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1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
3 *
4 * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
5 * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
6 */
7 #ifndef INCLUDE_git_common_h__
8 #define INCLUDE_git_common_h__
9
10 #include <time.h>
11 #include <stdlib.h>
12
13 #ifdef __cplusplus
14 # define GIT_BEGIN_DECL extern "C" {
15 # define GIT_END_DECL }
16 #else
17 /** Start declarations in C mode */
18 # define GIT_BEGIN_DECL /* empty */
19 /** End declarations in C mode */
20 # define GIT_END_DECL /* empty */
21 #endif
22
23 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1800
24 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
25 # include "inttypes.h"
26 GIT_END_DECL
27 /** This check is needed for importing this file in an iOS/OS X framework throws an error in Xcode otherwise.*/
28 #elif !defined(__CLANG_INTTYPES_H)
29 # include <inttypes.h>
30 #endif
31
32 #ifdef DOCURIUM
33 /*
34 * This is so clang's doc parser acknowledges comments on functions
35 * with size_t parameters.
36 */
37 typedef size_t size_t;
38 #endif
39
40 /** Declare a public function exported for application use. */
41 #if __GNUC__ >= 4
42 # define GIT_EXTERN(type) extern \
43 __attribute__((visibility("default"))) \
44 type
45 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
46 # define GIT_EXTERN(type) __declspec(dllexport) type
47 #else
48 # define GIT_EXTERN(type) extern type
49 #endif
50
51 /** Declare a function's takes printf style arguments. */
52 #ifdef __GNUC__
53 # define GIT_FORMAT_PRINTF(a,b) __attribute__((format (printf, a, b)))
54 #else
55 # define GIT_FORMAT_PRINTF(a,b) /* empty */
56 #endif
57
58 #if (defined(_WIN32)) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
59 #define GIT_WIN32 1
60 #endif
61
62 #ifdef __amigaos4__
63 #include <netinet/in.h>
64 #endif
65
66 /**
67 * @file git2/common.h
68 * @brief Git common platform definitions
69 * @defgroup git_common Git common platform definitions
70 * @ingroup Git
71 * @{
72 */
73
74 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
75
76 /**
77 * The separator used in path list strings (ie like in the PATH
78 * environment variable). A semi-colon ";" is used on Windows, and
79 * a colon ":" for all other systems.
80 */
81 #ifdef GIT_WIN32
82 #define GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR ';'
83 #else
84 #define GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR ':'
85 #endif
86
87 /**
88 * The maximum length of a valid git path.
89 */
90 #define GIT_PATH_MAX 4096
91
92 /**
93 * The string representation of the null object ID.
94 */
95 #define GIT_OID_HEX_ZERO "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
96
97 /**
98 * Return the version of the libgit2 library
99 * being currently used.
100 *
101 * @param major Store the major version number
102 * @param minor Store the minor version number
103 * @param rev Store the revision (patch) number
104 */
105 GIT_EXTERN(void) git_libgit2_version(int *major, int *minor, int *rev);
106
107 /**
108 * Combinations of these values describe the features with which libgit2
109 * was compiled
110 */
111 typedef enum {
112 /**
113 * If set, libgit2 was built thread-aware and can be safely used from multiple
114 * threads.
115 */
116 GIT_FEATURE_THREADS = (1 << 0),
117 /**
118 * If set, libgit2 was built with and linked against a TLS implementation.
119 * Custom TLS streams may still be added by the user to support HTTPS
120 * regardless of this.
121 */
122 GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS = (1 << 1),
123 /**
124 * If set, libgit2 was built with and linked against libssh2. A custom
125 * transport may still be added by the user to support libssh2 regardless of
126 * this.
127 */
128 GIT_FEATURE_SSH = (1 << 2),
129 /**
130 * If set, libgit2 was built with support for sub-second resolution in file
131 * modification times.
132 */
133 GIT_FEATURE_NSEC = (1 << 3),
134 } git_feature_t;
135
136 /**
137 * Query compile time options for libgit2.
138 *
139 * @return A combination of GIT_FEATURE_* values.
140 *
141 * - GIT_FEATURE_THREADS
142 * Libgit2 was compiled with thread support. Note that thread support is
143 * still to be seen as a 'work in progress' - basic object lookups are
144 * believed to be threadsafe, but other operations may not be.
145 *
146 * - GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS
147 * Libgit2 supports the https:// protocol. This requires the openssl
148 * library to be found when compiling libgit2.
149 *
150 * - GIT_FEATURE_SSH
151 * Libgit2 supports the SSH protocol for network operations. This requires
152 * the libssh2 library to be found when compiling libgit2
153 */
154 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_libgit2_features(void);
155
156 /**
157 * Global library options
158 *
159 * These are used to select which global option to set or get and are
160 * used in `git_libgit2_opts()`.
