On 2021.12.07 11:41, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Josh Steadmon <steadmon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > --no-track::
> > Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
> > - branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true.
> > + branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is set.
>
> I guess "inherit" is different from "true".
> Nice to see an attention to the details.
>
> > diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
> > index df0be61506..6484bda8a2 100644
> > --- a/branch.h
> > +++ b/branch.h
> > @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ enum branch_track {
> > BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE,
> > BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS,
> > BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT,
> > - BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE
> > + BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE,
> > + BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT
> > };
>
> Unless INHERIT must stay to be at the end of the enumeration even
> when we add more of these, let's leave a common at the end to help
> future developers.
Fixed in V6.
> > - if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "always")) {
> > + if (value && !strcmp(value, "always")) {
>
> This is belatedly correcting the mistake we made 5 years ago, which
> can break existing users who used "[branch]autosetupmerge=Always" in
> their configuration files.
>
> I'm OK to fix it to accept only lowercase as written here, see if
> anybody screams, and tell them that the all-lowercase is the only
> documented way to spell this word.
>
> > git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS;
> > return 0;
> > + } else if (value && !strcmp(value, "inherit")) {
> > + git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT;
> > + return 0;
> > }
> > git_branch_track = git_config_bool(var, value);
> > return 0;
>
> Thanks.
