
405 * Match and parse a config key of the form:
407 * section.(subsection.)?key
409 * (i.e., what gets handed to a config_fn_t). The caller provides the section;
410 * we return -1 if it does not match, 0 otherwise. The subsection and key
411 * out-parameters are filled by the function (and *subsection is NULL if it is
412 * missing).
414 * If the subsection pointer-to-pointer passed in is NULL, returns 0 only if
415 * there is no subsection at all.
417 int parse_config_key(const char *var,
418 const char *section,
419 const char **subsection, size_t *subsection_len,
420 const char **key);
423 * Custom Configsets
424 * -----------------
426 * A `config_set` can be used to construct an in-memory cache for
427 * config-like files that the caller specifies (i.e., files like `.gitmodules`,
428 * `~/.gitconfig` etc.). For example,
430 * ----------------------------------------
431 * struct config_set gm_config;
432 * git_configset_init(&gm_config);
433 * int b;
434 * //we add config files to the config_set
435 * git_configset_add_file(&gm_config, ".gitmodules");
436 * git_configset_add_file(&gm_config, ".gitmodules_alt");
438 * if (!git_configset_get_bool(gm_config, "submodule.frotz.ignore", &b)) {
439 * //hack hack hack
442 * when we are done with the configset:
443 * git_configset_clear(&gm_config);
444 * ----------------------------------------
446 * Configset API provides functions for the above mentioned work flow
449 struct config_set_element {
450 struct hashmap_entry ent;
451 char *key;
452 struct string_list value_list;
455 struct configset_list_item {
456 struct config_set_element *e;
457 int value_index;
461 * the contents of the list are ordered according to their
462 * position in the config files and order of parsing the files.
463 * (i.e. key-value pair at the last position of .git/config will
464 * be at the last item of the list)
466 struct configset_list {
467 struct configset_list_item *items;
468 unsigned int nr, alloc;
471 struct config_set {
472 struct hashmap config_hash;
473 int hash_initialized;
474 struct configset_list list;
478 * Initializes the config_set `cs`.
480 void git_configset_init(struct config_set *cs);
483 * Parses the file and adds the variable-value pairs to the `config_set`,
484 * dies if there is an error in parsing the file. Returns 0 on success, or
485 * -1 if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. The caller decides
486 * whether to free the incomplete configset or continue using it when
487 * the function returns -1.
489 int git_configset_add_file(struct config_set *cs, const char *filename);
492 * Finds and returns the value list, sorted in order of increasing priority
493 * for the configuration variable `key` and config set `cs`. When the
494 * configuration variable `key` is not found, returns 1 without touching
495 * `value`.
497 * The key will be parsed for validity with git_config_parse_key(), on
498 * error a negative value will be returned.
500 * The caller should not free or modify the returned pointer, as it is
501 * owned by the cache.
503 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
504 int git_configset_get_value_multi(struct config_set *cs, const char *key,
505 const struct string_list **dest);
508 * A validation wrapper for git_configset_get_value_multi() which does
509 * for it what git_configset_get_string() does for
510 * git_configset_get_value().
512 * The configuration syntax allows for "[section] key", which will
513 * give us a NULL entry in the "struct string_list", as opposed to
514 * "[section] key =" which is the empty string. Most users of the API
515 * are not prepared to handle NULL in a "struct string_list".
517 int git_configset_get_string_multi(struct config_set *cs, const char *key,
518 const struct string_list **dest);
521 * Clears `config_set` structure, removes all saved variable-value pairs.
523 void git_configset_clear(struct config_set *cs);
526 * These functions return 1 if not found, and 0 if found, leaving the found
527 * value in the 'dest' pointer.
531 * git_configset_get() returns negative values on error, see
532 * repo_config_get() below.
534 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
535 int git_configset_get(struct config_set *cs, const char *key);
538 * Finds the highest-priority value for the configuration variable `key`
539 * and config set `cs`, stores the pointer to it in `value` and returns 0.
540 * When the configuration variable `key` is not found, returns 1 without
541 * touching `value`. The caller should not free or modify `value`, as it
542 * is owned by the cache.
544 int git_configset_get_value(struct config_set *cs, const char *key,
545 const char **dest, struct key_value_info *kvi);
547 int git_configset_get_string(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, char **dest);
548 int git_configset_get_int(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *dest);
549 int git_configset_get_ulong(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, unsigned long *dest);
550 int git_configset_get_bool(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *dest);
551 int git_configset_get_bool_or_int(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *is_bool, int *dest);
552 int git_configset_get_maybe_bool(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *dest);
553 int git_configset_get_pathname(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, const char **dest);
555 /* Functions for reading a repository's config */
556 struct repository;
557 void repo_config(struct repository *repo, config_fn_t fn, void *data);
560 * Run only the discover part of the repo_config_get_*() functions
561 * below, in addition to 1 if not found, returns negative values on
562 * error (e.g. if the key itself is invalid).
