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Diffstat (limited to 'pathspec.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | pathspec.h | 45 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ struct index_state; #define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1 /* the pathspec pattern satisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */ +/** + * See glossary-context.txt for the syntax of pathspec. + * In memory, a pathspec set is represented by "struct pathspec" and is + * prepared by parse_pathspec(). + */ struct pathspec { int nr; unsigned int has_wildcard:1; @@ -73,18 +78,56 @@ struct pathspec { */ #define PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH (1<<6) -/* +/** * Given command line arguments and a prefix, convert the input to * pathspec. die() if any magic in magic_mask is used. * * Any arguments used are copied. It is safe for the caller to modify * or free 'prefix' and 'args' after calling this function. + * + * - magic_mask specifies what features that are NOT supported by the following + * code. If a user attempts to use such a feature, parse_pathspec() can reject + * it early. + * + * - flags specifies other things that the caller wants parse_pathspec to + * perform. + * + * - prefix and args come from cmd_* functions + * + * parse_pathspec() helps catch unsupported features and reject them politely. + * At a lower level, different pathspec-related functions may not support the + * same set of features. Such pathspec-sensitive functions are guarded with + * GUARD_PATHSPEC(), which will die in an unfriendly way when an unsupported + * feature is requested. + * + * The command designers are supposed to make sure that GUARD_PATHSPEC() never + * dies. They have to make sure all unsupported features are caught by + * parse_pathspec(), not by GUARD_PATHSPEC. grepping GUARD_PATHSPEC() should + * give the designers all pathspec-sensitive codepaths and what features they + * support. + * + * A similar process is applied when a new pathspec magic is added. The designer + * lifts the GUARD_PATHSPEC restriction in the functions that support the new + * magic. At the same time (s)he has to make sure this new feature will be + * caught at parse_pathspec() in commands that cannot handle the new magic in + * some cases. grepping parse_pathspec() should help. */ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec, unsigned magic_mask, unsigned flags, const char *prefix, const char **args); +/* + * Same as parse_pathspec() but uses file as input. + * When 'file' is exactly "-" it uses 'stdin' instead. + */ +void parse_pathspec_file(struct pathspec *pathspec, + unsigned magic_mask, + unsigned flags, + const char *prefix, + const char *file, + int nul_term_line); + void copy_pathspec(struct pathspec *dst, const struct pathspec *src); void clear_pathspec(struct pathspec *); |