Subject: [PATCH v2 05/13] config: format bools gently

From: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:55:10 +0000

From: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>

Move the logic for formatting bool config values into a helper method
and use gentle parsing when needed.

This makes 'git config list --type=bool' not fail when coming across a
non-boolean value. Such unparseable values are filtered out quietly.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/config.c  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 t/t1300-config.sh |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index d259a91d53..2c169fc126 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -256,6 +256,24 @@ static int format_config_int64(struct strbuf *buf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int format_config_bool(struct strbuf *buf,
+			      const char *key_,
+			      const char *value_,
+			      int gently)
+{
+	int v = 0;
+	if (gently) {
+		if ((v = git_parse_maybe_bool(value_)) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		/* may die() */
+		v = git_config_bool(key_, value_);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, v ? "true" : "false");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Format the configuration key-value pair (`key_`, `value_`) and
  * append it into strbuf `buf`.  Returns a negative value on failure,
@@ -284,8 +302,7 @@ static int format_config(const struct config_display_options *opts,
 		if (opts->type == TYPE_INT)
 			res = format_config_int64(buf, key_, value_, kvi, gently);
 		else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL)
-			strbuf_addstr(buf, git_config_bool(key_, value_) ?
-				      "true" : "false");
+			res = format_config_bool(buf, key_, value_, gently);
 		else if (opts->type == TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT) {
 			int is_bool, v;
 			v = git_config_bool_or_int(key_, value_, kvi,
diff --git a/t/t1300-config.sh b/t/t1300-config.sh
index 362e580604..59a82b9aef 100755
--- a/t/t1300-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-config.sh
@@ -2514,7 +2514,9 @@ test_expect_success 'list --type=bool shows only canonicalizable bool values' '
 	section.big=true
 	EOF
 
-	test_must_fail git config ${mode_prefix}list --type=bool
+	git config ${mode_prefix}list --type=bool >actual 2>err &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'list --type=path shows only canonicalizable path values' '
-- 
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