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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.adoc4
-rw-r--r--config.c16
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh8
-rw-r--r--wrapper.c13
-rw-r--r--wrapper.h4
5 files changed, 41 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.adoc b/Documentation/config.adoc
index cc769251be..7301ced836 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config.adoc
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ compiled without runtime prefix support, the compiled-in prefix will be
substituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to
be specified that should _not_ be expanded, it needs to be prefixed by
`./`, like so: `./%(prefix)/bin`.
-
++
+If prefixed with `:(optional)`, the configuration variable is treated
+as if it does not exist, if the named path does not exist.
Variables
~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 97ffef4270..73fc74c8fa 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1279,11 +1279,23 @@ int git_config_string(char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
int git_config_pathname(char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
{
+ int is_optional;
+ char *path;
+
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
- *dest = interpolate_path(value, 0);
- if (!*dest)
+
+ is_optional = skip_prefix(value, ":(optional)", &value);
+ path = interpolate_path(value, 0);
+ if (!path)
die(_("failed to expand user dir in: '%s'"), value);
+
+ if (is_optional && is_missing_file(path)) {
+ free(path);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ *dest = path;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh b/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
index 4922543256..a85229e556 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ test_expect_success 'nonexistent template file in config should return error' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'nonexistent optional template file in config' '
+ test_config commit.template ":(optional)$PWD"/notexist &&
+ GIT_EDITOR="echo hello >" git commit --allow-empty &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -e "1,/^$/d" >actual &&
+ echo hello >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
# From now on we'll use a template file that exists.
TEMPLATE="$PWD"/template
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 2f00d2ac87..3d507d4204 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -721,6 +721,19 @@ int xgethostname(char *buf, size_t len)
return ret;
}
+int is_missing_file(const char *filename)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (stat(filename, &st) < 0) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ return 1;
+ die_errno(_("could not stat %s"), filename);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int is_empty_or_missing_file(const char *filename)
{
struct stat st;
diff --git a/wrapper.h b/wrapper.h
index 7df824e34a..44a8597ac3 100644
--- a/wrapper.h
+++ b/wrapper.h
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ void write_file_buf(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t len);
__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
void write_file(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...);
-/* Return 1 if the file is empty or does not exists, 0 otherwise. */
+/* Return 1 if the file does not exist, 0 otherwise. */
+int is_missing_file(const char *filename);
+/* Return 1 if the file is empty or does not exist, 0 otherwise. */
int is_empty_or_missing_file(const char *filename);
enum fsync_action {