Now that 'config_from_gitmodules' is not used in the open, it can be marked as private. Hopefully this will prevent its usage for retrieving arbitrary configuration form the '.gitmodules' file. Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ao2@xxxxxx> --- submodule-config.c | 8 ++++---- submodule-config.h | 12 +++++------- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c index 46fb454ae..6a9f4b6d1 100644 --- a/submodule-config.c +++ b/submodule-config.c @@ -673,14 +673,14 @@ void submodule_free(struct repository *r) } /* - * Note: This function exists solely to maintain backward compatibility with - * 'fetch' and 'update_clone' storing configuration in '.gitmodules' and should - * NOT be used anywhere else. + * Note: This function is private for a reason, the '.gitmodules' file should + * not be used as as a mechanism to retrieve arbitrary configuration stored in + * the repository. * * Runs the provided config function on the '.gitmodules' file found in the * working directory. */ -void config_from_gitmodules(config_fn_t fn, void *data) +static void config_from_gitmodules(config_fn_t fn, void *data) { if (the_repository->worktree) { char *file = repo_worktree_path(the_repository, GITMODULES_FILE); diff --git a/submodule-config.h b/submodule-config.h index b6f19d0d4..dc7278eea 100644 --- a/submodule-config.h +++ b/submodule-config.h @@ -57,15 +57,13 @@ void submodule_free(struct repository *r); int check_submodule_name(const char *name); /* - * Note: This function exists solely to maintain backward compatibility with - * 'fetch' and 'update_clone' storing configuration in '.gitmodules' and should - * NOT be used anywhere else. + * Note: these helper functions exist solely to maintain backward + * compatibility with 'fetch' and 'update_clone' storing configuration in + * '.gitmodules'. * - * Runs the provided config function on the '.gitmodules' file found in the - * working directory. + * New helpers to retrieve arbitrary configuration from the '.gitmodules' file + * should NOT be added. */ -extern void config_from_gitmodules(config_fn_t fn, void *data); - extern void fetch_config_from_gitmodules(int *max_children, int *recurse_submodules); extern void update_clone_config_from_gitmodules(int *max_jobs); -- 2.18.0