On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > When the user has no ~/.gitconfig file, git config --global --edit used > to launch an editor on an nonexistant file name. > > Instead, create a file with a default content before launching the > editor. The template contains only commented-out entries, to save a few > keystrokes for the user. If the values are guessed properly, the user > will only have to uncomment the entries. > > Advanced users teaching newbies can create a minimalistic configuration > faster for newbies. Beginners reading a tutorial advising to run "git > config --global --edit" as a first step will be slightly more guided for > their first contact with Git. > > Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/config.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > cache.h | 1 + > ident.c | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c > index fcd8474..3821697 100644 > --- a/builtin/config.c > +++ b/builtin/config.c > @@ -445,6 +445,20 @@ static int get_urlmatch(const char *var, const char *url) > return 0; > } > > +static char *default_user_config() > +{ > + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; > + strbuf_addf(&buf, > + _("# This is Git's user-wide configuration file.\n" > + "[core]\n" > + "# Please, adapt and uncomment the following lines:\n" > + "# user = %s\n" > + "# email = %s\n"), "[core]", "user =", "email =" should not be translated. Would it make sense to keep these outside of _()? > + ident_default_name(), > + ident_default_email()); > + return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL); > +} > + > int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > { > int nongit = !startup_info->have_repository; > @@ -551,6 +565,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > } > } > else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) { > + const char *config_file = given_config_source.file ? > + given_config_source.file : git_path("config"); > check_argc(argc, 0, 0); > if (!given_config_source.file && nongit) > die("not in a git directory"); > @@ -559,9 +575,17 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > if (given_config_source.blob) > die("editing blobs is not supported"); > git_config(git_default_config, NULL); > - launch_editor(given_config_source.file ? > - given_config_source.file : git_path("config"), > - NULL, NULL); > + if (use_global_config) { > + int fd = open(config_file, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666); > + if (fd) { > + char *content = default_user_config(); > + write_str_in_full(fd, content); close(fd); > + free(content); > + } > + else if (errno != EEXIST) > + die_errno(_("Cannot create configuration file %s"), config_file); Other error messages in this file (including those just above this block) begin with a lowercase letter. > + } > + launch_editor(config_file, NULL, NULL); > } > else if (actions == ACTION_SET) { > int ret; > diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h > index 2f63fd1..8c79c0c 100644 > --- a/cache.h > +++ b/cache.h > @@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ extern const char *git_author_info(int); > extern const char *git_committer_info(int); > extern const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str, int); > extern const char *fmt_name(const char *name, const char *email); > +extern const char *ident_default_name(void); > extern const char *ident_default_email(void); > extern const char *git_editor(void); > extern const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty); > diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c > index 1d9b6e7..77bc882 100644 > --- a/ident.c > +++ b/ident.c > @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void copy_email(const struct passwd *pw, struct strbuf *email) > add_domainname(email); > } > > -static const char *ident_default_name(void) > +const char *ident_default_name(void) > { > if (!git_default_name.len) { > copy_gecos(xgetpwuid_self(), &git_default_name); > -- > 2.0.2.737.gfb43bde -- 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