[RFC/PATCH 0/4] config include directives
From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:52:52
This series provides a way for config files to include other config
files in two ways:
1. From other files in the filesystem. This is implemented by patch 1
below, and is hopefully straightforward and uncontroversial. See
that patch for more rationale.
2. From blobs in the repo. This is implemented by patch 4, with
patches 2 and 3 providing the necessary refactoring. This
is one way of implementing the often asked-for "respect shared
config inside the repo" feature, but attempts to mitigate some of
the security concerns. The interface for using it safely is a bit
raw, but I think it's a sane building block, and somebody could
write a fancier shared-config updater on top of it if they wanted
to.
[1/4]: config: add include directive
[2/4]: config: factor out config file stack management
[3/4]: config: support parsing config data from buffers
[4/4]: config: allow including config from repository blobs
-Peff