Merge pull request #1417 from arrbee/opts-for-paths

Implement opts interface for global/system file search paths

include/git2/common.h

@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ enum {
 	GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_SIZE,
 	GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE,
 	GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT,
-	GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT
+	GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT,
+	GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH,
+	GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -136,17 +138,40 @@ enum {
  *
  * Available options:
  *
- *	opts(GIT_OPT_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t):
- *		set the maximum mmap window size
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t *):
+ *		Get the maximum mmap window size
  *
- *	opts(GIT_OPT_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t):
- *		set the maximum amount of memory that can be mapped at any time
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t):
+ *		Set the maximum mmap window size
+ *
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t *):
+ *		Get the maximum memory that will be mapped in total by the library
+ *
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t):
+ *		Set the maximum amount of memory that can be mapped at any time
  *		by the library
  *
- *	@param option Option key
- *	@param ... value to set the option
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, char *out, size_t len)
+ *		Get the search path for a given level of config data.  "level" must
+ *		be one of GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, or
+ *		GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG.  The search path is written to the `out`
+ *		buffer up to size `len`.  Returns GIT_EBUFS if buffer is too small.
+ *
+ *	opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, const char *path)
+ *		Set the search path for a level of config data.  The search path
+ *		applied to shared attributes and ignore files, too.
+ *      - `path` lists directories delimited by GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR.
+ *		  Pass NULL to reset to the default (generally based on environment
+ *		  variables).  Use magic path `$PATH` to include the old value
+ *		  of the path (if you want to prepend or append, for instance).
+ *		- `level` must be GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL,
+ *		  or GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG.
+ *
+ * @param option Option key
+ * @param ... value to set the option
+ * @return 0 on success, <0 on failure
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(void) git_libgit2_opts(int option, ...);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_libgit2_opts(int option, ...);
 
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL

include/git2/strarray.h

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(void) git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array);
 /**
  * Copy a string array object from source to target.
  *
- * Note: target is overwritten and hence should be empty,
- * otherwise its contents are leaked.
+ * Note: target is overwritten and hence should be empty, otherwise its
+ * contents are leaked.  Call git_strarray_free() if necessary.
  *
  * @param tgt target
  * @param src source

src/attr.c

 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fileops.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "attr.h"
+#include "ignore.h"
 #include "git2/oid.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
@@ -593,17 +595,28 @@ static int collect_attr_files(
 	return error;
 }
 
-static char *try_global_default(const char *relpath)
+static int attr_cache__lookup_path(
+	const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *key, const char *fallback)
 {
-	git_buf dflt = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	char *rval = NULL;
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!git_futils_find_global_file(&dflt, relpath))
-		rval = git_buf_detach(&dflt);
+	if (!(error = git_config_get_string(out, cfg, key)))
+		return 0;
 
-	git_buf_free(&dflt);
+	if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
+		giterr_clear();
+		error = 0;
 
-	return rval;
+		if (!git_futils_find_xdg_file(&buf, fallback))
+			*out = git_buf_detach(&buf);
+		else
+			*out = NULL;
+
+		git_buf_free(&buf);
+	}
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 int git_attr_cache__init(git_repository *repo)
@@ -619,19 +632,15 @@ int git_attr_cache__init(git_repository *repo)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&cfg, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(&cache->cfg_attr_file, cfg, GIT_ATTR_CONFIG);
-	if (ret < 0 && ret != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+	ret = attr_cache__lookup_path(
+		&cache->cfg_attr_file, cfg, GIT_ATTR_CONFIG, GIT_ATTR_FILE_XDG);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (ret == GIT_ENOTFOUND)
-		cache->cfg_attr_file = try_global_default(GIT_ATTR_CONFIG_DEFAULT);
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(&cache->cfg_excl_file, cfg, GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG);
-	if (ret < 0 && ret != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+	ret = attr_cache__lookup_path(
+		&cache->cfg_excl_file, cfg, GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG, GIT_IGNORE_FILE_XDG);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (ret == GIT_ENOTFOUND)
-		cache->cfg_excl_file = try_global_default(GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG_DEFAULT);
-
-	giterr_clear();
 
 	/* allocate hashtable for attribute and ignore file contents */
 	if (cache->files == NULL) {

src/attr.h

@@ -8,27 +8,13 @@
 #define INCLUDE_attr_h__
 
 #include "attr_file.h"
-#include "strmap.h"
-
-#define GIT_ATTR_CONFIG   "core.attributesfile"
-#define GIT_ATTR_CONFIG_DEFAULT ".config/git/attributes"
-#define GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG "core.excludesfile"
-#define GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG_DEFAULT ".config/git/ignore"
-
-typedef struct {
-	int initialized;
-	git_pool pool;
-	git_strmap *files;	/* hash path to git_attr_file of rules */
-	git_strmap *macros;	/* hash name to vector<git_attr_assignment> */
-	const char *cfg_attr_file; /* cached value of core.attributesfile */
-	const char *cfg_excl_file; /* cached value of core.excludesfile */
-} git_attr_cache;
+
+#define GIT_ATTR_CONFIG       "core.attributesfile"
+#define GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG     "core.excludesfile"
 
 typedef int (*git_attr_file_parser)(
 	git_repository *, void *, const char *, git_attr_file *);
 