161 */
162 typedef enum {
163 GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_SIZE,
164 GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE,
165 GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT,
166 GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT,
167 GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH,
168 GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH,
169 GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_OBJECT_LIMIT,
170 GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_MAX_SIZE,
171 GIT_OPT_ENABLE_CACHING,
172 GIT_OPT_GET_CACHED_MEMORY,
173 GIT_OPT_GET_TEMPLATE_PATH,
174 GIT_OPT_SET_TEMPLATE_PATH,
175 GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CERT_LOCATIONS,
176 GIT_OPT_SET_USER_AGENT,
177 GIT_OPT_ENABLE_STRICT_OBJECT_CREATION,
178 GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CIPHERS,
179 GIT_OPT_GET_USER_AGENT,
180 } git_libgit2_opt_t;
181
182 /**
183 * Set or query a library global option
184 *
185 * Available options:
186 *
187 * * opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t *):
188 *
189 * > Get the maximum mmap window size
190 *
191 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t):
192 *
193 * > Set the maximum mmap window size
194 *
195 * * opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t *):
196 *
197 * > Get the maximum memory that will be mapped in total by the library
198 *
199 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t):
200 *
201 * >Set the maximum amount of memory that can be mapped at any time
202 * by the library
203 *
204 * * opts(GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, git_buf *buf)
205 *
206 * > Get the search path for a given level of config data. "level" must
207 * > be one of `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM`, `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL`,
208 * > `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG`, or `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_PROGRAMDATA`.
209 * > The search path is written to the `out` buffer.
210 *
211 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, const char *path)
212 *
213 * > Set the search path for a level of config data. The search path
214 * > applied to shared attributes and ignore files, too.
215 * >
216 * > - `path` lists directories delimited by GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR.
217 * > Pass NULL to reset to the default (generally based on environment
218 * > variables). Use magic path `$PATH` to include the old value
219 * > of the path (if you want to prepend or append, for instance).
220 * >
221 * > - `level` must be `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM`,
222 * > `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL`, `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG`, or
223 * > `GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_PROGRAMDATA`.
224 *
225 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_OBJECT_LIMIT, git_otype type, size_t size)
226 *
227 * > Set the maximum data size for the given type of object to be
228 * > considered eligible for caching in memory. Setting to value to
229 * > zero means that that type of object will not be cached.
230 * > Defaults to 0 for GIT_OBJ_BLOB (i.e. won't cache blobs) and 4k
231 * > for GIT_OBJ_COMMIT, GIT_OBJ_TREE, and GIT_OBJ_TAG.
232 *
233 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, ssize_t max_storage_bytes)
234 *
235 * > Set the maximum total data size that will be cached in memory
236 * > across all repositories before libgit2 starts evicting objects
237 * > from the cache. This is a soft limit, in that the library might
238 * > briefly exceed it, but will start aggressively evicting objects
239 * > from cache when that happens. The default cache size is 256MB.
240 *
241 * * opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_CACHING, int enabled)
242 *
243 * > Enable or disable caching completely.
244 * >
245 * > Because caches are repository-specific, disabling the cache
246 * > cannot immediately clear all cached objects, but each cache will
247 * > be cleared on the next attempt to update anything in it.
248 *
249 * * opts(GIT_OPT_GET_CACHED_MEMORY, ssize_t *current, ssize_t *allowed)
250 *
251 * > Get the current bytes in cache and the maximum that would be
252 * > allowed in the cache.
253 *
254 * * opts(GIT_OPT_GET_TEMPLATE_PATH, git_buf *out)
255 *
256 * > Get the default template path.
257 * > The path is written to the `out` buffer.
258 *
259 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_TEMPLATE_PATH, const char *path)
260 *
261 * > Set the default template path.
262 * >
263 * > - `path` directory of template.
264 *
265 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CERT_LOCATIONS, const char *file, const char *path)
266 *
267 * > Set the SSL certificate-authority locations.
268 * >
269 * > - `file` is the location of a file containing several
270 * > certificates concatenated together.
271 * > - `path` is the location of a directory holding several
272 * > certificates, one per file.
273 * >
274 * > Either parameter may be `NULL`, but not both.
275 *
276 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_USER_AGENT, const char *user_agent)
277 *
278 * > Set the value of the User-Agent header. This value will be
279 * > appended to "git/1.0", for compatibility with other git clients.
280 * >
281 * > - `user_agent` is the value that will be delivered as the
282 * > User-Agent header on HTTP requests.
283 *
284 * * opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_STRICT_OBJECT_CREATION, int enabled)
285 *
286 * > Enable strict input validation when creating new objects
287 * > to ensure that all inputs to the new objects are valid. For
288 * > example, when this is enabled, the parent(s) and tree inputs
289 * > will be validated when creating a new commit. This defaults
290 * > to enabled.
291 *
292 * * opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CIPHERS, const char *ciphers)
293 *
294 * > Set the SSL ciphers use for HTTPS connections.
295 * >
296 * > - `ciphers` is the list of ciphers that are eanbled.
297 *
298 * @param option Option key
299 * @param ... value to set the option
300 * @return 0 on success, <0 on failure
301 */
302 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_libgit2_opts(int option, ...);
303
304 /** @} */
305 GIT_END_DECL
306
307 #endif