Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE,
GIT_NAMESPACE), it was not possible to set the GIT_INDEX_FILE
environment variable using the command line.
Add a new --index-file command-line option.
Update the t7500-commit test to include --index-file option coverage.
The tests have been adapted from the existing
'using alternate GIT_INDEX_FILE (1)' and
'using alternate GIT_INDEX_FILE (2)' tests.
Signed-off-by: Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git.txt | 10 +++++++++-
git.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
t/t7500-commit.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index e643683..5a582dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git' [--version] [--help] [-c <name>=<value>]
[--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
- [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
+ [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--index-file=<path>]
+ [--namespace=<name>]
<command> [<args>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -408,6 +409,12 @@ help ...`.
variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
more detailed discussion).
+--index-file=<path>::
+ Set the path to the index file. It can be an absolute path
+ or a path relative to the current working directory.
+ This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_INDEX_FILE
+ environment variable.
+
--namespace=<path>::
Set the git namespace. See linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for more
details. Equivalent to setting the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment
@@ -632,6 +639,7 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
This environment allows the specification of an alternate
index file. If not specified, the default of `$GIT_DIR/index`
is used.
+ The '--index-file command-line option also sets this value.
'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'::
If the object storage directory is specified via this
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index d33f9b3..b0f473d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
const char git_usage_string[] =
"git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
" [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
- " [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n"
+ " [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--index-file=<path>]\n"
+ " [--namespace=<name>]\n"
" [-c name=value] [--help]\n"
" <command> [<args>]";
@@ -121,6 +122,20 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 12, 1);
if (envchanged)
*envchanged = 1;
+ } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--index-file")) {
+ if (*argc < 2) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "No path given for --index-file.\n" );
+ usage(git_usage_string);
+ }
+ setenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
+ if (envchanged)
+ *envchanged = 1;
+ (*argv)++;
+ (*argc)--;
+ } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--index-file=")) {
+ setenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 13, 1);
+ if (envchanged)
+ *envchanged = 1;
} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--bare")) {
static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh
index 1c908f4..c405a78 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh
@@ -168,6 +168,35 @@ test_expect_success 'using alternate GIT_INDEX_FILE (2)' '
cmp .git/index saved-index >/dev/null
'
+test_expect_success 'using alternate --index-file (1)' '
+
+ cp .git/index saved-index &&
+ (
+ echo some new content >file &&
+ index_file=.git/another_index &&
+ git --index-file=$index_file add file &&
+ git --index-file=$index_file commit -m "commit using another index" &&
+ git --index-file=$index_file diff-index --exit-code HEAD &&
+ git --index-file=$index_file diff-files --exit-code
+ ) &&
+ cmp .git/index saved-index >/dev/null
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using alternate --index-file (2)' '
+
+ cp .git/index saved-index &&
+ (
+ rm -f .git/no-such-index &&
+ index_file=.git/no-such-index &&
+ git --index-file=$index_file commit -m "commit using nonexistent index" &&
+ test -z "$(git --index-file=$index_file ls-files)" &&
+ test -z "$(git --index-file=$index_file ls-tree HEAD)"
+
+ ) &&
+ cmp .git/index saved-index >/dev/null
+'
+
cat > expect << EOF
zort
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