-extern int git_attr_cache__init(git_repository *repo);
-
 extern int git_attr_cache__insert_macro(
 	git_repository *repo, git_attr_rule *macro);
 

src/attr_file.c

 #include "common.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "filebuf.h"
+#include "attr.h"
 #include "git2/blob.h"
 #include "git2/tree.h"
 #include <ctype.h>

src/attr_file.h

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define GIT_ATTR_FILE			".gitattributes"
 #define GIT_ATTR_FILE_INREPO	"info/attributes"
 #define GIT_ATTR_FILE_SYSTEM	"gitattributes"
+#define GIT_ATTR_FILE_XDG		"attributes"
 
 #define GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_NEGATIVE	(1U << 0)
 #define GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_DIRECTORY	(1U << 1)

src/attrcache.h

+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_attrcache_h__
+#define INCLUDE_attrcache_h__
+
+#include "pool.h"
+#include "strmap.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+	int initialized;
+	git_pool pool;
+	git_strmap *files;	/* hash path to git_attr_file of rules */
+	git_strmap *macros;	/* hash name to vector<git_attr_assignment> */
+	const char *cfg_attr_file; /* cached value of core.attributesfile */
+	const char *cfg_excl_file; /* cached value of core.excludesfile */
+} git_attr_cache;
+
+extern int git_attr_cache__init(git_repository *repo);
+
+#endif

src/common.h

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
 #define GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(ptr) if (ptr == NULL) { return -1; }
 
 /**
+ * Check a return value and propogate result if non-zero.
+ */
+#define GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(code) \
+	do { int _err = (code); if (_err < 0) return _err; } while (0)
+
+/**
  * Set the error message for this thread, formatting as needed.
  */
 void giterr_set(int error_class, const char *string, ...);

src/config.c

@@ -515,62 +515,48 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regex
 	return file->set_multivar(file, name, regexp, value);
 }
 
-int git_config_find_global_r(git_buf *path)
+static int git_config__find_file_to_path(
+	char *out, size_t outlen, int (*find)(git_buf *buf))
 {
-	int error = git_futils_find_global_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME);
+	int error = 0;
+	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+
+	if ((error = find(&path)) < 0)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (path.size >= outlen) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY, "Buffer is too short for the path");
+		error = GIT_EBUFS;
+		goto done;
+	}
 
+	git_buf_copy_cstr(out, outlen, &path);
+
+done:
+	git_buf_free(&path);
 	return error;
 }
 
-int git_config_find_xdg_r(git_buf *path)
+int git_config_find_global_r(git_buf *path)
 {
-	int error = git_futils_find_global_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_ALT);
-
-	return error;
+	return git_futils_find_global_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_GLOBAL);
 }
 
 int git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path, size_t length)
 {
-	git_buf path  = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	int     ret = git_config_find_global_r(&path);
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (path.size >= length) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY,
-			"Path is to long to fit on the given buffer");
-		return -1;
-	}
+	return git_config__find_file_to_path(
+		global_config_path, length, git_config_find_global_r);
+}
 
-	git_buf_copy_cstr(global_config_path, length, &path);
-	git_buf_free(&path);
-	return 0;
+int git_config_find_xdg_r(git_buf *path)
+{
+	return git_futils_find_xdg_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_XDG);
 }
 
 int git_config_find_xdg(char *xdg_config_path, size_t length)
 {
-	git_buf path  = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	int ret = git_config_find_xdg_r(&path);
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (path.size >= length) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY,
-			"Path is to long to fit on the given buffer");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	git_buf_copy_cstr(xdg_config_path, length, &path);
-	git_buf_free(&path);
-	return 0;
+	return git_config__find_file_to_path(
+		xdg_config_path, length, git_config_find_xdg_r);
 }
 
 int git_config_find_system_r(git_buf *path)
@@ -580,24 +566,8 @@ int git_config_find_system_r(git_buf *path)
 
 int git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path, size_t length)
 {
-	git_buf path  = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	int     ret = git_config_find_system_r(&path);
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (path.size >= length) {
-		git_buf_free(&path);
-		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY,
-			"Path is to long to fit on the given buffer");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	git_buf_copy_cstr(system_config_path, length, &path);
-	git_buf_free(&path);
-	return 0;
+	return git_config__find_file_to_path(
+		system_config_path, length, git_config_find_system_r);
 }
 
 int git_config_open_default(git_config **out)

src/config.h

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 #include "vector.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 
-#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME ".gitconfig"
-#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_ALT ".config/git/config"
-#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_INREPO "config"
 #define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_SYSTEM "gitconfig"
+#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_GLOBAL ".gitconfig"
+#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_XDG    "config"
+
+#define GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_INREPO "config"
 #define GIT_CONFIG_FILE_MODE 0666
 
 struct git_config {

src/fileops.c

@@ -558,75 +558,186 @@ clean_up:
 	return error;
 }
 
-int git_futils_find_system_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+
+static int git_futils_guess_system_dirs(git_buf *out)
 {
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
-	// try to find git.exe/git.cmd on path
-	if (!win32_find_system_file_using_path(path, filename))
-		return 0;
+	return git_win32__find_system_dirs(out);
+#else
+	return git_buf_sets(out, "/etc");
+#endif
+}
 
