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+/*
+ * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Eric Biederman, 2005
+ */
+#include "cache.h"
+
+static const char var_usage[] = "git-var [-l | <variable>]";
+
+struct git_var {
+	const char *name;
+	const char *(*read)(int);
+};
+static struct git_var git_vars[] = {
+	{ "GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT", git_committer_info },
+	{ "GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT",   git_author_info },
+	{ "", NULL },
+};
+
+static void list_vars(void)
+{
+	struct git_var *ptr;
+	for(ptr = git_vars; ptr->read; ptr++) {
+		printf("%s=%s\n", ptr->name, ptr->read(0));
+	}
+}
+
+static const char *read_var(const char *var)
+{
+	struct git_var *ptr;
+	const char *val;
+	val = NULL;
+	for(ptr = git_vars; ptr->read; ptr++) {
+		if (strcmp(var, ptr->name) == 0) {
+			val = ptr->read(1);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+
+static int show_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	if (value)
+		printf("%s=%s\n", var, value);
+	else
+		printf("%s\n", var);
+	return git_default_config(var, value);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	const char *val;
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		usage(var_usage);
+	}
+
+	setup_git_directory();
+	val = NULL;
+
+	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-l") == 0) {
+		git_config(show_config);
+		list_vars();
+		return 0;
+	}
+	git_config(git_default_config);
+	val = read_var(argv[1]);
+	if (!val)
+		usage(var_usage);
+	
+	printf("%s\n", val);
+	
+	return 0;
+}