On 2021.12.07 16:17, Glen Choo wrote: > Josh Steadmon <steadmon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > @@ -75,8 +80,17 @@ int install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const > > > > strbuf_reset(&key); > > strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.merge", local); > > - if (git_config_set_gently(key.buf, remote) < 0) > > + /* > > + * We want to overwrite any existing config with all the branches in > > + * "remotes". Override any existing config with the first branch, but if > > + * more than one is provided, use CONFIG_REGEX_NONE to preserve what > > + * we've written so far. > > + */ > > + if (git_config_set_gently(key.buf, remotes->items[0].string) < 0) > > goto out_err; > > + for (i = 1; i < remotes->nr; i++) > > + if (git_config_set_multivar_gently(key.buf, remotes->items[i].string, CONFIG_REGEX_NONE, 0) < 0) > > + goto out_err; > > I think that instead of overriding all config with the first value and > then appending every value after that, it'll be more obvious to readers > if we first unset all of the config, then write every value (then the > comment wouldn't have to justify why we make two calls and iteration > starts at 1). > > I believe that unsetting all values for a key is supported by > git_config_set_multivar_gently() with value == NULL, i.e. > > /* > * unset with value = NULL, not sure how this interacts with > * CONFIG_REGEX_NONE > */ > if (git_config_set_multivar_gently(key.buf, NULL, > CONFIG_REGEX_NONE, 0)) > goto out_err; > > for_each_string_list_item(item, remotes) { > git_config_set_multivar_gently(key.buf, item, CONFIG_REGEX_NONE, 0); > } Fixed in V6, thanks for the suggestion. > > @@ -121,11 +168,18 @@ int install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const > > advise(_(tracking_advice), > > origin ? origin : "", > > origin ? "/" : "", > > - shortname ? shortname : remote); > > + remotes->items[0].string); > > > > return -1; > > } > > When there is more than one item in remotes->items, this advice is > _technically_ incorrect because --set-upstream-to only takes a single > upstream branch. I think that supporting multiple upstreams in > --set-upstream-to is a fairly niche use case and is out of scope of this > series, so let's not pursue that option. > > Another option would be to replace the mention of --set-upstream-to with > "git config add", but that's unfriendly to the >90% of the user > population that doesn't want multiple merge entries. > > If we leave the advice as-is, even though it is misleading, a user who > is sophisticated enough to set up multiple merge entries should also > know that --set-upstream-to won't solve their problems, and would > probably be able to fix their problems by mucking around with > .git/config or git config. > > So I think it is ok to not change the advice and to only mention the > first merge item. However, it might be worth marking this as NEEDSWORK > so that subsequent readers of this file understand that this advice is > overly-simplistic and might be worth fixing. Sounds like we should just have separate advice strings for single vs. multiple merge configs? > > > > +int install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote) { > > + struct string_list remotes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; > > + string_list_append(&remotes, remote); > > + return install_branch_config_multiple_remotes(flag, local, origin, &remotes); > > + string_list_clear(&remotes, 0); > > +} > > string_list_clear() is being called after `return`. That's an embarrassing bug, thank you for catching it. > Ævar and Junio have commented on i18n, but I'm unfamiliar with that, so > I won't comment on that :)