-	// try to find msysgit installation path using registry
-	if (!win32_find_system_file_using_registry(path, filename))
-		return 0;
+static int git_futils_guess_global_dirs(git_buf *out)
+{
+#ifdef GIT_WIN32
+	return git_win32__find_global_dirs(out);
 #else
-	if (git_buf_joinpath(path, "/etc", filename) < 0)
-		return -1;
+	return git_buf_sets(out, getenv("HOME"));
+#endif
+}
 
-	if (git_path_exists(path->ptr) == true)
-		return 0;
+static int git_futils_guess_xdg_dirs(git_buf *out)
+{
+#ifdef GIT_WIN32
+	return git_win32__find_xdg_dirs(out);
+#else
+	const char *env = NULL;
+
+	if ((env = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) != NULL)
+		return git_buf_joinpath(out, env, "git");
+	else if ((env = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
+		return git_buf_joinpath(out, env, ".config/git");
+
+	git_buf_clear(out);
+	return 0;
 #endif
+}
 
-	git_buf_clear(path);
-	giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The system file '%s' doesn't exist", filename);
-	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+typedef int (*git_futils_dirs_guess_cb)(git_buf *out);
+
+static git_buf git_futils__dirs[GIT_FUTILS_DIR__MAX] =
+	{ GIT_BUF_INIT, GIT_BUF_INIT, GIT_BUF_INIT };
+
+static git_futils_dirs_guess_cb git_futils__dir_guess[GIT_FUTILS_DIR__MAX] = {
+	git_futils_guess_system_dirs,
+	git_futils_guess_global_dirs,
+	git_futils_guess_xdg_dirs,
+};
+
+static int git_futils_check_selector(git_futils_dir_t which)
+{
+	if (which < GIT_FUTILS_DIR__MAX)
+		return 0;
+	giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "config directory selector out of range");
+	return -1;
 }
 
-int git_futils_find_global_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+int git_futils_dirs_get(const git_buf **out, git_futils_dir_t which)
 {
-#ifdef GIT_WIN32
-	struct win32_path root;
-	static const wchar_t *tmpls[4] = {
-		L"%HOME%\\",
-		L"%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\\",
-		L"%USERPROFILE%\\",
-		NULL,
-	};
-	const wchar_t **tmpl;
-
-	for (tmpl = tmpls; *tmpl != NULL; tmpl++) {
-		/* try to expand environment variable, skipping if not set */
-		if (win32_expand_path(&root, *tmpl) != 0 || root.path[0] == L'%')
+	assert(out);
+
+	*out = NULL;
+
+	GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_futils_check_selector(which));
+
+	if (!git_buf_len(&git_futils__dirs[which]))
+		GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(
+			git_futils__dir_guess[which](&git_futils__dirs[which]));
+
+	*out = &git_futils__dirs[which];
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int git_futils_dirs_get_str(char *out, size_t outlen, git_futils_dir_t which)
+{
+	const git_buf *path = NULL;
+
+	GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_futils_check_selector(which));
+	GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_futils_dirs_get(&path, which));
+
+	if (!out || path->size >= outlen) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY, "Buffer is too short for the path");
+		return GIT_EBUFS;
+	}
+
+	git_buf_copy_cstr(out, outlen, path);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define PATH_MAGIC "$PATH"
+
+int git_futils_dirs_set(git_futils_dir_t which, const char *search_path)
+{
+	const char *expand_path = NULL;
+	git_buf merge = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+
+	GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_futils_check_selector(which));
+
+	if (search_path != NULL)
+		expand_path = strstr(search_path, PATH_MAGIC);
+
+	/* init with default if not yet done and needed (ignoring error) */
+	if ((!search_path || expand_path) &&
+		!git_buf_len(&git_futils__dirs[which]))
+		git_futils__dir_guess[which](&git_futils__dirs[which]);
+
+	/* if $PATH is not referenced, then just set the path */
+	if (!expand_path)
+		return git_buf_sets(&git_futils__dirs[which], search_path);
+
+	/* otherwise set to join(before $PATH, old value, after $PATH) */
+	if (expand_path > search_path)
+		git_buf_set(&merge, search_path, expand_path - search_path);
+
+	if (git_buf_len(&git_futils__dirs[which]))
+		git_buf_join(&merge, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR,
+			merge.ptr, git_futils__dirs[which].ptr);
+
+	expand_path += strlen(PATH_MAGIC);
+	if (*expand_path)
+		git_buf_join(&merge, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, merge.ptr, expand_path);
+
+	git_buf_swap(&git_futils__dirs[which], &merge);
+	git_buf_free(&merge);
+
+	return git_buf_oom(&git_futils__dirs[which]) ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
+void git_futils_dirs_free(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < GIT_FUTILS_DIR__MAX; ++i)
+		git_buf_free(&git_futils__dirs[i]);
+}
+
+static int git_futils_find_in_dirlist(
+	git_buf *path, const char *name, git_futils_dir_t which, const char *label)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	const char *scan, *next = NULL;
+	const git_buf *syspath;
+
+	GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_futils_dirs_get(&syspath, which));
+
+	for (scan = git_buf_cstr(syspath); scan; scan = next) {
+		for (next = strchr(scan, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR);
+			 next && next > scan && next[-1] == '\\';
+			 next = strchr(next + 1, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR))
+			/* find unescaped separator or end of string */;
+
+		len = next ? (size_t)(next++ - scan) : strlen(scan);
+		if (!len)
 			continue;
 
-		/* try to look up file under path */
-		if (!win32_find_file(path, &root, filename))
+		GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_buf_set(path, scan, len));
+		GITERR_CHECK_ERROR(git_buf_joinpath(path, path->ptr, name));
+
+		if (git_path_exists(path->ptr))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The global file '%s' doesn't exist", filename);
 	git_buf_clear(path);
-
+	giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The %s file '%s' doesn't exist", label, name);
 	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-#else
-	const char *home = getenv("HOME");
-
-	if (home == NULL) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Global file lookup failed. "
-			"Cannot locate the user's home directory");
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-	}
+}
 
-	if (git_buf_joinpath(path, home, filename) < 0)
-		return -1;
+int git_futils_find_system_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+{
+	return git_futils_find_in_dirlist(
+		path, filename, GIT_FUTILS_DIR_SYSTEM, "system");
+}
 
-	if (git_path_exists(path->ptr) == false) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The global file '%s' doesn't exist", filename);
-		git_buf_clear(path);
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-	}
+int git_futils_find_global_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+{
+	return git_futils_find_in_dirlist(
+		path, filename, GIT_FUTILS_DIR_GLOBAL, "global");
+}
 
-	return 0;
-#endif
+int git_futils_find_xdg_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+{
+	return git_futils_find_in_dirlist(
+		path, filename, GIT_FUTILS_DIR_XDG, "global/xdg");
 }
 
 int git_futils_fake_symlink(const char *old, const char *new)

src/fileops.h

@@ -276,25 +276,72 @@ extern void git_futils_mmap_free(git_map *map);
  *
  * @param pathbuf buffer to write the full path into
  * @param filename name of file to find in the home directory
- * @return
- * - 0 if found;
- * - GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found;
- * - -1 on an unspecified OS related error.
+ * @return 0 if found, GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found, or -1 on other OS error
  */
 extern int git_futils_find_global_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
 
 /**
+ * Find an "XDG" file (i.e. one in user's XDG config path).
+ *
+ * @param pathbuf buffer to write the full path into
+ * @param filename name of file to find in the home directory
+ * @return 0 if found, GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found, or -1 on other OS error
+ */
+extern int git_futils_find_xdg_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
+
+/**
  * Find a "system" file (i.e. one shared for all users of the system).
  *
  * @param pathbuf buffer to write the full path into
  * @param filename name of file to find in the home directory
- * @return
- * - 0 if found;
- * - GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found;
- * - -1 on an unspecified OS related error.
+ * @return 0 if found, GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found, or -1 on other OS error
  */
 extern int git_futils_find_system_file(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
 
+typedef enum {
+	GIT_FUTILS_DIR_SYSTEM = 0,
+	GIT_FUTILS_DIR_GLOBAL = 1,
+	GIT_FUTILS_DIR_XDG    = 2,
+	GIT_FUTILS_DIR__MAX   = 3,
+} git_futils_dir_t;
+
+/**
+ * Get the search path for global/system/xdg files
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to git_buf containing search path
+ * @param which which list of paths to return
+ * @return 0 on success, <0 on failure
+ */
+extern int git_futils_dirs_get(const git_buf **out, git_futils_dir_t which);
+
+/**
+ * Get search path into a preallocated buffer
+ *
+ * @param out String buffer to write into
+ * @param outlen Size of string buffer
+ * @param which Which search path to return
+ * @return 0 on success, GIT_EBUFS if out is too small, <0 on other failure
+ */
+
+extern int git_futils_dirs_get_str(
+	char *out, size_t outlen, git_futils_dir_t which);
+
+/**
+ * Set search paths for global/system/xdg files
+ *
+ * The first occurrence of the magic string "$PATH" in the new value will
+ * be replaced with the old value of the search path.
+ *
+ * @param which Which search path to modify
+ * @param paths New search path (separated by GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR)
+ * @return 0 on success, <0 on failure (allocation error)
+ */
+extern int git_futils_dirs_set(git_futils_dir_t which, const char *paths);
+
+/**
+ * Release / reset all search paths
+ */
+extern void git_futils_dirs_free(void);
 
 /**
  * Create a "fake" symlink (text file containing the target path).

src/global.c

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "global.h"
 #include "hash.h"
-#include "git2/threads.h" 
+#include "fileops.h"
+#include "git2/threads.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
 
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ void git_threads_shutdown(void)
 
 	/* Shut down any subsystems that have global state */
 	git_hash_global_shutdown();
+	git_futils_dirs_free();
 }
 
 git_global_st *git__global_state(void)
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ void git_threads_shutdown(void)
 
 	/* Shut down any subsystems that have global state */
 	git_hash_global_shutdown();
+	git_futils_dirs_free();
 }
 
 git_global_st *git__global_state(void)
@@ -171,7 +174,9 @@ int git_threads_init(void)
 
 void git_threads_shutdown(void)
 {
-	/* noop */
+	/* Shut down any subsystems that have global state */
+	git_hash_global_shutdown();
+	git_futils_dirs_free();
 }
 
 git_global_st *git__global_state(void)

src/ignore.c

 #include "git2/ignore.h"
 #include "ignore.h"
+#include "attr.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 #define GIT_IGNORE_INTERNAL		"[internal]exclude"
-#define GIT_IGNORE_FILE_INREPO	"info/exclude"
-#define GIT_IGNORE_FILE			".gitignore"
 
 #define GIT_IGNORE_DEFAULT_RULES ".\n..\n.git\n"
 

src/ignore.h

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "vector.h"
+#include "attr_file.h"
+
+#define GIT_IGNORE_FILE			".gitignore"
+#define GIT_IGNORE_FILE_INREPO	"info/exclude"
+#define GIT_IGNORE_FILE_XDG		"ignore"
 
 /* The git_ignores structure maintains three sets of ignores:
  * - internal ignores

src/repository.h

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "odb.h"
 #include "object.h"
-#include "attr.h"
+#include "attrcache.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
 #include "refdb.h"
 

src/util.c

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "posix.h"
+#include "fileops.h"
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 # include <Shlwapi.h>
@@ -38,13 +39,30 @@ int git_libgit2_capabilities()
 extern size_t git_mwindow__window_size;
 extern size_t git_mwindow__mapped_limit;
 
-void git_libgit2_opts(int key, ...)
+static int config_level_to_futils_dir(int config_level)
 {
+	int val = -1;
+
+	switch (config_level) {
+	case GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM: val = GIT_FUTILS_DIR_SYSTEM; break;
+	case GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG:    val = GIT_FUTILS_DIR_XDG; break;
+	case GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL: val = GIT_FUTILS_DIR_GLOBAL; break;
+	default:
+		giterr_set(
+			GITERR_INVALID, "Invalid config path selector %d", config_level);
+	}
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+int git_libgit2_opts(int key, ...)
+{
+	int error = 0;
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, key);
 
-	switch(key) {
+	switch (key) {
 	case GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE:
 		git_mwindow__window_size = va_arg(ap, size_t);
 		break;
@@ -60,9 +78,25 @@ void git_libgit2_opts(int key, ...)
 	case GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT:
 		*(va_arg(ap, size_t *)) = git_mwindow__mapped_limit;
 		break;
+
+	case GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH:
+		if ((error = config_level_to_futils_dir(va_arg(ap, int))) >= 0) {
+			char *out = va_arg(ap, char *);
+			size_t outlen = va_arg(ap, size_t);
+
+			error = git_futils_dirs_get_str(out, outlen, error);
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH:
+		if ((error = config_level_to_futils_dir(va_arg(ap, int))) >= 0)
+			error = git_futils_dirs_set(error, va_arg(ap, const char *));
+		break;
 	}
 
 	va_end(ap);
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 void git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array)
@@ -72,6 +106,8 @@ void git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array)
 		git__free(array->strings[i]);
 
 	git__free(array->strings);
+
+	memset(array, 0, sizeof(*array));
 }
 
 int git_strarray_copy(git_strarray *tgt, const git_strarray *src)
@@ -89,8 +125,10 @@ int git_strarray_copy(git_strarray *tgt, const git_strarray *src)
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(tgt->strings);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < src->count; ++i) {
-		tgt->strings[tgt->count] = git__strdup(src->strings[i]);
+		if (!src->strings[i])
+			continue;
 
+		tgt->strings[tgt->count] = git__strdup(src->strings[i]);
 		if (!tgt->strings[tgt->count]) {
 			git_strarray_free(tgt);
 			memset(tgt, 0, sizeof(*tgt));

src/win32/findfile.c

@@ -10,23 +10,34 @@
 #include "findfile.h"
 
 #define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Git_is1"
+
 #ifndef _WIN64
 #define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL
 #else
 #define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL L"SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Git_is1"
 #endif
 
-int win32_expand_path(struct win32_path *s_root, const wchar_t *templ)
+int git_win32__expand_path(struct git_win32__path *s_root, const wchar_t *templ)
 {
 	s_root->len = ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(templ, s_root->path, MAX_PATH);
 	return s_root->len ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
-int win32_find_file(git_buf *path, const struct win32_path *root, const char *filename)
+static int win32_path_utf16_to_8(git_buf *path_utf8, const wchar_t *path_utf16)
+{
+	char temp_utf8[GIT_PATH_MAX];
+
+	git__utf16_to_8(temp_utf8, path_utf16);
+	git_path_mkposix(temp_utf8);
+
+	return git_buf_sets(path_utf8, temp_utf8);
+}
+
+int git_win32__find_file(
+	git_buf *path, const struct git_win32__path *root, const char *filename)
 {
 	size_t len, alloc_len;
 	wchar_t *file_utf16 = NULL;
-	char file_utf8[GIT_PATH_MAX];
 
 	if (!root || !filename || (len = strlen(filename)) == 0)
 		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
@@ -50,15 +61,13 @@ int win32_find_file(git_buf *path, const struct win32_path *root, const char *fi
 		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 	}
 
-	git__utf16_to_8(file_utf8, file_utf16);
-	git_path_mkposix(file_utf8);
-	git_buf_sets(path, file_utf8);
-
+	win32_path_utf16_to_8(path, file_utf16);
 	git__free(file_utf16);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-wchar_t* win32_nextpath(wchar_t *path, wchar_t *buf, size_t buflen)
+static wchar_t* win32_walkpath(wchar_t *path, wchar_t *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
 	wchar_t term, *base = path;
 
@@ -77,80 +86,153 @@ wchar_t* win32_nextpath(wchar_t *path, wchar_t *buf, size_t buflen)
 	return (path != base) ? path : NULL;
 }
 
