Merge branch 'bw/attr'

The gitattributes machinery is being taught to work better in a
multi-threaded environment.

* bw/attr: (27 commits)
  attr: reformat git_attr_set_direction() function
  attr: push the bare repo check into read_attr()
  attr: store attribute stack in attr_check structure
  attr: tighten const correctness with git_attr and match_attr
  attr: remove maybe-real, maybe-macro from git_attr
  attr: eliminate global check_all_attr array
  attr: use hashmap for attribute dictionary
  attr: change validity check for attribute names to use positive logic
  attr: pass struct attr_check to collect_some_attrs
  attr: retire git_check_attrs() API
  attr: convert git_check_attrs() callers to use the new API
  attr: convert git_all_attrs() to use "struct attr_check"
  attr: (re)introduce git_check_attr() and struct attr_check
  attr: rename function and struct related to checking attributes
  attr.c: outline the future plans by heavily commenting
  Documentation: fix a typo
  attr.c: add push_stack() helper
  attr: support quoting pathname patterns in C style
  attr.c: plug small leak in parse_attr_line()
  attr.c: tighten constness around "git_attr" structure
  ...

Documentation/gitattributes.txt

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form:
 	pattern	attr1 attr2 ...
 
 That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
-separated by whitespaces.  When the pattern matches the
+separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are
-path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to
+ignored. Lines that begin with '#' are ignored. Patterns
-the path.
+that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style.
+When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes
+listed on the line are given to the path.
 
 Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path:
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
 Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the
 `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file.
 
-Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
+Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute
 for a path to `Unspecified` state.  This can be done by listing
 the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`.
 

Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt

@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ Data Structure
 	of no interest to the calling programs.  The name of the
 	attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`.
 
-`struct git_attr_check`::
+`struct attr_check_item`::
 
-	This structure represents a set of attributes to check in a call
+	This structure represents one attribute and its value.
-	to `git_check_attr()` function, and receives the results.
+
+`struct attr_check`::
+
+	This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`.
+	It is passed to `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the
+	attributes to check, and receives their values.
 
 
 Attribute Values
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ Attribute Values
 
 An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset,
 Unspecified or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct
-git_attr_check` records it.  There are three macros to check these:
+attr_check_item` records it.  There are three macros to check these:
 
 `ATTR_TRUE()`::
 
@@ -48,49 +53,51 @@ value of the attribute for the path.
 Querying Specific Attributes
 ----------------------------
 
-* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of
+* Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl()
-  attributes you would want to check.  To populate this array, you would
+  function, enumerating the names of attributes whose values you are
-  need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function.
+  interested in, terminated with a NULL pointer.  Alternatively, an
+  empty `struct attr_check` can be prepared by calling
+  `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you want to
+  ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()`
+  function.
 
 * Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path.
 
-* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in
+* Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the
-  the array is defined for the path.
+  attribute in the array is defined for the path.
 
 
 Example
 -------
 
-To see how attributes "crlf" and "indent" are set for different paths.
+To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths.
 
-. Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` with two elements (because
+. Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because
-  we are checking two attributes).  Initialize their `attr` member with
+  we are checking two attributes):
-  pointers to `struct git_attr` obtained by calling `git_attr()`:
 
 ------------
-static struct git_attr_check check[2];
+static struct attr_check *check;
 static void setup_check(void)
 {
-	if (check[0].attr)
+	if (check)
 		return; /* already done */
-	check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf");
+	check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL);
-	check[1].attr = git_attr("ident");
 }
 ------------
 
-. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`:
+. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`:
 
 ------------
 	const char *path;
 
 	setup_check();
-	git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check);
+	git_check_attr(path, check);
 ------------
 
-. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check[]`:
+. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`:
 
 ------------
-	const char *value = check[0].value;
+	const char *value = check->items[0].value;
 
 	if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) {
 		The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the
@@ -109,20 +116,39 @@ static void setup_check(void)
 	}
 ------------
 
+To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only
+the first step in the above would be different.
+
+------------
+static struct attr_check *check;
+static void setup_check(const char **argv)
+{
+	check = attr_check_alloc();
+	while (*argv) {
+		struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv);
+		attr_check_append(check, attr);
+		argv++;
+	}
+}
+------------
+
 
 Querying All Attributes
 -----------------------
 
 To get the values of all attributes associated with a file:
 
-* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which returns an array of `git_attr_check`
+* Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling
-  structures.
+  `attr_check_alloc()`.
 
