config: return an emtpy string when there is no value

Returning NULL for the string when we haven't signaled an error
condition is counter-intuitive and causes unnecessary edge
cases. Return an empty string when asking for a string value for a
configuration variable such as '[section] var' to avoid these edge
cases.

If the distinction between no value and an empty value is needed, this
can be retrieved from the entry directly. As a side-effect, this
change stops the int parsing functions from segfaulting on such a
variable.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index ed9901bd2..4fb161169 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -393,24 +393,11 @@ int git_config_get_int32(int32_t *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 	return git_config_parse_int32(out, value);
 }
 
-int git_config_get_bool(int *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
-{
-	const char *value;
-	int ret;
-
-	if ((ret = git_config_get_string(&value, cfg, name)) < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	return git_config_parse_bool(out, value);
-}
-
 static int get_string_at_file(const char **out, git_config_file *file, const char *name)
 {
 	const git_config_entry *entry;
 	int res;
 
-	*out = NULL;
-
 	res = file->get(file, name, &entry);
 	if (!res)
 		*out = entry->value;
@@ -418,7 +405,7 @@ static int get_string_at_file(const char **out, git_config_file *file, const cha
 	return res;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
+static int get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	file_internal *internal;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -435,6 +422,29 @@ int git_config_get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 }
 
+int git_config_get_bool(int *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
+{
+	const char *value;
+	int ret;
+
+	if ((ret = get_string(&value, cfg, name)) < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return git_config_parse_bool(out, value);
+}
+
+int git_config_get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
+{
+	int ret;
+	const char *str;
+
+	if ((ret = get_string(&str, cfg, name)) < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	*out = str == NULL ? "" : str;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_config_get_entry(const git_config_entry **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	file_internal *internal;