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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt8
-rw-r--r--builtin/config.c8
-rw-r--r--cache.h1
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 490868eb2..eaea07916 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global',
'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to
that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
-This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
+This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit
+codes are:
. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
-. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6).
On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 8cd08da99..ada6e1211 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
{
- int ret = -1;
+ int ret = CONFIG_GENERIC_ERROR;
char *global = NULL, *xdg = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
@@ -196,11 +196,14 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
if (regcomp(key_regexp, key, REG_EXTENDED)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Invalid key pattern: %s\n", key_);
free(key);
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
goto free_strings;
}
} else {
- if (git_config_parse_key(key_, &key, NULL))
+ if (git_config_parse_key(key_, &key, NULL)) {
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_KEY;
goto free_strings;
+ }
}
if (regex_) {
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
regexp = (regex_t*)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
if (regcomp(regexp, regex_, REG_EXTENDED)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Invalid pattern: %s\n", regex_);
+ ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
goto free_strings;
}
}
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 95daa690a..eb4a0316d 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ extern int update_server_info(int);
#define CONFIG_NO_WRITE 4
#define CONFIG_NOTHING_SET 5
#define CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN 6
+#define CONFIG_GENERIC_ERROR 7
typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *, void *);
extern int git_default_config(const char *, const char *, void *);