clone: accept config options on the command line

Clone does all of init, "remote add", fetch, and checkout
without giving the user a chance to intervene and set any
configuration. This patch allows you to set config options
in the newly created repository after the clone, but before
we do any other operations.

In many cases, this is a minor convenience over something
like:

  git clone git://...
  git config core.whatever true

But in some cases, it can bring extra efficiency by changing
how the fetch or checkout work. For example, setting
line-ending config before the checkout avoids having to
re-checkout all of the contents with the correct line
endings.

It also provides a mechanism for passing information to remote
helpers during a clone; the helpers may read the git config
to influence how they operate.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index f579794d9..a15784a7b 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const char *real_git_dir;
 static char *option_upload_pack = "git-upload-pack";
 static int option_verbosity;
 static int option_progress;
+static struct string_list option_config;
 
 static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 	OPT__VERBOSITY(&option_verbosity),
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 		    "create a shallow clone of that depth"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, "gitdir",
 		   "separate git dir from working tree"),
-
+	OPT_STRING_LIST('c', "config", &option_config, "key=value",
+			"set config inside the new repository"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -364,6 +366,22 @@ static void write_remote_refs(const struct ref *local_refs)
 	clear_extra_refs();
 }
 
+static int write_one_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *data)
+{
+	return git_config_set_multivar(key, value ? value : "true", "^$", 0);
+}
+
+static void write_config(struct string_list *config)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < config->nr; i++) {
+		if (git_config_parse_parameter(config->items[i].string,
+					       write_one_config, NULL) < 0)
+			die("unable to write parameters to config file");
+	}
+}
+
 int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int is_bundle = 0, is_local;
@@ -482,6 +500,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			printf(_("Cloning into %s...\n"), dir);
 	}
 	init_db(option_template, INIT_DB_QUIET);
+	write_config(&option_config);
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point, the config exists, so we do not need the