Function git_config_prepare_comment_string

config.c:2921–2952

}

char *git_config_prepare_comment_string(const char *comment)
{
	size_t leading_blanks;
	char *prepared;

	if (!comment)
		return NULL;

	if (strchr(comment, '\n'))
		die(_("no multi-line comment allowed: '%s'"), comment);

	/*
	 * If it begins with one or more leading whitespace characters
	 * followed by '#", the comment string is used as-is.
	 *
	 * If it begins with '#', a SP is inserted between the comment
	 * and the value the comment is about.
	 *
	 * Otherwise, the value is followed by a SP followed by '#'
	 * followed by SP and then the comment string comes.
	 */

	leading_blanks = strspn(comment, " \t");
	if (leading_blanks && comment[leading_blanks] == '#')
		prepared = xstrdup(comment); /* use it as-is */
	else if (comment[0] == '#')
		prepared = xstrfmt(" %s", comment);
	else
		prepared = xstrfmt(" # %s", comment);

	return prepared;
}

static void validate_comment_string(const char *comment)
{