564 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
565 int repo_config_get(struct repository *repo, const char *key);
566 int repo_config_get_value(struct repository *repo,
567 const char *key, const char **value);
568 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
569 int repo_config_get_value_multi(struct repository *repo, const char *key,
570 const struct string_list **dest);
571 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
572 int repo_config_get_string_multi(struct repository *repo, const char *key,
573 const struct string_list **dest);
574 int repo_config_get_string(struct repository *repo,
575 const char *key, char **dest);
576 int repo_config_get_string_tmp(struct repository *repo,
577 const char *key, const char **dest);
578 int repo_config_get_int(struct repository *repo,
579 const char *key, int *dest);
580 int repo_config_get_ulong(struct repository *repo,
581 const char *key, unsigned long *dest);
582 int repo_config_get_bool(struct repository *repo,
583 const char *key, int *dest);
584 int repo_config_get_bool_or_int(struct repository *repo,
585 const char *key, int *is_bool, int *dest);
586 int repo_config_get_maybe_bool(struct repository *repo,
587 const char *key, int *dest);
588 int repo_config_get_pathname(struct repository *repo,
589 const char *key, const char **dest);
592 * Functions for reading protected config. By definition, protected
593 * config ignores repository config, so these do not take a `struct
594 * repository` parameter.
596 void git_protected_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data);
599 * Querying For Specific Variables
600 * -------------------------------
602 * For programs wanting to query for specific variables in a non-callback
603 * manner, the config API provides two functions `git_config_get_value`
604 * and `git_config_get_value_multi`. They both read values from an internal
605 * cache generated previously from reading the config files.
607 * For those git_config_get*() functions that aren't documented,
608 * consult the corresponding repo_config_get*() function's
609 * documentation.
612 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
613 int git_config_get(const char *key);
616 * Finds the highest-priority value for the configuration variable `key`,
617 * stores the pointer to it in `value` and returns 0. When the
618 * configuration variable `key` is not found, returns 1 without touching
619 * `value`. The caller should not free or modify `value`, as it is owned
620 * by the cache.
622 int git_config_get_value(const char *key, const char **value);
625 * Finds and returns the value list, sorted in order of increasing priority
626 * for the configuration variable `key`. When the configuration variable
627 * `key` is not found, returns 1 without touching `value`.
629 * The caller should not free or modify the returned pointer, as it is
630 * owned by the cache.
632 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
633 int git_config_get_value_multi(const char *key,
634 const struct string_list **dest);
635 RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
636 int git_config_get_string_multi(const char *key,
637 const struct string_list **dest);
640 * Resets and invalidates the config cache.
642 void git_config_clear(void);
645 * Allocates and copies the retrieved string into the `dest` parameter for
646 * the configuration variable `key`; if NULL string is given, prints an
647 * error message and returns -1. When the configuration variable `key` is
648 * not found, returns 1 without touching `dest`.
650 int git_config_get_string(const char *key, char **dest);
653 * Similar to `git_config_get_string`, but does not allocate any new
654 * memory; on success `dest` will point to memory owned by the config
655 * machinery, which could be invalidated if it is discarded and reloaded.
657 int git_config_get_string_tmp(const char *key, const char **dest);
660 * Finds and parses the value to an integer for the configuration variable
661 * `key`. Dies on error; otherwise, stores the value of the parsed integer in
662 * `dest` and returns 0. When the configuration variable `key` is not found,
663 * returns 1 without touching `dest`.
665 int git_config_get_int(const char *key, int *dest);
668 * Similar to `git_config_get_int` but for unsigned longs.
670 int git_config_get_ulong(const char *key, unsigned long *dest);
673 * Finds and parses the value into a boolean value, for the configuration
674 * variable `key` respecting keywords like "true" and "false". Integer
675 * values are converted into true/false values (when they are non-zero or
676 * zero, respectively). Other values cause a die(). If parsing is successful,
677 * stores the value of the parsed result in `dest` and returns 0. When the
678 * configuration variable `key` is not found, returns 1 without touching
679 * `dest`.
681 int git_config_get_bool(const char *key, int *dest);
684 * Similar to `git_config_get_bool`, except that integers are copied as-is,
685 * and `is_bool` flag is unset.
687 int git_config_get_bool_or_int(const char *key, int *is_bool, int *dest);
690 * Similar to `git_config_get_bool`, except that it returns -1 on error
691 * rather than dying.
693 int git_config_get_maybe_bool(const char *key, int *dest);
696 * Similar to `git_config_get_string`, but expands `~` or `~user` into
697 * the user's home directory when found at the beginning of the path.
699 int git_config_get_pathname(const char *key, const char **dest);
701 int git_config_get_index_threads(int *dest);
702 int git_config_get_split_index(void);
703 int git_config_get_max_percent_split_change(void);
705 /* This dies if the configured or default date is in the future */
706 int git_config_get_expiry(const char *key, const char **output);
708 /* parse either "this many days" integer, or "5.days.ago" approxidate */
709 int git_config_get_expiry_in_days(const char *key, timestamp_t *, timestamp_t now);
712 * First prints the error message specified by the caller in `err` and then
713 * dies printing the line number and the file name of the highest priority
714 * value for the configuration variable `key`.
716 NORETURN void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
719 * Helper function which formats the die error message according to the
720 * parameters entered. Used by `git_die_config()`. It can be used by callers
721 * handling `git_config_get_value_multi()` to print the correct error message
722 * for the desired value.
724 NORETURN void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr);
726 #define LOOKUP_CONFIG(mapping, var) \
727 lookup_config(mapping, ARRAY_SIZE(mapping), var)
728 int lookup_config(const char **mapping, int nr_mapping, const char *var);
730 #endif /* CONFIG_H */