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+# config.py - Reading and writing Git config files
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+# of the License or (at your option) a later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+"""Reading and writing Git configuration files.
+
+TODO:
+ * preserve formatting when updating configuration files
+ * treat subsection names as case-insensitive for [branch.foo] style
+   subsections
+"""
+
+# Taken from dulwich not yet released 0.8.3 version (until it is actually
+# released)
+
+import errno
+import os
+import re
+
+from dulwich.file import GitFile
+
+
+class Config(object):
+    """A Git configuration."""
+
+    def get(self, section, name):
+        """Retrieve the contents of a configuration setting.
+
+        :param section: Tuple with section name and optional subsection namee
+        :param subsection: Subsection name
+        :return: Contents of the setting
+        :raise KeyError: if the value is not set
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(self.get)
+
+    def get_boolean(self, section, name, default=None):
+        """Retrieve a configuration setting as boolean.
+
+        :param section: Tuple with section name and optional subsection namee
+        :param name: Name of the setting, including section and possible
+            subsection.
+        :return: Contents of the setting
+        :raise KeyError: if the value is not set
+        """
+        try:
+            value = self.get(section, name)
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+        if value.lower() == "true":
+            return True
+        elif value.lower() == "false":
+            return False
+        raise ValueError("not a valid boolean string: %r" % value)
+
+    def set(self, section, name, value):
+        """Set a configuration value.
+
+        :param name: Name of the configuration value, including section
+            and optional subsection
+        :param: Value of the setting
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(self.set)
+
+
+class ConfigDict(Config):
+    """Git configuration stored in a dictionary."""
+
+    def __init__(self, values=None):
+        """Create a new ConfigDict."""
+        if values is None:
+            values = {}
+        self._values = values
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%s(%r)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self._values)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (
+            isinstance(other, self.__class__) and
+            other._values == self._values)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _parse_setting(cls, name):
+        parts = name.split(".")
+        if len(parts) == 3:
+            return (parts[0], parts[1], parts[2])
+        else:
+            return (parts[0], None, parts[1])
+
+    def get(self, section, name):
+        if isinstance(section, basestring):
+            section = (section, )
+        if len(section) > 1:
+            try:
+                return self._values[section][name]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+        return self._values[(section[0],)][name]
+
+    def set(self, section, name, value):
+        if isinstance(section, basestring):
+            section = (section, )
+        self._values.setdefault(section, {})[name] = value
+
+
+def _format_string(value):
+    if (value.startswith(" ") or
+        value.startswith("\t") or
+        value.endswith(" ") or
+        value.endswith("\t")):
+        return '"%s"' % _escape_value(value)
+    return _escape_value(value)
+
+
+def _parse_string(value):
+    value = value.strip()
+    ret = []
+    block = []
+    in_quotes = False
+    for c in value:
+        if c == "\"":
+            in_quotes = (not in_quotes)
+            ret.append(_unescape_value("".join(block)))
+            block = []
+        elif c in ("#", ";") and not in_quotes:
+            # the rest of the line is a comment
+            break
+        else:
+            block.append(c)
+
+    if in_quotes:
+        raise ValueError("value starts with quote but lacks end quote")
+
+    ret.append(_unescape_value("".join(block)).rstrip())
+
+    return "".join(ret)
+
+
+def _unescape_value(value):
+    """Unescape a value."""
+    def unescape(c):
+        return {
+            "\\\\": "\\",
+            "\\\"": "\"",
+            "\\n": "\n",
+            "\\t": "\t",
+            "\\b": "\b",
+            }[c.group(0)]
+    return re.sub(r"(\\.)", unescape, value)
+
+
+def _escape_value(value):
+    """Escape a value."""
+    return value.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\n", "\\n")\
+            .replace("\t", "\\t").replace("\"", "\\\"")
+
+
+def _check_variable_name(name):
+    for c in name:
+        if not c.isalnum() and c != '-':
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def _check_section_name(name):
+    for c in name:
+        if not c.isalnum() and c not in ('-', '.'):
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def _strip_comments(line):
+    line = line.split("#")[0]
+    line = line.split(";")[0]
+    return line
+
+
+class ConfigFile(ConfigDict):
+    """A Git configuration file, like .git/config or ~/.gitconfig.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_file(cls, f):
+        """Read configuration from a file-like object."""