-* Iterate over the `git_attr_check` array to examine the attribute
+* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check`
-  names and values.  The name of the attribute described by a
+  with the attributes attached to the path.
-  `git_attr_check` object can be retrieved via
-  `git_attr_name(check[i].attr)`.  (Please note that no items will be
-  returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false
-  for all returned `git_array_check` objects.)
 
-* Free the `git_array_check` array.
+* Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine
+  the attribute names and values.  The name of the attribute
+  described by a  `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via
+  `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`.  (Please note that no items
+  will be returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return
+  false for all returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.)
+
+* Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`.

archive.c

@@ -87,19 +87,6 @@ void *sha1_file_to_archive(const struct archiver_args *args,
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-static void setup_archive_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
-{
-	static struct git_attr *attr_export_ignore;
-	static struct git_attr *attr_export_subst;
-
-	if (!attr_export_ignore) {
-		attr_export_ignore = git_attr("export-ignore");
-		attr_export_subst = git_attr("export-subst");
-	}
-	check[0].attr = attr_export_ignore;
-	check[1].attr = attr_export_subst;
-}
-
 struct directory {
 	struct directory *up;
 	struct object_id oid;
@@ -120,10 +107,10 @@ static int write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
 		void *context)
 {
 	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	static struct attr_check *check;
 	struct archiver_context *c = context;
 	struct archiver_args *args = c->args;
 	write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry = c->write_entry;
-	struct git_attr_check check[2];
 	const char *path_without_prefix;
 	int err;
 
@@ -137,11 +124,12 @@ static int write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
 		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
 	path_without_prefix = path.buf + args->baselen;
 
-	setup_archive_check(check);
+	if (!check)
-	if (!git_check_attr(path_without_prefix, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check)) {
+		check = attr_check_initl("export-ignore", "export-subst", NULL);
-		if (ATTR_TRUE(check[0].value))
+	if (!git_check_attr(path_without_prefix, check)) {
+		if (ATTR_TRUE(check->items[0].value))
 			return 0;
-		args->convert = ATTR_TRUE(check[1].value);
+		args->convert = ATTR_TRUE(check->items[1].value);
 	}
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {

attr.h

@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 /* An attribute is a pointer to this opaque structure */
 struct git_attr;
 
+/* opaque structures used internally for attribute collection */
+struct all_attrs_item;
+struct attr_stack;
+
 /*
  * Given a string, return the gitattribute object that
  * corresponds to it.
  */
-struct git_attr *git_attr(const char *);
+const struct git_attr *git_attr(const char *);
 
 /* Internal use */
 extern const char git_attr__true[];
@@ -20,38 +24,57 @@ extern const char git_attr__false[];
 #define ATTR_UNSET(v) ((v) == NULL)
 
 /*
- * Send one or more git_attr_check to git_check_attr(), and
+ * Send one or more git_attr_check to git_check_attrs(), and
  * each 'value' member tells what its value is.
  * Unset one is returned as NULL.
  */
-struct git_attr_check {
+struct attr_check_item {
-	struct git_attr *attr;
+	const struct git_attr *attr;
 	const char *value;
 };
 