-int win32_find_system_file_using_path(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+static int win32_find_git_in_path(git_buf *buf, const wchar_t *gitexe)
 {
-	wchar_t * env = NULL;
-	struct win32_path root;
+	wchar_t *env = _wgetenv(L"PATH"), lastch;
+	struct git_win32__path root;
+	size_t gitexe_len = wcslen(gitexe);
 
-	env = _wgetenv(L"PATH");
 	if (!env)
 		return -1;
 
-	// search in all paths defined in PATH
-	while ((env = win32_nextpath(env, root.path, MAX_PATH - 1)) != NULL && *root.path)
-	{
-		wchar_t * pfin = root.path + wcslen(root.path) - 1; // last char of the current path entry
+	while ((env = win32_walkpath(env, root.path, MAX_PATH-1)) && *root.path) {
+		root.len = (DWORD)wcslen(root.path);
+		lastch = root.path[root.len - 1];
+
+		/* ensure trailing slash (MAX_PATH-1 to walkpath guarantees space) */
+		if (lastch != L'/' && lastch != L'\\') {
+			root.path[root.len++] = L'\\';
+			root.path[root.len]   = L'\0';
+		}
 
-		// ensure trailing slash
-		if (*pfin != L'/' && *pfin != L'\\')
-			wcscpy(++pfin, L"\\"); // we have enough space left, MAX_PATH - 1 is used in nextpath above
+		if (root.len + gitexe_len >= MAX_PATH)
+			continue;
+		wcscpy(&root.path[root.len], gitexe);
 
-		root.len = (DWORD)wcslen(root.path) + 1;
+		if (_waccess(root.path, F_OK) == 0 && root.len > 5) {
+			/* replace "bin\\" or "cmd\\" with "etc\\" */
+			wcscpy(&root.path[root.len - 4], L"etc\\");
 
-		if (win32_find_file(path, &root, "git.cmd") == 0 || win32_find_file(path, &root, "git.exe") == 0) {
-			// we found the cmd or bin directory of a git installaton
-			if (root.len > 5) {
-				wcscpy(root.path + wcslen(root.path) - 4, L"etc\\");
-				if (win32_find_file(path, &root, filename) == 0)
-					return 0;
-			}
+			win32_path_utf16_to_8(buf, root.path);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 }
 
-int win32_find_system_file_using_registry(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
+static int win32_find_git_in_registry(
+	git_buf *buf, const HKEY hieve, const wchar_t *key)
 {
-	struct win32_path root;
+	HKEY hKey;
+	DWORD dwType = REG_SZ;
+	struct git_win32__path path16;
+
+	assert(buf);
+
+	path16.len = 0;
+
+	if (RegOpenKeyExW(hieve, key, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+		if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"InstallLocation", NULL, &dwType,
+			(LPBYTE)&path16.path, &path16.len) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+		{
+			/* InstallLocation points to the root of the git directory */
 
-	if (win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(&root, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL)) {
-		if (win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(&root, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL)) {
-			giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory");
-			return -1;
+			if (path16.len + 4 > MAX_PATH) { /* 4 = wcslen(L"etc\\") */
+				giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate git - path too long");
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			wcscat(path16.path, L"etc\\");
+			path16.len += 4;
+
+			win32_path_utf16_to_8(buf, path16.path);
 		}
-	}
 
-	if (win32_find_file(path, &root, filename) < 0) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The system file '%s' doesn't exist", filename);
-		git_buf_clear(path);
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+		RegCloseKey(hKey);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return path16.len ? 0 : GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 }
 
-int win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(struct win32_path *root, const HKEY hieve, const wchar_t *key)
+static int win32_find_existing_dirs(
+	git_buf *out, const wchar_t *tmpl[], char *temp[])
 {
-	HKEY hKey;
-	DWORD dwType = REG_SZ;
-	DWORD dwSize = MAX_PATH;
+	struct git_win32__path path16;
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 
-	assert(root);
+	git_buf_clear(out);
 
-	root->len = 0;
-	if (RegOpenKeyExW(hieve, key, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-		if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"InstallLocation", NULL, &dwType, (LPBYTE)&root->path, &dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-			// InstallLocation points to the root of the msysgit directory
-			if (dwSize + 4 > MAX_PATH) {// 4 = wcslen(L"etc\\")
-				giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory - path too long");
-				return -1;
-			}
-			wcscat(root->path, L"etc\\");
-			root->len = (DWORD)wcslen(root->path) + 1;
+	for (; *tmpl != NULL; tmpl++) {
+		if (!git_win32__expand_path(&path16, *tmpl) &&
+			path16.path[0] != L'%' &&
+			!_waccess(path16.path, F_OK))
+		{
+			win32_path_utf16_to_8(&buf, path16.path);
+
+			if (buf.size)
+				git_buf_join(out, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, out->ptr, buf.ptr);
 		}
 	}
-	RegCloseKey(hKey);
 
