From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92B321F454 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 10:00:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731176AbfKFJ76 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Nov 2019 04:59:58 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-f42.google.com ([209.85.128.42]:55902 "EHLO mail-wm1-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731672AbfKFJ75 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Nov 2019 04:59:57 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-f42.google.com with SMTP id m17so2582691wmi.5 for ; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:59:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=CIlb7vhgvVx3vjpkNksrPt/9jqhoDqOBOGxQUnA8eKA=; b=a3kCbdMdel2E++WLDThR3rKHbFxfymjJ1E9kZgvGj1ojHTyJZc7CRLyGCf+NXk/EsG toNradz0FTHA2uY968VgklwXTRWiw+1dvSH0o1gS7j/pZvtXhpXAPTKIESaKb5soU+0z eNUsO/tqk0L8PvX2TFV8Uvj2ydbx93702G0MFBhREjjVSMsuDSoyiYKGgoV6I+3D/Hbs lw2ZkOzKOW7oNmol6fFiMCzKvCmmr+pLIxMV1NIwmp/Njzeu/DFz1ZJCgY/GfQoxhpqL ye2JFusFdbnFZTpsucKLnRkxH93Lh65yav28/dHcG54pPnl4a2JPdE9GhBPdNZcQtReb BcIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=CIlb7vhgvVx3vjpkNksrPt/9jqhoDqOBOGxQUnA8eKA=; b=XwSu3UOCKB4ZZajwAbDsHIaHSb8uUrSb7GMlW065rxZFM3zd+vNg5d+VtEoaapjCHH 8WAK/ouzX8BIy6XAs4aP6p3e05CLlR2eO3AtwDNkbXEwFRdAalrFPfmIfAxZusgp4HnN O6cJEhOotBGHju1SYwCqMuYJ/5PcckqoaozUmByOdzrX5ZwEZIdoY1AdHFucgHu8K1pm vLgLab8jpOxqJPF1Qa9ez09iEMnznd90IEt6PvXcwy2Lk5MpZgpFaHa6rUegSHgPcVU9 NMDyX7i2iEPHleflmlzqDv3E0MRb/dbd+k5PAPxfi3z/sQr114Qvbgtod6OYGpgTpMCY dYKw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAV1bRnLMdylwwWhC9UkTHXPHd8fnQKWB8k6CO8TPbzO6RdT1iEJ VFGfTKspYhAx3KBqBXUMn7rYKIIc X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwNvTWPkfppZirpbsNYXmqfQuHgAjH6O8lwVcad5JZldvJE+d4sJ9nezyjzt6f55BkDe2AXMA== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c94f:: with SMTP id i15mr1723399wml.31.1573034394738; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:59:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 11sm2279253wmb.34.2019.11.06.01.59.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:59:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <4ea49f76c7ffe662aa593830f5e70303a4f30dc4.1573034387.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: From: "Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:59:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v2 08/20] attr: move doc to attr.h Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Heba Waly , Junio C Hamano , Heba Waly Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Heba Waly Move the documentation from Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt to attr.h as it's easier for the developers to find the usage information beside the code instead of looking for it in another doc file. Also documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt is removed because the information it has is now redundant and it'll be hard to keep it up to date and synchronized with the documentation in the header file. Signed-off-by: Heba Waly --- Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt | 154 ------------------ attr.h | 141 +++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 45f0df600f..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ -gitattributes API -================= - -gitattributes mechanism gives a uniform way to associate various -attributes to set of paths. - - -Data Structure --------------- - -`struct git_attr`:: - - An attribute is an opaque object that is identified by its name. - Pass the name to `git_attr()` function to obtain the object of - this type. The internal representation of this structure is - of no interest to the calling programs. The name of the - attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`. - -`struct attr_check_item`:: - - This structure represents one attribute and its value. - -`struct attr_check`:: - - This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`. - It is passed to `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the - attributes to check, and receives their values. - - -Attribute Values ----------------- - -An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset, -Unspecified or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct -attr_check_item` records it. There are three macros to check these: - -`ATTR_TRUE()`:: - - Returns true if the attribute is Set for the path. - -`ATTR_FALSE()`:: - - Returns true if the attribute is Unset for the path. - -`ATTR_UNSET()`:: - - Returns true if the attribute is Unspecified for the path. - -If none of the above returns true, `.value` member points at a string -value of the attribute for the path. - - -Querying Specific Attributes ----------------------------- - -* Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl() - function, enumerating the names of attributes whose values you are - interested in, terminated with a NULL pointer. Alternatively, an - empty `struct attr_check` can be prepared by calling - `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you want to - ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()` - function. - -* Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path. - -* Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the - attribute in the array is defined for the path. - - -Example -------- - -To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths. - -. Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because - we are checking two attributes): - ------------- -static struct attr_check *check; -static void setup_check(void) -{ - if (check) - return; /* already done */ - check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL); -} ------------- - -. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`: - ------------- - const char *path; - - setup_check(); - git_check_attr(path, check); ------------- - -. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`: - ------------- - const char *value = check->items[0].value; - - if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) { - The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the - attribute in the gitattributes file for the path. - } else if (ATTR_FALSE(value)) { - The attribute is Unset, by listing the name of the - attribute prefixed with a dash - for the path. - } else if (ATTR_UNSET(value)) { - The attribute is neither set nor unset for the path. - } else if (!strcmp(value, "input")) { - If none of ATTR_TRUE(), ATTR_FALSE(), or ATTR_UNSET() is - true, the value is a string set in the gitattributes - file for the path by saying "attr=value". - } else if (... other check using value as string ...) { - ... - } ------------- - -To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only -the first step in the above would be different. - ------------- -static struct attr_check *check; -static void setup_check(const char **argv) -{ - check = attr_check_alloc(); - while (*argv) { - struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv); - attr_check_append(check, attr); - argv++; - } -} ------------- - - -Querying All Attributes ------------------------ - -To get the values of all attributes associated with a file: - -* Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling - `attr_check_alloc()`. - -* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check` - with the attributes attached to the path. - -* Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine - the attribute names and values. The name of the attribute - described by an `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via - `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items - will be returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return - false for all returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.) - -* Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`. diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h index b0378bfe5f..404548f028 100644 --- a/attr.h +++ b/attr.h @@ -1,9 +1,121 @@ #ifndef ATTR_H #define ATTR_H +/** + * gitattributes mechanism gives a uniform way to associate various attributes + * to set of paths. + * + * + * Querying Specific Attributes + * ---------------------------- + * + * - Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl() function, enumerating + * the names of attributes whose values you are interested in, terminated with + * a NULL pointer. Alternatively, an empty `struct attr_check` can be + * prepared by calling `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you + * want to ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()` function. + * + * - Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path. + * + * - Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in the + * array is defined for the path. + * + * + * Example + * ------- + * + * To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths. + * + * - Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because we are checking + * two attributes): + * + * ------------ + * static struct attr_check *check; + * static void setup_check(void) + * { + * if (check) + * return; // already done + * check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL); + * } + * ------------ + * + * - Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`: + * + * ------------ + * const char *path; + * + * setup_check(); + * git_check_attr(path, check); + * ------------ + * + * - Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`: + * + * ------------ + * const char *value = check->items[0].value; + * + * if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) { + * The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the + * attribute in the gitattributes file for the path. + * } else if (ATTR_FALSE(value)) { + * The attribute is Unset, by listing the name of the + * attribute prefixed with a dash - for the path. + * } else if (ATTR_UNSET(value)) { + * The attribute is neither set nor unset for the path. + * } else if (!strcmp(value, "input")) { + * If none of ATTR_TRUE(), ATTR_FALSE(), or ATTR_UNSET() is + * true, the value is a string set in the gitattributes + * file for the path by saying "attr=value". + * } else if (... other check using value as string ...) { + * ... + * } + * ------------ + * + * To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only + * the first step in the above would be different. + * + * ------------ + * static struct attr_check *check; + * static void setup_check(const char **argv) + * { + * check = attr_check_alloc(); + * while (*argv) { + * struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv); + * attr_check_append(check, attr); + * argv++; + * } + * } + * ------------ + * + * + * Querying All Attributes + * ----------------------- + * + * To get the values of all attributes associated with a file: + * + * - Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling `attr_check_alloc()`. + * + * - Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check` with the + * attributes attached to the path. + * + * - Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine the attribute + * names and values. The name of the attribute described by an + * `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via + * `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items will be + * returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false for all + * returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.) + * + * - Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`. + */ + struct index_state; -/* An attribute is a pointer to this opaque structure */ +/** + * An attribute is an opaque object that is identified by its name. Pass the + * name to `git_attr()` function to obtain the object of this type. + * The internal representation of this structure is of no interest to the + * calling programs. The name of the attribute can be retrieved by calling + * `git_attr_name()`. + */ struct git_attr; /* opaque structures used internally for attribute collection */ @@ -21,21 +133,36 @@ const struct git_attr *git_attr(const char *); extern const char git_attr__true[]; extern const char git_attr__false[]; -/* For public to check git_attr_check results */ +/** + * Attribute Values + * ---------------- + * + * An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset, Unspecified + * or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct attr_check_item` records + * it. The three macros check these, if none of them returns true, `.value` + * member points at a string value of the attribute for the path. + */ + +/* Returns true if the attribute is Set for the path. */ #define ATTR_TRUE(v) ((v) == git_attr__true) + +/* Returns true if the attribute is Unset for the path. */ #define ATTR_FALSE(v) ((v) == git_attr__false) + +/* Returns true if the attribute is Unspecified for the path. */ #define ATTR_UNSET(v) ((v) == NULL) -/* - * Send one or more git_attr_check to git_check_attrs(), and - * each 'value' member tells what its value is. - * Unset one is returned as NULL. - */ +/* This structure represents one attribute and its value. */ struct attr_check_item { const struct git_attr *attr; const char *value; }; +/** + * This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`. It is passed to + * `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the attributes to check, and + * receives their values. + */ struct attr_check { int nr; int alloc; -- gitgitgadget