Re: [RFC] ident: support per-path configs by matching the path against a pattern

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Here's a sketch if anybody is inclined to pick it up and run with it.
> Note that I did not think too hard about little things like the
> de-anchoring.
> ...
>  int git_config_include(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
>  {
>  	struct config_include_data *inc = data;
> +	const char *cond, *key;
> +	int cond_len;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -152,8 +188,12 @@ int git_config_include(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	if (!strcmp(var, "include.path"))
> -		ret = handle_path_include(value, inc);
> +	if (!parse_config_key(var, "include", &cond, &cond_len, &key) &&
> +	    include_condition_is_true(cond, cond_len)) {

I really like these two lines.

Whoever designed that parse_config_key() interface either is a
genious or had a foresight with a crystal ball, or perhaps both.

> +		if (!strcmp(key, "path"))
> +			ret = handle_path_include(value, inc);
> +		/* else we do not know about this type of include; ignore */
> +	}
>  	return ret;
>  }
>