Add config_boolean() method to the Git perl module

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index f2c156cde9c1ae62af12d2c213ac8b3a2cc71f21..b5b1cf5edcd860e88c461c600d3fa841654fef76 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -516,6 +516,36 @@ sub config {
 }
 
 
+=item config_boolean ( VARIABLE )
+
+Retrieve the boolean configuration C<VARIABLE>.
+
+Must be called on a repository instance.
+
+This currently wraps command('config') so it is not so fast.
+
+=cut
+
+sub config_boolean {
+       my ($self, $var) = @_;
+       $self->repo_path()
+               or throw Error::Simple("not a repository");
+
+       try {
+               return $self->command_oneline('config', '--bool', '--get',
+                                             $var);
+       } catch Git::Error::Command with {
+               my $E = shift;
+               if ($E->value() == 1) {
+                       # Key not found.
+                       return undef;
+               } else {
+                       throw $E;
+               }
+       };
+}
+
+
 =item ident ( TYPE | IDENTSTR )
 
 =item ident_person ( TYPE | IDENTSTR | IDENTARRAY )