Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] advice: add --no-advice global option

From: James Liu <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:09:25 +1000

Advice hints must be disabled individually by setting the relevant
advice.* variables to false in the Git configuration. For server-side
and scripted usages of Git where hints aren't necessary, it can be
cumbersome to maintain configuration to ensure all advice hints are
disabled in perpetuity. This is a particular concern in tests, where
new or changed hints can result in failed assertions.

Add a --no-advice global option to disable all advice hints from being
displayed. This is independent of the toggles for individual advice
hints.

Signed-off-by: James Liu <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/git.txt |  5 ++++-
 advice.c              |  8 +++++++-
 environment.h         |  1 +
 git.c                 |  6 +++++-
 t/t0018-advice.sh     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 7a1b112a3e..ef1d9dce5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
     [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
     [-p|--paginate|-P|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
     [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
-    [--config-env=<name>=<envvar>] <command> [<args>]
+    [--config-env=<name>=<envvar>] [--no-advice] <command> [<args>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
 	linkgit:gitattributes[5]. This is equivalent to setting the
 	`GIT_ATTR_SOURCE` environment variable.
 
+--no-advice::
+	Disable all advice hints from being printed.
+
 GIT COMMANDS
 ------------
 
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 75111191ad..f6282c3bde 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "advice.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "color.h"
+#include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
@@ -126,7 +127,12 @@ void advise(const char *advice, ...)
 
 int advice_enabled(enum advice_type type)
 {
-	int enabled = advice_setting[type].level != ADVICE_LEVEL_DISABLED;
+	int enabled;
+
+	if (getenv(GIT_NO_ADVICE))
+		return 0;
+
+	enabled = advice_setting[type].level != ADVICE_LEVEL_DISABLED;
 
 	if (type == ADVICE_PUSH_UPDATE_REJECTED)
 		return enabled &&
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 05fd94d7be..30c2684269 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const char *getenv_safe(struct strvec *argv, const char *name);
 #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
 #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
 #define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
+#define GIT_NO_ADVICE "GIT_NO_ADVICE"
 
 /*
  * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 654d615a18..ffeb832ca9 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const char git_usage_string[] =
 	   "           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
 	   "           [-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
 	   "           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n"
-	   "           [--config-env=<name>=<envvar>] <command> [<args>]");
+	   "           [--config-env=<name>=<envvar>] [--no-advice] <command> [<args>]");
 
 const char git_more_info_string[] =
 	N_("'git help -a' and 'git help -g' list available subcommands and some\n"
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			setenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd, 1);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-advice")) {
+			setenv(GIT_NO_ADVICE, "1", 1);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, _("unknown option: %s\n"), cmd);
 			usage(git_usage_string);
diff --git a/t/t0018-advice.sh b/t/t0018-advice.sh
index 0dcfb760a2..2ce2d4668a 100755
--- a/t/t0018-advice.sh
+++ b/t/t0018-advice.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,24 @@ test_expect_success 'advice should not be printed when config variable is set to
 	test_must_be_empty actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'advice should not be printed when --no-advice is used' '
+	cat << EOF > expect &&
+On branch master
+
+No commits yet
+
+Untracked files:
+	README
+
+nothing added to commit but untracked files present
+EOF
+
+	git init advice-test &&
+  test_when_finished "rm -fr advice-test" &&
+  cd advice-test &&
+  touch README &&
+  git --no-advice status > ../actual &&
+  test_cmp ../expect ../actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.44.0