libgit2/include/git2/config.h

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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_config_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_config_h__

#include "common.h"
#include "types.h"

/**
 * @file git2/config.h
 * @brief Git config management routines
 * @defgroup git_config Git config management routines
 * @ingroup Git
 * @{
 */
GIT_BEGIN_DECL

/**
 * Generic backend that implements the interface to
 * access a configuration file
 */
struct git_config_file {
	struct git_config *cfg;

	/* Open means open the file/database and parse if necessary */
	int (*open)(struct git_config_file *);
	int (*get)(struct git_config_file *, const char *key, const char **value);
	int (*set)(struct git_config_file *, const char *key, const char *value);
	int (*foreach)(struct git_config_file *, int (*fn)(const char *, void *), void *data);
	void (*free)(struct git_config_file *);
};

/**
 * Create a configuration file backend for ondisk files
 *
 * These are the normal `.gitconfig` files that Core Git
 * processes. Note that you first have to add this file to a
 * configuration object before you can query it for configuration
 * variables.
 *
 * @param out the new backend
 * @path where the config file is located
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_file__ondisk(struct git_config_file **out, const char *path);

/**
 * Allocate a new configuration object
 *
 * This object is empty, so you have to add a file to it before you
 * can do anything with it.
 *
 * @param out pointer to the new configuration
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_new(git_config **out);

/**
 * Open a configuration file
 *
 * This creates a new configuration object and adds the specified file
 * to it.
 *
 * @param cfg_out pointer to the configuration data
 * @param path where to load the confiration from
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_open_file(git_config **cfg_out, const char *path);

/**
 * Open the global configuration file at $HOME/.gitconfig
 *
 * @param cfg pointer to the configuration
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_open_global(git_config **cfg);

/**
 * Add a config backend to an existing instance
 *
 * Note that the configuration object will free the file
 * automatically.
 *
 * @param cfg the configuration to add the file to
 * @param file the configuration file (backend) to add
 * @param priority the priority the backend should have
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_add_file(git_config *cfg, git_config_file *file, int priority);

/**
 * Free the configuration and its associated memory and files
 *
 * @param cfg the configuration to free
 */
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_config_free(git_config *cfg);

/**
 * Get the value of an integer config variable.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out);

/**
 * Get the value of a long integer config variable.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_long(git_config *cfg, const char *name, long int *out);

/**
 * Get the value of a boolean config variable.
 *
 * This function uses the usual C convention of 0 being false and
 * anything else true.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out);

/**
 * Get the value of a string config variable.
 *
 * The string is owned by the variable and should not be freed by the
 * user.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable's value
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char **out);

/**
 * Set the value of an integer config variable.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_set_int(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int value);

/**
 * Set the value of a long integer config variable.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_set_long(git_config *cfg, const char *name, long int value);

/**
 * Set the value of a boolean config variable.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param value the value to store
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_set_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int value);

/**
 * Set the value of a string config variable.
 *
 * A copy of the string is made and the user is free to use it
 * afterwards.
 *
 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
 * @param name the variable's name
 * @param value the string to store.
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_set_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value);

/**
 * Perform an operation on each config variable.
 *
 * The callback is passed a pointer to a config variable name and the
 * data pointer passed to this function. As soon as one of the
 * callback functions returns something other than 0, this function
 * returns that value.
 *
 * @param cfg where to get the variables from
 * @param callback the function to call on each variable
 * @param data the data to pass to the callback
 * @return GIT_SUCCESS or the return value of the callback which didn't return 0
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_foreach(git_config *cfg, int (*callback)(const char *, void *data), void *data);

/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif