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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt5
-rw-r--r--config.c12
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1300-repo-config.sh11
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index de7b870..26de4dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent:
given will override values from configuration files.
The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
++
+Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets
+`foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
+config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
+foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string.
--exec-path[=<path>]::
Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index a191328..01e0bdb 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -177,19 +177,27 @@ void git_config_push_parameter(const char *text)
int git_config_parse_parameter(const char *text,
config_fn_t fn, void *data)
{
+ const char *value;
struct strbuf **pair;
+
pair = strbuf_split_str(text, '=', 2);
if (!pair[0])
return error("bogus config parameter: %s", text);
- if (pair[0]->len && pair[0]->buf[pair[0]->len - 1] == '=')
+
+ if (pair[0]->len && pair[0]->buf[pair[0]->len - 1] == '=') {
strbuf_setlen(pair[0], pair[0]->len - 1);
+ value = pair[1] ? pair[1]->buf : "";
+ } else {
+ value = NULL;
+ }
+
strbuf_trim(pair[0]);
if (!pair[0]->len) {
strbuf_list_free(pair);
return error("bogus config parameter: %s", text);
}
strbuf_tolower(pair[0]);
- if (fn(pair[0]->buf, pair[1] ? pair[1]->buf : NULL, data) < 0) {
+ if (fn(pair[0]->buf, value, data) < 0) {
strbuf_list_free(pair);
return -1;
}
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index fb871d0..938fc8b 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -1010,6 +1010,17 @@ test_expect_success 'git -c "key=value" support' '
test_must_fail git -c name=value config core.name
'
+# We just need a type-specifier here that cares about the
+# distinction internally between a NULL boolean and a real
+# string (because most of git's internal parsers do care).
+# Using "--path" works, but we do not otherwise care about
+# its semantics.
+test_expect_success 'git -c can represent empty string' '
+ echo >expect &&
+ git -c foo.empty= config --path foo.empty >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_expect_success 'key sanity-checking' '
test_must_fail git config foo=bar &&
test_must_fail git config foo=.bar &&