[PATCH 2/5] attr: add GIT_ATTR_INDEX "direction"

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

From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>

This instructs attr mechanism, not to look into working .gitattributes
at all. Needed by tools that does not handle working directory, such
as "git archive".

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 attr.c |   12 +++++++++---
 attr.h |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 43259e5..626eadb 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr(const char *path, int macro_ok)
 		if (!res)
 			res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
 	}
-	else {
+	else if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN) {
 		res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
 		if (!res)
 			/*
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr(const char *path, int macro_ok)
 			 */
 			res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
 	}
+	else
+		res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
 	if (!res)
 		res = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*res));
 	return res;
@@ -466,7 +468,7 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 		elem->prev = attr_stack;
 		attr_stack = elem;
 
-		if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+		if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
 			elem = read_attr(GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, 1);
 			elem->origin = strdup("");
 			elem->prev = attr_stack;
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(const char *path, int dirlen)
 	/*
 	 * Read from parent directories and push them down
 	 */
-	if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+	if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
 		while (1) {
 			char *cp;
 
@@ -674,6 +676,10 @@ int git_checkattr(const char *path, int num, struct git_attr_check *check)
 void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new, struct index_state *istate)
 {
 	enum git_attr_direction old = direction;
+
+	if (is_bare_repository() && new != GIT_ATTR_INDEX)
+		die("BUG: non-INDEX att direction in a bare repo");
+
 	direction = new;
 	if (new != old)
 		drop_attr_stack();
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 3a2f4ec..69b5767 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ int git_checkattr(const char *path, int, struct git_attr_check *);
 
 enum git_attr_direction {
 	GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN,
-	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT
+	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT,
+	GIT_ATTR_INDEX,
 };
 void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction, struct index_state *);
 
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.6.g08087