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setup API
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=========
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Talk about
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* setup_git_directory()
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* setup_git_directory_gently()
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* is_inside_git_dir()
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* is_inside_work_tree()
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* setup_work_tree()
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(Dscho)
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Pathspec
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--------
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See glossary-context.txt for the syntax of pathspec. In memory, a
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pathspec set is represented by "struct pathspec" and is prepared by
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parse_pathspec(). This function takes several arguments:
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- magic_mask specifies what features that are NOT supported by the
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following code. If a user attempts to use such a feature,
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parse_pathspec() can reject it early.
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- flags specifies other things that the caller wants parse_pathspec to
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perform.
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- prefix and args come from cmd_* functions
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parse_pathspec() helps catch unsupported features and reject them
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politely. At a lower level, different pathspec-related functions may
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not support the same set of features. Such pathspec-sensitive
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functions are guarded with GUARD_PATHSPEC(), which will die in an
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unfriendly way when an unsupported feature is requested.
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The command designers are supposed to make sure that GUARD_PATHSPEC()
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never dies. They have to make sure all unsupported features are caught
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by parse_pathspec(), not by GUARD_PATHSPEC. grepping GUARD_PATHSPEC()
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should give the designers all pathspec-sensitive codepaths and what
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features they support.
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A similar process is applied when a new pathspec magic is added. The
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designer lifts the GUARD_PATHSPEC restriction in the functions that
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support the new magic. At the same time (s)he has to make sure this
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new feature will be caught at parse_pathspec() in commands that cannot
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handle the new magic in some cases. grepping parse_pathspec() should
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help.
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