Add explanations for `git_config_get_string_multi` and `git_config_get_string` which utilize the config cache for querying in an non callback manner for a specific variable. Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/technical/api-config.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt index 230b3a0..33b5b90 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt @@ -77,6 +77,25 @@ To read a specific file in git-config format, use `git_config_from_file`. This takes the same callback and data parameters as `git_config`. +Querying for specific variables +------------------------------- + +For programs wanting to query for specific variables in a non callback +manner, the config API provides two functions `git_config_get_string` +and `git_config_get_string_multi`. They both take a single parameter, + +- a variable as the key string for which the corresponding values will + be retrieved and returned. + +They both read value from an internal cache generated previously from +reading the config files. `git_config_get_string` returns the value with +the highest priority(i.e. value in the repo config will be preferred over +value in user wide config for the same variable). + +`git_config_get_string_multi` returns a `string_list` containing all the +values for that particular variable, sorted in order of increasing +priority. + Value Parsing Helpers --------------------- -- 1.9.0.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html