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diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 24d735e16a..2f78a02ca1 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static char term = '\n';
static int use_global_config, use_system_config, use_local_config;
static struct git_config_source given_config_source;
static int actions, type;
+static char *default_value;
static int end_null;
static int respect_includes_opt = -1;
static struct config_options config_options;
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
OPT_BOOL(0, "name-only", &omit_values, N_("show variable names only")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "includes", &respect_includes_opt, N_("respect include directives on lookup")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "show-origin", &show_origin, N_("show origin of config (file, standard input, blob, command line)")),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "default", &default_value, N_("value"), N_("with --get, use default value when missing entry")),
OPT_END(),
};
@@ -313,6 +315,16 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
config_with_options(collect_config, &values,
&given_config_source, &config_options);
+ if (!values.nr && default_value) {
+ struct strbuf *item;
+ ALLOC_GROW(values.items, values.nr + 1, values.alloc);
+ item = &values.items[values.nr++];
+ strbuf_init(item, 0);
+ if (format_config(item, key_, default_value) < 0)
+ die(_("failed to format default config value: %s"),
+ default_value);
+ }
+
ret = !values.nr;
for (i = 0; i < values.nr; i++) {
@@ -651,6 +663,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
}
+ if (default_value && !(actions & ACTION_GET)) {
+ error("--default is only applicable to --get");
+ usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage,
+ builtin_config_options);
+ }
+
if (actions & PAGING_ACTIONS)
setup_auto_pager("config", 1);