config: add --comment option to add a comment

Introduce the ability to append comments to modifications
made using git-config. Example usage:

  git config --comment "changed via script" \
    --add safe.directory /home/alice/repo.git

based on the proposed patch, the output produced is:

  [safe]
    directory = /home/alice/repo.git #changed via script

Users need to be able to distinguish between config entries made
using automation and entries made by a human. Automation can add
comments containing a URL pointing to explanations for the change
made, avoiding questions from users as to why their config file
was changed by a third party.

The implementation ensures that a # character is unconditionally
prepended to the provided comment string, and that the comment
text is appended as a suffix to the changed key-value-pair in the
same line of text. Multi-line comments (i.e. comments containing
linefeed) are rejected as errors, causing Git to exit without
making changes.

Comments are aimed at humans who inspect or change their Git
config using a pager or editor. Comments are not meant to be
read or displayed by git-config at a later time.

Signed-off-by: Ralph Seichter <github@seichter.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Ralph Seichter
2024-03-12 21:47:00 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 4f9b731bde
commit 42d5c03394
12 changed files with 78 additions and 45 deletions

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@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ void submodule_unset_core_worktree(const struct submodule *sub)
submodule_name_to_gitdir(&config_path, the_repository, sub->name);
strbuf_addstr(&config_path, "/config");
if (git_config_set_in_file_gently(config_path.buf, "core.worktree", NULL))
if (git_config_set_in_file_gently(config_path.buf, "core.worktree", NULL, NULL))
warning(_("Could not unset core.worktree setting in submodule '%s'"),
sub->path);