RE: [Patch 2/3] Documentation/config.txt: add worktree includeIf conditionals.

["Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>]

On July 14, 2021 1:10 PM, Junio C Hamano
>"Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
>>>Assuming that I guessed correctly, is this a deliberate design
>>>decision not to "automatically add ** after a pattern that ends with a
>>>slash", and if so why?  I would have thought that "in the worktrees
>>>that I create inside /var/tmp/, please enable these configuration
>>>variables" would be a fairly natural thing to ask, and I do not
>>>immediately see a reason why we want to apply different syntax rules
>>>between "gitdir" and "worktree".
>
>> The reason for this comes down to what is in *the_repository.
>
>Sorry, but I still do not understand.
>
>> Essentially, the_repository->gitdir always has a /path/to/.git
>> directory with full qualification.
>
>Yes.
>
>> the_repository->worktree does not have /.git added  for obvious
>>reasons, so the /path/to is bare of the trailing /.
>
>It may be the case, but /path/to/.git does not have trailing slash, either, so I do not see the relevance.
>
>When you say [includeIf "gitdir:/path/"], the "behave as if ** is added after the slash at the end" rule kicks in, and the pattern
"/path/**" is
>used to see if it matches "/path/to/.git" and it does, right?  When you say [includeIf "worktree:/path/"], wouldn't the resulting
"/path/**"
>match "/path/to"?

I think I over-complicated the first test case and got myself into a mess. Will fix that.

>By the way, I think [PATCH 1/3] should turn the body of
>include_by_gitdir() to a common helper function that
>
> - accepts a path to a directory and a pattern
> - turns it into a relpath
> - prepares the pattern with prepare_include_condition_pattern()
> - do the match include_by_gitdir() does.
>
>and make include_by_gitdir() a very thin wrapper that passes
>opts->git_dir to that common helper.  Then you do not have to copy
>the entire function to create your new include_by_worktree(); it can be another very thin wrapper that passes
the_repository->worktree
>instead of opts->git_dir to the common helper, as there is no other difference in these two functions.

That sounds like a plan. Will go for it in V2.

-Randall