Re: [PATCH v3] config: add conditional include

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 09:21:37AM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:

quoted

quoted

+static int prepare_include_condition_pattern(struct strbuf *pat)
+{
+	int prefix = 0;
+
+	/* TODO: maybe support ~user/ too */
+	if (pat->buf[0] == '~' && is_dir_sep(pat->buf[1])) {
+		struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+		const char *home = getenv("HOME");
+
+		if (!home)
+			return error(_("$HOME is not defined"));

expand_user_path in path.c seems to do the same as you're doing (but
does deal with ~user). Any reason not to use it?

I had a similar question, which Duy answered in:

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/298528

It does feel pretty hacky, though (especially for a case that seems
unlikely to come up: people having wildcard patterns in the name of
their home directory).

Ah, OK. Then I'd suggest at least an improvement in the comment:

 		/*
-		 * perform literal matching on the prefix part so that
- 		 * any wildcard character in it can't create side effects.
+		 * perform literal matching on the expanded prefix part
+		 * so that any wildcard character in it (e.g in the
+		 * expansion of ~) can't create side effects.
 		 */

I would also rename the variable prefix -> expanded_prefix. As-is, the
code is really hard to understand IMHO.

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Matthieu Moy
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