format-patch: use --notes behavior for format.notes

When we had multiple `format.notes` config values where we had `<ref1>`,
`false`, `<ref2>` (in that order), then we would print out the notes for
both `<ref1>` and `<ref2>`. This doesn't make sense, however, since we
parse the config in a top-down manner and a `false` should be able to
override previous configurations, just like how `--no-notes` will
override previous `--notes`.

Duplicate the logic that handles the `--[no-]notes[=]` option to
`format.notes` for consistency. As a result, when parsing the config
from top to bottom, `format.notes = true` will behave like `--notes`,
`format.notes = <ref>` will behave like `--notes=<ref>` and
`format.notes = false` will behave like `--no-notes`.

This change isn't strictly backwards compatible but since it is an edge
case where a sane user would not mix notes refs with `false` and this
feature is relatively new (released only in v2.23.0), this change should
be harmless.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 4d5719f..5c40ea4 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -808,6 +808,38 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch with multiple notes refs' '
 	! grep "this is note 2" out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'format-patch with multiple notes refs in config' '
+	test_when_finished "test_unconfig format.notes" &&
+
+	git notes --ref note1 add -m "this is note 1" HEAD &&
+	test_when_finished git notes --ref note1 remove HEAD &&
+	git notes --ref note2 add -m "this is note 2" HEAD &&
+	test_when_finished git notes --ref note2 remove HEAD &&
+
+	git config format.notes note1 &&
+	git format-patch -1 --stdout >out &&
+	grep "this is note 1" out &&
+	! grep "this is note 2" out &&
+	git config format.notes note2 &&
+	git format-patch -1 --stdout >out &&
+	! grep "this is note 1" out &&
+	grep "this is note 2" out &&
+	git config --add format.notes note1 &&
+	git format-patch -1 --stdout >out &&
+	grep "this is note 1" out &&
+	grep "this is note 2" out &&
+
+	git config --replace-all format.notes note1 &&
+	git config --add format.notes false &&
+	git format-patch -1 --stdout >out &&
+	! grep "this is note 1" out &&
+	! grep "this is note 2" out &&
+	git config --add format.notes note2 &&
+	git format-patch -1 --stdout >out &&
+	! grep "this is note 1" out &&
+	grep "this is note 2" out
+'
+
 echo "fatal: --name-only does not make sense" > expect.name-only
 echo "fatal: --name-status does not make sense" > expect.name-status
 echo "fatal: --check does not make sense" > expect.check