+        ret = cls()
+        section = None
+        setting = None
+        for lineno, line in enumerate(f.readlines()):
+            line = line.lstrip()
+            if setting is None:
+                if _strip_comments(line).strip() == "":
+                    continue
+                if line[0] == "[":
+                    line = _strip_comments(line).rstrip()
+                    if line[-1] != "]":
+                        raise ValueError("expected trailing ]")
+                    key = line.strip()
+                    pts = key[1:-1].split(" ", 1)
+                    pts[0] = pts[0].lower()
+                    if len(pts) == 2:
+                        if pts[1][0] != "\"" or pts[1][-1] != "\"":
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                "Invalid subsection " + pts[1])
+                        else:
+                            pts[1] = pts[1][1:-1]
+                        if not _check_section_name(pts[0]):
+                            raise ValueError("invalid section name %s" %
+                                             pts[0])
+                        section = (pts[0], pts[1])
+                    else:
+                        if not _check_section_name(pts[0]):
+                            raise ValueError("invalid section name %s" %
+                                    pts[0])
+                        pts = pts[0].split(".", 1)
+                        if len(pts) == 2:
+                            section = (pts[0], pts[1])
+                        else:
+                            section = (pts[0], )
+                    ret._values[section] = {}
+                else:
+                    if section is None:
+                        raise ValueError("setting %r without section" % line)
+                    try:
+                        setting, value = line.split("=", 1)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        setting = line
+                        value = "true"
+                    setting = setting.strip().lower()
+                    if not _check_variable_name(setting):
+                        raise ValueError("invalid variable name %s" % setting)
+                    if value.endswith("\\\n"):
+                        value = value[:-2]
+                        continuation = True
+                    else:
+                        continuation = False
+                    value = _parse_string(value)
+                    ret._values[section][setting] = value
+                    if not continuation:
+                        setting = None
+            else:  # continuation line
+                if line.endswith("\\\n"):
+                    line = line[:-2]
+                    continuation = True
+                else:
+                    continuation = False
+                value = _parse_string(line)
+                ret._values[section][setting] += value
+                if not continuation:
+                    setting = None
+        return ret
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_path(cls, path):
+        """Read configuration from a file on disk."""
+        f = GitFile(path, 'rb')
+        try:
+            ret = cls.from_file(f)
+            ret.path = path
+            return ret
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+    def write_to_path(self, path=None):
+        """Write configuration to a file on disk."""
+        if path is None:
+            path = self.path
+        f = GitFile(path, 'wb')
+        try:
+            self.write_to_file(f)
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+    def write_to_file(self, f):
+        """Write configuration to a file-like object."""
+        for section, values in self._values.iteritems():
+            try:
+                section_name, subsection_name = section
+            except ValueError:
+                (section_name, ) = section
+                subsection_name = None
+            if subsection_name is None:
+                f.write("[%s]\n" % section_name)
+            else:
+                f.write("[%s \"%s\"]\n" % (section_name, subsection_name))
+            for key, value in values.iteritems():
+                f.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, _escape_value(value)))
+
+
+class StackedConfig(Config):
+    """Configuration which reads from multiple config files.."""
+
+    def __init__(self, backends, writable=None):
+        self.backends = backends
+        self.writable = writable
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s for %r>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.backends)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def default_backends(cls):
+        """Retrieve the default configuration.
+
+        This will look in the repository configuration (if for_path is
+        specified), the users' home directory and the system
+        configuration.
+        """
+        paths = []
+        paths.append(os.path.expanduser("~/.gitconfig"))
+        paths.append("/etc/gitconfig")
+        backends = []
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                cf = ConfigFile.from_path(path)
+            except (IOError, OSError), e:
+                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                    raise
+                else:
+                    continue
+            backends.append(cf)
+        return backends
+
+    def get(self, section, name):
+        for backend in self.backends:
+            try:
+                return backend.get(section, name)
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+        raise KeyError(name)
+
+    def set(self, section, name, value):
+        if self.writable is None:
+            raise NotImplementedError(self.set)
+        return self.writable.set(section, name, value)