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From: Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: cirnovskyv@gmail.com, Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>,
	Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
	Ayush Chandekar <ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>,
	Olamide Caleb Bello <belkid98@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] environment: move excludes_file into repo_config_values
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:18:45 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625161845.7543-3-cat@malon.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625161845.7543-1-cat@malon.dev>

Continue the libification effor by moving the 'excludes_file' global
variable into 'struct repo_config_values'.

Since 'excludes_file' is a dynamically allocated string (char *), it
requires proper memory management. Introduce repo_config_values_clear()
to safely free the heap memory when repository instance is destroyed.

Note: 'if (repo != the_repository)' fallback logic is temporarily added
in both the getter and the clear function. This prevents calling
repo_config_values() on uninitialized submodules, which triggers BUG().

Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Ayush Chandekar <ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Olamide Caleb Bello <belkid98@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>
---
 environment.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 environment.h | 15 +++++++++++----
 repository.c  |  1 +
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 8efcaeafa6..e1c7ed178a 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ enum fsync_method fsync_method = FSYNC_METHOD_DEFAULT;
 enum fsync_component fsync_components = FSYNC_COMPONENTS_DEFAULT;
 char *editor_program;
 char *askpass_program;
-char *excludes_file;
 enum auto_crlf auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_FALSE;
 enum eol core_eol = EOL_UNSET;
 int global_conv_flags_eol = CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_WARN;
@@ -136,9 +135,13 @@ int is_bare_repository(void)
 
 const char *repo_excludes_file(struct repository *repo)
 {
-	if (!excludes_file)
-		excludes_file = xdg_config_home("ignore");
-	return excludes_file;
+	if (!repo || !repo->initialized || repo != the_repository)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!repo_config_values(repo)->excludes_file)
+		repo_config_values(repo)->excludes_file = xdg_config_home("ignore");
+
+	return repo_config_values(repo)->excludes_file;
 }
 
 int have_git_dir(void)
@@ -468,8 +471,8 @@ int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile")) {
-		FREE_AND_NULL(excludes_file);
-		return git_config_pathname(&excludes_file, var, value);
+		FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->excludes_file);
+		return git_config_pathname(&cfg->excludes_file, var, value);
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.whitespace")) {
@@ -733,3 +736,16 @@ void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg)
 	cfg->sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns = 0;
 	cfg->warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 1;
 }
+
+void repo_config_values_clear(struct repository *repo)
+{
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg;
+
+	if (repo != the_repository)
+		return;
+
+	cfg = repo_config_values(repo);
+	if (!cfg)
+		return;
+	FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->excludes_file);
+}
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 52d531e4ea..2839913551 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct repo_config_values {
 	int precomposed_unicode;
 	int core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 	int warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
+	char *excludes_file;
 
 	/* section "sparse" config values */
 	int sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns;
@@ -133,13 +134,20 @@ int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
 int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb);
 
-/*
- * TODO: This still relies on the global state.
- */
 const char *repo_excludes_file(struct repository *repo);
 
 void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg);
 
+/*
+ * Frees memory allocated for dynamically loaded configuration values
+ * inside `repo_config_values`.
+ *
+ * Note: `excludes_file` is currently the only heap-allocated field in
+ * this struct. As other dynamically allocated variables are migrated,
+ * their FREE_AND_NULL() calls should be appended here.
+ */
+void repo_config_values_clear(struct repository *repo);
+
 /*
  * TODO: All the below state either explicitly or implicitly relies on
  * `the_repository`. We should eventually get rid of these and make the
@@ -213,7 +221,6 @@ extern char *git_log_output_encoding;
 
 extern char *editor_program;
 extern char *askpass_program;
-extern char *excludes_file;
 
 /*
  * The character that begins a commented line in user-editable file
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 187dd471c4..b31f1b7852 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo)
 	FREE_AND_NULL(repo->parsed_objects);
 
 	repo_settings_clear(repo);
+	repo_config_values_clear(repo);
 
 	if (repo->config) {
 		git_configset_clear(repo->config);
-- 
2.43.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-25 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-25 16:18 [PATCH v1 0/2] environment: move excludes_file into repo_config_values Tian Yuchen
2026-06-25 16:18 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] dir: encapsulate excludes_file lazy-load Tian Yuchen
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