Chatter when autogen.sh changes Git configuration

* autogen.sh (git_config): New function.  Use it instead of ‘git config’.

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 877bb8476f772e6f8fbec254dd1986e497bbfa4a..42a779ea8c8dfd120b9f407185bfaad4d4b85d64 100755 (executable)
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -220,17 +220,32 @@ echo timestamp > src/stamp-h.in || exit
 ## Configure Git, if using Git.
 if test -d .git && (git status -s) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 
+    # Like 'git config NAME VALUE', but verbose on change and exit on failure.
+
+    git_config ()
+    {
+       name=$1
+       value=$2
+       ovalue=`git config --get "$name"` && test "$ovalue" = "$value" || {
+           echo "${Configuring_git}git config $name '$value'"
+           Configuring_git=
+           git config "$name" "$value" || exit
+       }
+    }
+    Configuring_git='Configuring git...
+'
+
     # Check hashes when transferring objects among repositories.
 
-    git config transfer.fsckObjects true || exit
+    git_config transfer.fsckObjects true
 
 
     # Configure 'git diff' hunk header format.
 
-    git config 'diff.elisp.xfuncname' \
-       '^\(def[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+([^()[:space:]]+)' || exit
-    git config 'diff.texinfo.xfuncname' \
-       '^@node[[:space:]]+([^,[:space:]][^,]+)' || exit
+    git_config 'diff.elisp.xfuncname' \
+       '^\(def[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+([^()[:space:]]+)'
+    git_config 'diff.texinfo.xfuncname' \
+       '^@node[[:space:]]+([^,[:space:]][^,]+)'
 
 
     # Install Git hooks.