On 19/08/17 21:30, Junio C Hamano wrote: > These two configuration variables are described in the documentation > to take an expiry period expressed in the number of days: > > gc.rerereResolved:: > Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are > kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. > The default is 60 days. > > gc.rerereUnresolved:: > Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are > kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. > The default is 15 days. > > There is no strong reason not to allow a more general "approxidate" > expiry specification, e.g. "5.days.ago", or "never". > > Tweak the config_get_expiry() helper introduced in the previous step > to use date.c::parse_expiry_date() to do so. > > In the future, we may find other variables that only allow an > integer that specifies "this many days" (or other unit of time) and > allow them to also do the same, and at that point we probably would > want to move the helper to a place that is not specific to the > rerere machinery. Perhaps config.c would be such a good neutral > place, as it will allow git_parse_signed() to go back to static to > the file. You make git_parse_unsigned() external in this patch, in addition to git_parse_signed(), but don't actually call it. Was that intended? ATB, Ramsay Jones > > But this will do for now. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/config.txt | 2 ++ > config.c | 4 ++-- > config.h | 3 +++ > rerere.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- > 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt > index d5c9c4cab6..ac95f5f954 100644 > --- a/Documentation/config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/config.txt > @@ -1553,11 +1553,13 @@ gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: > gc.rerereResolved:: > Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are > kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. > + You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc. > The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. > > gc.rerereUnresolved:: > Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are > kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. > + You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc. > The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. > > gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation:: > diff --git a/config.c b/config.c > index 231f9a750b..ac9071c5cf 100644 > --- a/config.c > +++ b/config.c > @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int parse_unit_factor(const char *end, uintmax_t *val) > return 0; > } > > -static int git_parse_signed(const char *value, intmax_t *ret, intmax_t max) > +int git_parse_signed(const char *value, intmax_t *ret, intmax_t max) > { > if (value && *value) { > char *end; > @@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static int git_parse_signed(const char *value, intmax_t *ret, intmax_t max) > return 0; > } > > -static int git_parse_unsigned(const char *value, uintmax_t *ret, uintmax_t max) > +int git_parse_unsigned(const char *value, uintmax_t *ret, uintmax_t max) > { > if (value && *value) { > char *end; > diff --git a/config.h b/config.h > index 0352da117b..039a9295de 100644 > --- a/config.h > +++ b/config.h > @@ -215,4 +215,7 @@ struct key_value_info { > extern NORETURN void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3))); > extern NORETURN void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr); > > +int git_parse_unsigned(const char *value, uintmax_t *ret, uintmax_t max); > +int git_parse_signed(const char *value, intmax_t *ret, intmax_t max); > + > #endif /* CONFIG_H */ > diff --git a/rerere.c b/rerere.c > index f0b4bce881..8bbdfe8569 100644 > --- a/rerere.c > +++ b/rerere.c > @@ -1178,11 +1178,21 @@ static void prune_one(struct rerere_id *id, > > static void config_get_expiry(const char *key, timestamp_t *cutoff, timestamp_t now) > { > - int days; > + char *expiry_string; > + intmax_t days; > + timestamp_t when; > > - if (!git_config_get_int(key, &days)) { > + if (git_config_get_string(key, &expiry_string)) > + return; > + > + if (git_parse_signed(expiry_string, &days, maximum_signed_value_of_type(int))) { > const int scale = 86400; > *cutoff = now - days * scale; > + return; > + } > + > + if (!parse_expiry_date(expiry_string, &when)) { > + *cutoff = when; > } > } > >