| setup API |
| ========= |
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| Talk about |
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| * setup_git_directory() |
| * setup_git_directory_gently() |
| * is_inside_git_dir() |
| * is_inside_work_tree() |
| * setup_work_tree() |
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| (Dscho) |
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| Pathspec |
| -------- |
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| See glossary-context.txt for the syntax of pathspec. In memory, a |
| pathspec set is represented by "struct pathspec" and is prepared by |
| parse_pathspec(). This function takes several arguments: |
| |
| - magic_mask specifies what features that are NOT supported by the |
| following code. If a user attempts to use such a feature, |
| parse_pathspec() can reject it early. |
| |
| - flags specifies other things that the caller wants parse_pathspec to |
| perform. |
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| - prefix and args come from cmd_* functions |
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| get_pathspec() is obsolete and should never be used in new code. |
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| parse_pathspec() helps catch unsupported features and reject them |
| politely. At a lower level, different pathspec-related functions may |
| not support the same set of features. Such pathspec-sensitive |
| functions are guarded with GUARD_PATHSPEC(), which will die in an |
| unfriendly way when an unsupported feature is requested. |
| |
| The command designers are supposed to make sure that GUARD_PATHSPEC() |
| never dies. They have to make sure all unsupported features are caught |
| by parse_pathspec(), not by GUARD_PATHSPEC. grepping GUARD_PATHSPEC() |
| should give the designers all pathspec-sensitive codepaths and what |
| features they support. |
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| A similar process is applied when a new pathspec magic is added. The |
| designer lifts the GUARD_PATHSPEC restriction in the functions that |
| support the new magic. At the same time (s)he has to make sure this |
| new feature will be caught at parse_pathspec() in commands that cannot |
| handle the new magic in some cases. grepping parse_pathspec() should |
| help. |
