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>
---
Hopefully, all remarks applied. I went for "Git's user configuration", but
I can change it to whatever native speakers think is better.
builtin/config.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
cache.h | 1 +
ident.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index fcd8474..1363478 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(void)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_addf(&buf,
+ _("# This is Git's user configuration file.\n"
+ "[core]\n"
+ "# Please adapt and uncomment the following lines:\n"
+ "# user = %s\n"
+ "# email = %s\n"),
+ 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 +575,18 @@ 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);
+ free(content);
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ else if (errno != EEXIST)
+ die_errno(_("cannot create configuration file %s"), config_file);
+ }
+ launch_editor(config_file, NULL, NULL);
}
else if (actions == ACTION_SET) {
int ret;
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index fcb511d..b06cbb2 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
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