Sharing code between shell scripts and C is a challenge.
The program git-var allows us to have a set of named values
that a shell script can interrogate and a normal C program
can simply call the functions that compute them. Allowing
sharing when computing plain test values.
---
Documentation/git-var.txt | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/git.txt | 3 ++
Makefile | 3 +-
var.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/git-var.txt
create mode 100644 var.c
2c929de1b5444fadda13becb6df3d852277e6e27
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+git-var(1)
+==================
+v0.1, July 2005
+
+NAME
+----
+git-var - Print the git users identity
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+git-var [ -l | <variable> ]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Prints a git logical variable.
+
+-l causes the logical variables to be listed.
+
+EXAMPLE
+--------
+$git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
+
+Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1121223278 -0600
+
+
+VARIABLES
+----------
+GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
+ The author of a piece of code.
+
+GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
+ The person who put a piece of code into git.
+
+Diagnostics
+-----------
+You don't exist. Go away!::
+ The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
+Your parents must have hated you!::
+ The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+Your sysadmin must have hate you!::
+ The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+
+See Also
+--------
+link:git-commit-tree.html[git-commit-tree]
+link:git-tag-script.html[git-tag-script]
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Eric Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ link:git-tar-tree.html[git-tar-tree]::
link:git-unpack-file.html[git-unpack-file]::
Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents
+link:git-var.html[git-var]::
+ Displays a git logical variable
+
link:git-verify-pack.html[git-verify-pack]::
Validates packed GIT archive files
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROG= git-update-cache git-diff-files
git-diff-stages git-rev-parse git-patch-id git-pack-objects \
git-unpack-objects git-verify-pack git-receive-pack git-send-pack \
git-prune-packed git-fetch-pack git-upload-pack git-clone-pack \
- git-show-index git-daemon
+ git-show-index git-daemon git-var
all: $(PROG)
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ git-receive-pack: receive-pack.c
git-send-pack: send-pack.c
git-prune-packed: prune-packed.c
git-fetch-pack: fetch-pack.c
+git-var: var.c
git-http-pull: LIBS += -lcurl
git-rev-list: LIBS += -lssl
diff --git a/var.c b/var.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Eric Biederman, 2005
+ */
+#include "cache.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static char *var_usage = "git-var [-l | <variable>]";
+
+struct git_var {
+ const char *name;
+ char *(*read)(void);
+};
+static struct git_var git_vars[] = {
+ { "GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT", git_committer_info },
+ { "GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT", git_author_info },
+ { "", NULL },
+};
+
+static void list_vars(void)
+{
+ struct git_var *ptr;
+ for(ptr = git_vars; ptr->read; ptr++) {
+ printf("%s=%s\n", ptr->name, ptr->read());
+ }
+}
+
+static const char *read_var(const char *var)
+{
+ struct git_var *ptr;
+ const char *val;
+ val = NULL;
+ for(ptr = git_vars; ptr->read; ptr++) {
+ if (strcmp(var, ptr->name) == 0) {
+ val = ptr->read();
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return val;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ const char *val;
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ usage(var_usage);
+ }
+ setup_ident();
+ val = NULL;
+
+ if (strcmp(argv[1], "-l") == 0) {
+ list_vars();
+ return 0;
+ }
+ val = read_var(argv[1]);
+ if (!val)
+ usage(var_usage);
+
+ printf("%s\n", val);
+
+ return 0;
+}
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