A less well known edge case in the config format is that keys can be value-less, a shorthand syntax for "true" boolean keys. I.e. these two are equivalent as far as "--type=bool" is concerned: [a]key [a]key = true But as far as our parser is concerned the values for these two are NULL, and "true". I.e. for a sequence like: [a]key=x [a]key [a]key=y We get a "struct string_list" with "string" members with ".string" values of: { "x", NULL, "y" } This behavior goes back to the initial implementation of git_config_bool() in 17712991a59 (Add ".git/config" file parser, 2005-10-10). When parts of the config_set API were tested for in [1] they didn't add coverage for 3/4 of the "(NULL)" cases handled in "t/helper/test-config.c". We'd test that case for "get_value", but not "get_value_multi", "configset_get_value" and "configset_get_value_multi". We now cover all of those cases, which in turn expose the details of how this part of the config API works. 1. 4c715ebb96a (test-config: add tests for the config_set API, 2014-07-28) Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t1308-config-set.sh | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t1308-config-set.sh b/t/t1308-config-set.sh index b38e158d3b2..b172565f92a 100755 --- a/t/t1308-config-set.sh +++ b/t/t1308-config-set.sh @@ -146,6 +146,47 @@ test_expect_success 'find multiple values' ' check_config get_value_multi case.baz sam bat hask ' +test_NULL_in_multi () { + local op="$1" && + local file="$2" && + + test_expect_success "$op: NULL value in config${file:+ in $file}" ' + config="$file" && + if test -z "$config" + then + config=.git/config && + test_when_finished "mv $config.old $config" && + mv "$config" "$config".old + fi && + + cat >"$config" <<-\EOF && + [a]key=x + [a]key + [a]key=y + EOF + case "$op" in + *_multi) + cat >expect <<-\EOF + x + (NULL) + y + EOF + ;; + *) + cat >expect <<-\EOF + y + EOF + ;; + esac && + test-tool config "$op" a.key $file >actual && + test_cmp expect actual + ' +} + +test_NULL_in_multi "get_value_multi" +test_NULL_in_multi "configset_get_value" "my.config" +test_NULL_in_multi "configset_get_value_multi" "my.config" + test_expect_success 'find value from a configset' ' cat >config2 <<-\EOF && [case] -- 2.39.1.1397.g8c8c074958d