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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt16
-rw-r--r--builtin-config.c55
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index a592b61e2f..7640450787 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -134,6 +135,12 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
output without getting confused e.g. by values that
contain line breaks.
+--get-color name default::
+
+ Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
+ output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
+ output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
+ there is no color configured for `name`.
[[FILES]]
FILES
@@ -292,6 +299,15 @@ To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
------------
+An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
+script:
+
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
+RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
+echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
+------------
include::config.txt[]
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index f672c9ccca..4c9ded3b1a 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
#include "builtin.h"
#include "cache.h"
+#include "color.h"
static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git-config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list";
+"git-config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list | --get-color var [default]";
static char *key;
static regex_t *key_regexp;
@@ -161,6 +162,53 @@ char *normalize_value(const char *key, const char *value)
return normalized;
}
+static int get_color_found;
+static const char *get_color_slot;
+static char parsed_color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
+
+static int git_get_color_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+ if (!strcmp(var, get_color_slot)) {
+ color_parse(value, var, parsed_color);
+ get_color_found = 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_color(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ /*
+ * grab the color setting for the given slot from the configuration,
+ * or parse the default value if missing, and return ANSI color
+ * escape sequence.
+ *
+ * e.g.
+ * git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse"
+ */
+ const char *def_color = NULL;
+
+ switch (argc) {
+ default:
+ usage(git_config_set_usage);
+ case 2:
+ def_color = argv[1];
+ /* fallthru */
+ case 1:
+ get_color_slot = argv[0];
+ break;
+ }
+
+ get_color_found = 0;
+ parsed_color[0] = '\0';
+ git_config(git_get_color_config);
+
+ if (!get_color_found && def_color)
+ color_parse(def_color, "command line", parsed_color);
+
+ fputs(parsed_color, stdout);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit = 0;
@@ -234,8 +282,9 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return 1;
}
return 0;
- }
- else
+ } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-color")) {
+ return get_color(argc-2, argv+2);
+ } else
break;
argc--;
argv++;