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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt22
-rw-r--r--cache.h10
-rw-r--r--config.c20
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 8804de327f..e7ecf5d803 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
(see <<FILES>>).
-This command will fail if:
-
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
-
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
+
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 4e9123b77b..6b967cc6dd 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1012,6 +1012,16 @@ extern const char *packed_object_info_detail(struct packed_git *, off_t, unsigne
/* Dumb servers support */
extern int update_server_info(int);
+/* git_config_parse_key() returns these negated: */
+#define CONFIG_INVALID_KEY 1
+#define CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME 2
+/* git_config_set(), git_config_set_multivar() return the above or these: */
+#define CONFIG_NO_LOCK -1
+#define CONFIG_INVALID_FILE 3
+#define CONFIG_NO_WRITE 4
+#define CONFIG_NOTHING_SET 5
+#define CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN 6
+
typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *, void *);
extern int git_default_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
extern int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 671c8df2cc..9d36848889 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1123,12 +1123,12 @@ int git_config_parse_key(const char *key, char **store_key, int *baselen_)
if (last_dot == NULL || last_dot == key) {
error("key does not contain a section: %s", key);
- return -2;
+ return -CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME;
}
if (!last_dot[1]) {
error("key does not contain variable name: %s", key);
- return -2;
+ return -CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME;
}
baselen = last_dot - key;
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ int git_config_parse_key(const char *key, char **store_key, int *baselen_)
out_free_ret_1:
free(*store_key);
- return -1;
+ return -CONFIG_INVALID_KEY;
}
/*
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
if (fd < 0) {
error("could not lock config file %s: %s", config_filename, strerror(errno));
free(store.key);
- ret = -1;
+ ret = CONFIG_NO_LOCK;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -1235,12 +1235,12 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
if ( ENOENT != errno ) {
error("opening %s: %s", config_filename,
strerror(errno));
- ret = 3; /* same as "invalid config file" */
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_FILE; /* same as "invalid config file" */
goto out_free;
}
/* if nothing to unset, error out */
if (value == NULL) {
- ret = 5;
+ ret = CONFIG_NOTHING_SET;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
REG_EXTENDED)) {
error("invalid pattern: %s", value_regex);
free(store.value_regex);
- ret = 6;
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
goto out_free;
}
}
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
regfree(store.value_regex);
free(store.value_regex);
}
- ret = 3;
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_FILE;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
/* if nothing to unset, or too many matches, error out */
if ((store.seen == 0 && value == NULL) ||
(store.seen > 1 && multi_replace == 0)) {
- ret = 5;
+ ret = CONFIG_NOTHING_SET;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char *key, const char *value,
if (commit_lock_file(lock) < 0) {
error("could not commit config file %s", config_filename);
- ret = 4;
+ ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
goto out_free;
}