-	return root->len ? 0 : GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	git_buf_free(&buf);
+
+	return (git_buf_oom(out) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+int git_win32__find_system_dirs(git_buf *out)
+{
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+
+	/* directories where git.exe & git.cmd are found */
+	if (!win32_find_git_in_path(&buf, L"git.exe") && buf.size)
+		git_buf_set(out, buf.ptr, buf.size);
+	else
+		git_buf_clear(out);
+
+	if (!win32_find_git_in_path(&buf, L"git.cmd") && buf.size)
+		git_buf_join(out, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, out->ptr, buf.ptr);
+
+	/* directories where git is installed according to registry */
+	if (!win32_find_git_in_registry(
+			&buf, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL) && buf.size)
+		git_buf_join(out, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, out->ptr, buf.ptr);
+
+	if (!win32_find_git_in_registry(
+			&buf, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL) && buf.size)
+		git_buf_join(out, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, out->ptr, buf.ptr);
+
+	git_buf_free(&buf);
+
+	return (git_buf_oom(out) ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+int git_win32__find_global_dirs(git_buf *out)
+{
+	char *temp[3];
+	static const wchar_t *global_tmpls[4] = {
+		L"%HOME%\\",
+		L"%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\\",
+		L"%USERPROFILE%\\",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	return win32_find_existing_dirs(out, global_tmpls, temp);
+}
+
+int git_win32__find_xdg_dirs(git_buf *out)
+{
+	char *temp[6];
+	static const wchar_t *global_tmpls[7] = {
+		L"%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%\\git",
+		L"%APPDATA%\\git",
+		L"%LOCALAPPDATA%\\git",
+		L"%HOME%\\.config\\git",
+		L"%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\\.config\\git",
+		L"%USERPROFILE%\\.config\\git",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	return win32_find_existing_dirs(out, global_tmpls, temp);
 }
+

src/win32/findfile.h

@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_git_findfile_h__
 #define INCLUDE_git_findfile_h__
 
-struct win32_path {
+struct git_win32__path {
 	wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
 	DWORD len;
 };
 
-int win32_expand_path(struct win32_path *s_root, const wchar_t *templ);
+extern int git_win32__expand_path(
+	struct git_win32__path *s_root, const wchar_t *templ);
 
-int win32_find_file(git_buf *path, const struct win32_path *root, const char *filename);
-int win32_find_system_file_using_path(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
-int win32_find_system_file_using_registry(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
-int win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(struct win32_path *root, const HKEY hieve, const wchar_t *key);
+extern int git_win32__find_file(
+	git_buf *path, const struct git_win32__path *root, const char *filename);
+
+extern int git_win32__find_system_dirs(git_buf *out);
+extern int git_win32__find_global_dirs(git_buf *out);
+extern int git_win32__find_xdg_dirs(git_buf *out);
 
 #endif
 

tests-clar/clar_libgit2.c

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int cl_rename(const char *source, const char *dest)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 char *cl_getenv(const char *name)
 {
-   return getenv(name);
+	return getenv(name);
 }
 
 int cl_setenv(const char *name, const char *value)

tests-clar/core/env.c

@@ -29,8 +29,24 @@ static char *home_values[] = {
 void test_core_env__initialize(void)
 {
 	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_VARS; ++i)
-		env_save[i] = cl_getenv(env_vars[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_VARS; ++i) {
+		const char *original = cl_getenv(env_vars[i]);
+#ifdef GIT_WIN32
+		env_save[i] = (char *)original;
+#else
+		env_save[i] = original ? git__strdup(original) : NULL;
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
+static void reset_global_search_path(void)
+{
+	cl_git_pass(git_futils_dirs_set(GIT_FUTILS_DIR_GLOBAL, NULL));
+}
+
+static void reset_system_search_path(void)
+{
+	cl_git_pass(git_futils_dirs_set(GIT_FUTILS_DIR_SYSTEM, NULL));
 }
 
 void test_core_env__cleanup(void)
@@ -40,9 +56,7 @@ void test_core_env__cleanup(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_VARS; ++i) {
 		cl_setenv(env_vars[i], env_save[i]);
-#ifdef GIT_WIN32
 		git__free(env_save[i]);
-#endif
 		env_save[i] = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -53,6 +67,10 @@ void test_core_env__cleanup(void)
 		if (**val != '\0')
 			(void)p_rmdir(*val);
 	}
+
+	/* reset search paths to default */
+	reset_global_search_path();
+	reset_system_search_path();
 }
 
 static void setenv_and_check(const char *name, const char *value)
@@ -60,6 +78,7 @@ static void setenv_and_check(const char *name, const char *value)
 	char *check;
 
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv(name, value));
+
 	check = cl_getenv(name);
 	cl_assert_equal_s(value, check);
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
@@ -72,12 +91,11 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT, found = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	char testfile[16], tidx = '0';
 	char **val;
+	const char *testname = "testfile";
+	size_t testlen = strlen(testname);
 
-	memset(testfile, 0, sizeof(testfile));
-	cl_assert_equal_s("", testfile);
-
-	memcpy(testfile, "testfile", 8);
-	cl_assert_equal_s("testfile", testfile);
+	strncpy(testfile, testname, sizeof(testfile));
+	cl_assert_equal_s(testname, testfile);
 
 	for (val = home_values; *val != NULL; val++) {
 
@@ -96,7 +114,7 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 		 * an environment variable set from a previous iteration won't
 		 * accidentally make this test pass...
 		 */
-		testfile[8] = tidx++;
+		testfile[testlen] = tidx++;
 		cl_git_pass(git_buf_joinpath(&path, path.ptr, testfile));
 		cl_git_mkfile(path.ptr, "find me");
 		git_buf_rtruncate_at_char(&path, '/');
@@ -105,9 +123,13 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 			GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
 
 		setenv_and_check("HOME", path.ptr);
+		reset_global_search_path();
+
 		cl_git_pass(git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
 
 		cl_setenv("HOME", env_save[0]);
+		reset_global_search_path();
+
 		cl_assert_equal_i(
 			GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
 
