From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] environment.c: remove test-specific "ignore_untracked..." variable
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:27:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuieakms.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YUkG1u7utvi6+VgS@nand.local>
On Mon, Sep 20 2021, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:47:16AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> Instead of the global ignore_untracked_cache_config variable added in
>> dae6c322fa1 (test-dump-untracked-cache: don't modify the untracked
>> cache, 2016-01-27) we can make use of the new facility to set config
>> via environment variables added in d8d77153eaf (config: allow
>> specifying config entries via envvar pairs, 2021-01-12).
>>
>> It's arguably a bit hacky to use setenv() and getenv() to pass
>> messages between the same program, but since the test helpers are not
>> the main intended audience of repo-settings.c I think it's better than
>> hardcoding the test-only special-case in prepare_repo_settings().
>
> Hmm. I tend to agree that using (a wrapper over) setenv() to pass
> messages between the test helper and the rest of Git is a little bit of
> a hack.
>
> Everything you wrote should work based on my understanding of the
> config-over-environment-variable stuff added recently. But I wish that
> it didn't involve losing some grep-ability between the test-helper and
> library code.
Does that grep-ability between the two have any reason to exist? The
only reason we need this special-case in the test helper is because it's
not setting up "normal" config.
It could also be made to do so, that's a bigger behavior change than
this narrow change, but likewise we'd just end up with a "git config
core.untrackedCache keep" in some test *.sh somewhere, and no
grep-ability between the test helper and library code.
But now that we have GIT_CONFIG_COUNT etc. using the environment has
become a perfectly fine way to pass this data along, we could also do
that in the *.sh setup, but this was easier, and also easier to
guarantee correctness with the new x*() wrapper.
IOW just because it's called t/helper/test-dump-untracked-cache.c it
really doesn't have any business reaching into the guts of
repo-settings.c to tweak how we set up core.untrackedCache. The only
reason it did was because the code pre-dated the
GIT_CONFIG_{COUNT,KEY,VALUE} implementation.
> So I wouldn't be sad to see this patch get dropped, and I also wouldn't
> be overly sad to see it get picked up, either. But I don't think it's a
> necessary step, and we may be slightly better without it.
>
> Thanks,
> Taylor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-21 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-16 18:30 [PATCH v2 0/5] repo-settings.c: refactor for clarity, get rid of hacks etc Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-16 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] wrapper.c: add x{un,}setenv(), and use xsetenv() in environment.c Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-17 16:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-17 19:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-16 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] environment.c: remove test-specific "ignore_untracked..." variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-17 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-16 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] read-cache & fetch-negotiator: check "enum" values in switch() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-17 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-16 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] repo-settings.c: simplify the setup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-16 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] repository.h: don't use a mix of int and bitfields Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] repo-settings.c: refactor for clarity, get rid of hacks etc Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] wrapper.c: add x{un,}setenv(), and use xsetenv() in environment.c Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-20 21:53 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-20 23:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] environment.c: remove test-specific "ignore_untracked..." variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-20 22:10 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-20 23:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] read-cache & fetch-negotiator: check "enum" values in switch() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-20 22:14 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-20 23:33 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] repo-settings.c: simplify the setup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-20 12:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-20 22:18 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-19 8:47 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] repository.h: don't use a mix of int and bitfields Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-20 22:25 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-21 13:12 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] repo-settings.c: refactor for clarity, get rid of hacks etc Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 13:12 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] wrapper.c: add x{un,}setenv(), and use xsetenv() in environment.c Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 13:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] environment.c: remove test-specific "ignore_untracked..." variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 13:13 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] read-cache & fetch-negotiator: check "enum" values in switch() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 13:13 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] repo-settings.c: simplify the setup Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 13:13 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] repository.h: don't use a mix of int and bitfields Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] repo-settings.c: refactor for clarity, get rid of hacks etc Derrick Stolee
2021-09-21 20:46 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-22 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
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