Currently `git_config()` returns an integer signifying an error code. During rewrites of the function most of the code was shifted to `git_config_with_options()`. `git_config_with_options()` normally returns positive values if its `config_source` parameter is set as NULL, as most errors are fatal, and non-fatal potential errors are guarded by "if" statements that are entered only when no error is possible.
Still a negative value can be returned in case of race condition between `access_or_die()` & `git_config_from_file()`. Also, all callers of `git_config()` ignore the return value except for one case in branch.c. Change `git_config()` return value to void and make it die if it receives a negative value from `git_config_with_options()`. Original-patch-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanay...@gmail.com> --- branch.c | 5 +---- cache.h | 2 +- config.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c index 46e8aa8..735767d 100644 --- a/branch.c +++ b/branch.c @@ -161,10 +161,7 @@ int read_branch_desc(struct strbuf *buf, const char *branch_name) strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name); cb.config_name = name.buf; cb.value = NULL; - if (git_config(read_branch_desc_cb, &cb) < 0) { - strbuf_release(&name); - return -1; - } + git_config(read_branch_desc_cb, &cb); if (cb.value) strbuf_addstr(buf, cb.value); strbuf_release(&name); diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index 7292aef..c61919d 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ extern int git_config_from_buf(config_fn_t fn, const char *name, const char *buf, size_t len, void *data); extern void git_config_push_parameter(const char *text); extern int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data); -extern int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *); +extern void git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *); extern int git_config_with_options(config_fn_t fn, void *, struct git_config_source *config_source, int respect_includes); diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index e685b66..f923b1c 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -1235,9 +1235,21 @@ struct key_value_info { int linenr; }; -int git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data) +void git_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data) { - return git_config_with_options(fn, data, NULL, 1); + if (git_config_with_options(fn, data, NULL, 1) < 0) + /* + * git_config_with_options() normally returns only + * positive values, as most errors are fatal, and + * non-fatal potential errors are guarded by "if" + * statements that are entered only when no error is + * possible. + * + * If we ever encounter a non-fatal error, it means + * something went really wrong and we should stop + * immediately. + */ + die(_("unknown error occured while reading the configuration files")); } static struct config_set_element *configset_find_element(struct config_set *cs, const char *key) -- 1.9.0.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html