@@ -115,6 +137,7 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 		setenv_and_check("HOMEDRIVE", NULL);
 		setenv_and_check("HOMEPATH", NULL);
 		setenv_and_check("USERPROFILE", path.ptr);
+		reset_global_search_path();
 
 		cl_git_pass(git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
 
@@ -124,6 +147,7 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 
 			if (root >= 0) {
 				setenv_and_check("USERPROFILE", NULL);
+				reset_global_search_path();
 
 				cl_assert_equal_i(
 					GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
@@ -133,6 +157,7 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 				setenv_and_check("HOMEDRIVE", path.ptr);
 				path.ptr[root] = old;
 				setenv_and_check("HOMEPATH", &path.ptr[root]);
+				reset_global_search_path();
 
 				cl_git_pass(git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
 			}
@@ -146,6 +171,7 @@ void test_core_env__0(void)
 	git_buf_free(&found);
 }
 
+
 void test_core_env__1(void)
 {
 	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
@@ -158,6 +184,7 @@ void test_core_env__1(void)
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv("HOMEPATH", "doesnotexist"));
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv("USERPROFILE", "doesnotexist"));
 #endif
+	reset_global_search_path();
 
 	cl_assert_equal_i(
 		GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&path, "nonexistentfile"));
@@ -167,6 +194,8 @@ void test_core_env__1(void)
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv("HOMEPATH", NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv("USERPROFILE", NULL));
 #endif
+	reset_global_search_path();
+	reset_system_search_path();
 
 	cl_assert_equal_i(
 		GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&path, "nonexistentfile"));
@@ -176,9 +205,99 @@ void test_core_env__1(void)
 
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
 	cl_git_pass(cl_setenv("PROGRAMFILES", NULL));
+	reset_system_search_path();
+
 	cl_assert_equal_i(
 		GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_system_file(&path, "nonexistentfile"));
 #endif
 
 	git_buf_free(&path);
 }
+
+static void check_global_searchpath(
+	const char *path, int position, const char *file, git_buf *temp)
+{
+	char out[GIT_PATH_MAX];
+
+	/* build and set new path */
+	if (position < 0)
+		cl_git_pass(git_buf_join(temp, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, path, "$PATH"));
+	else if (position > 0)
+		cl_git_pass(git_buf_join(temp, GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR, "$PATH", path));
+	else
+		cl_git_pass(git_buf_sets(temp, path));
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_libgit2_opts(
+		GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, temp->ptr));
+
+	/* get path and make sure $PATH expansion worked */
+	cl_git_pass(git_libgit2_opts(
+		GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, out, sizeof(out)));
+
+	if (position < 0)
+		cl_assert(git__prefixcmp(out, path) == 0);
+	else if (position > 0)
+		cl_assert(git__suffixcmp(out, path) == 0);
+	else
+		cl_assert_equal_s(out, path);
+
+	/* find file using new path */
+	cl_git_pass(git_futils_find_global_file(temp, file));
+
+	/* reset path and confirm file not found */
+	cl_git_pass(git_libgit2_opts(
+		GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, NULL));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(
+		GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(temp, file));
+}
+
+void test_core_env__2(void)
+{
+	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT, found = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	char testfile[16], tidx = '0';
+	char **val;
+	const char *testname = "alternate";
+	size_t testlen = strlen(testname);
+
+	strncpy(testfile, testname, sizeof(testfile));
+	cl_assert_equal_s(testname, testfile);
+
+	for (val = home_values; *val != NULL; val++) {
+
+		/* if we can't make the directory, let's just assume
+		 * we are on a filesystem that doesn't support the
+		 * characters in question and skip this test...
+		 */
+		if (p_mkdir(*val, 0777) != 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+			*val = ""; /* mark as not created */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		cl_git_pass(git_path_prettify(&path, *val, NULL));
+
+		/* vary testfile name so any sloppiness is resetting variables or
+		 * deleting files won't accidentally make a test pass.
+		 */
+		testfile[testlen] = tidx++;
+		cl_git_pass(git_buf_joinpath(&path, path.ptr, testfile));
+		cl_git_mkfile(path.ptr, "find me");
+		git_buf_rtruncate_at_char(&path, '/');
+
+		/* default should be NOTFOUND */
+		cl_assert_equal_i(
+			GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_futils_find_global_file(&found, testfile));
+
+		/* try plain, append $PATH, and prepend $PATH */
+		check_global_searchpath(path.ptr,  0, testfile, &found);
+		check_global_searchpath(path.ptr, -1, testfile, &found);
+		check_global_searchpath(path.ptr,  1, testfile, &found);
+
+		/* cleanup */
+		cl_git_pass(git_buf_joinpath(&path, path.ptr, testfile));
+		(void)p_unlink(path.ptr);
+		(void)p_rmdir(*val);
+	}
+
+	git_buf_free(&path);
+	git_buf_free(&found);
+}