config: format bools or ints gently

Move the logic for formatting bool-or-int config values into a helper method and use gentle parsing when needed. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Derrick Stolee committed Feb 23, 2026 at 12:26 UTC 5fb7bdcca98e63fedee22f16a34ab5fadbee54e0
2 files changed +34 -10
builtin/config.c
+31 -9
@@ -274,6 +274,34 @@ static int format_config_bool(struct strbuf *buf,
274 return 0;
275 }
276
277 +static int format_config_bool_or_int(struct strbuf *buf,
278 + const char *key_,
279 + const char *value_,
280 + const struct key_value_info *kvi,
281 + int gently)
282 +{
283 + int v, is_bool = 0;
284 +
285 + if (gently) {
286 + v = git_parse_maybe_bool_text(value_);
287 +
288 + if (v >= 0)
289 + is_bool = 1;
290 + else if (!git_parse_int(value_, &v))
291 + return -1;
292 + } else {
293 + v = git_config_bool_or_int(key_, value_, kvi,
294 + &is_bool);
295 + }
296 +
297 + if (is_bool)
298 + strbuf_addstr(buf, v ? "true" : "false");
299 + else
300 + strbuf_addf(buf, "%d", v);
301 +
302 + return 0;
303 +}
304 +
305 /*
306 * Format the configuration key-value pair (`key_`, `value_`) and
307 * append it into strbuf `buf`. Returns a negative value on failure,
@@ -303,15 +331,9 @@ static int format_config(const struct config_display_options *opts,
331 res = format_config_int64(buf, key_, value_, kvi, gently);
332 else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL)
333 res = format_config_bool(buf, key_, value_, gently);
306 - else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT) {
307 - int is_bool, v;
308 - v = git_config_bool_or_int(key_, value_, kvi,
309 - &is_bool);
310 - if (is_bool)
311 - strbuf_addstr(buf, v ? "true" : "false");
312 - else
313 - strbuf_addf(buf, "%d", v);
314 - } else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_STR) {
334 + else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT)
335 + res = format_config_bool_or_int(buf, key_, value_, kvi, gently);
336 + else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_STR) {
337 int v = git_parse_maybe_bool(value_);
338 if (v < 0)
339 strbuf_addstr(buf, value_);
t/t1300-config.sh
+3 -1
@@ -2539,7 +2539,9 @@ test_expect_success 'list --type=bool-or-int shows only canonicalizable values'
2539 section.big=1048576
2540 EOF
2541
2542 - test_must_fail git config ${mode_prefix}list --type=bool-or-int
2542 + git config ${mode_prefix}list --type=bool-or-int >actual 2>err &&
2543 + test_cmp expect actual &&
2544 + test_must_be_empty err
2545 '
2546
2547 test_expect_success 'list --type=path shows only canonicalizable path values' '