diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 827a49970d77cc1af431e673323510bb94e0a391..056b14724c4058ce7443264303713bbdc899f04c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just -prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES). +prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <>). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ This command will fail if: . 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. +. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set. OPTIONS @@ -75,11 +75,22 @@ OPTIONS Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression. --global:: - Use global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config. + For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than + the repository .git/config. ++ +For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than +from all available files. ++ +See also <>. --system:: - Use system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig rather than the repository - .git/config. + For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig + rather than the repository .git/config. ++ +For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig +rather than from all available files. ++ +See also <>. --remove-section:: Remove the given section from the configuration file. @@ -106,21 +117,64 @@ OPTIONS by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output. +[[FILES]] +FILES +----- + +There are three files where git-config will search for configuration +options: + +.git/config:: + Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is + of course relative to the repository root, not the working + directory.) + +~/.gitconfig:: + User-specific configuration file. Also called "global" + configuration file. + +$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: + System-wide configuration file. + +If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these +files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration +file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration +file is not available or readable, git-config will exit with a non-zero +error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued. + +All writing options will per default write to the repository specific +configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all' +and '--unset'. *git-config will only ever change one file at a time*. + +You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment +variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used +to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment +variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want. + +The GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL environment variable on the other hand only changes +the name used instead of the repository configuration file. The global and +the system-wide configuration files will still be read. (For writing options +this will obviously result in the same behavior as using GIT_CONFIG.) + + ENVIRONMENT ----------- GIT_CONFIG:: Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config. - Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. + Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the + "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL:: - Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global - configuration files, this will cause it to take the configuration - from the global configuration file in addition to the given file. + Take the configuration from the given file instead if .git/config. + Still read the global and the system-wide configuration files, though. +See also <>. -EXAMPLE -------- + +[[EXAMPLES]] +EXAMPLES +-------- Given a .git/config like this: diff --git a/base85.c b/base85.c index a6c41d597ab8eccb5eb2ccf2b3b543398c360b44..b88270f90844095b3d352cc4213cbebd95a7f420 100644 --- a/base85.c +++ b/base85.c @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int decode_85(char *dst, const char *buffer, int len) */ if (0x03030303 < acc || 0xffffffff - de < (acc *= 85)) - error("invalid base85 sequence %.5s", buffer-5); + return error("invalid base85 sequence %.5s", buffer-5); acc += de; say1(" %08x", acc); diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index 4204bc168c11fc7f8764e7d92e5935d2dc30c3bd..5dff2f1d73eb1a41f664d959d18e6f2c0e102e64 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ extern int legacy_loose_object(unsigned char *); extern int has_pack_file(const unsigned char *sha1); extern int has_pack_index(const unsigned char *sha1); -extern signed char hexval_table[256]; -static inline unsigned int hexval(unsigned int c) +extern const signed char hexval_table[256]; +static inline unsigned int hexval(unsigned char c) { return hexval_table[c]; } diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index be991ed22acb0c84141474360f345d51ccc594be..c2f807f4c282b99fe063e999ecf61a3dc12fb86d 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const unsigned char null_sha1[20]; static unsigned int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME; -signed char hexval_table[256] = { +const signed char hexval_table[256] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, /* 00-07 */ -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, /* 08-0f */ -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, /* 10-17 */