+struct attr_check {
+	int nr;
+	int alloc;
+	struct attr_check_item *items;
+	int all_attrs_nr;
+	struct all_attrs_item *all_attrs;
+	struct attr_stack *stack;
+};
+
+extern struct attr_check *attr_check_alloc(void);
+extern struct attr_check *attr_check_initl(const char *, ...);
+
+extern struct attr_check_item *attr_check_append(struct attr_check *check,
+						 const struct git_attr *attr);
+
+extern void attr_check_reset(struct attr_check *check);
+extern void attr_check_clear(struct attr_check *check);
+extern void attr_check_free(struct attr_check *check);
+
 /*
  * Return the name of the attribute represented by the argument.  The
  * return value is a pointer to a null-delimited string that is part
  * of the internal data structure; it should not be modified or freed.
  */
-char *git_attr_name(struct git_attr *);
+extern const char *git_attr_name(const struct git_attr *);
 
-int git_check_attr(const char *path, int, struct git_attr_check *);
+extern int git_check_attr(const char *path, struct attr_check *check);
 
 /*
- * Retrieve all attributes that apply to the specified path.  *num
+ * Retrieve all attributes that apply to the specified path.
- * will be set to the number of attributes on the path; **check will
+ * check holds the attributes and their values.
- * be set to point at a newly-allocated array of git_attr_check
- * objects describing the attributes and their values.  *check must be
- * free()ed by the caller.
  */
-int git_all_attrs(const char *path, int *num, struct git_attr_check **check);
+extern void git_all_attrs(const char *path, struct attr_check *check);
 
 enum git_attr_direction {
 	GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN,
 	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT,
 	GIT_ATTR_INDEX
 };
-void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction, struct index_state *);
+void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction,
+			    struct index_state *istate);
+
+extern void attr_start(void);
 
 #endif /* ATTR_H */

builtin/check-attr.c

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ static const struct option check_attr_options[] = {
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
-static void output_attr(int cnt, struct git_attr_check *check,
+static void output_attr(struct attr_check *check, const char *file)
-	const char *file)
 {
 	int j;
+	int cnt = check->nr;
+
 	for (j = 0; j < cnt; j++) {
-		const char *value = check[j].value;
+		const char *value = check->items[j].value;
 
 		if (ATTR_TRUE(value))
 			value = "set";
@@ -42,35 +43,38 @@ static void output_attr(int cnt, struct git_attr_check *check,
 			printf("%s%c" /* path */
 			       "%s%c" /* attrname */
 			       "%s%c" /* attrvalue */,
-			       file, 0, git_attr_name(check[j].attr), 0, value, 0);
+			       file, 0,
+			       git_attr_name(check->items[j].attr), 0, value, 0);
 		} else {
 			quote_c_style(file, NULL, stdout, 0);
-			printf(": %s: %s\n", git_attr_name(check[j].attr), value);
+			printf(": %s: %s\n",
+			       git_attr_name(check->items[j].attr), value);
 		}
-
 	}
 }
 
-static void check_attr(const char *prefix, int cnt,
+static void check_attr(const char *prefix,
-	struct git_attr_check *check, const char *file)
+		       struct attr_check *check,
+		       int collect_all,
+		       const char *file)
 {
 	char *full_path =
 		prefix_path(prefix, prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0, file);
-	if (check != NULL) {
+
-		if (git_check_attr(full_path, cnt, check))
+	if (collect_all) {
-			die("git_check_attr died");
+		git_all_attrs(full_path, check);
-		output_attr(cnt, check, file);
 	} else {
-		if (git_all_attrs(full_path, &cnt, &check))
+		if (git_check_attr(full_path, check))
-			die("git_all_attrs died");
+			die("git_check_attr died");
-		output_attr(cnt, check, file);
-		free(check);
 	}
+	output_attr(check, file);
+
 	free(full_path);
 }
 
-static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix, int cnt,
+static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix,
-	struct git_attr_check *check)
+				   struct attr_check *check,
+				   int collect_all)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf unquoted = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix, int cnt,
 				die("line is badly quoted");
 			strbuf_swap(&buf, &unquoted);
 		}
-		check_attr(prefix, cnt, check, buf.buf);
+		check_attr(prefix, check, collect_all, buf.buf);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ static NORETURN void error_with_usage(const char *msg)
 
 int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	struct git_attr_check *check;
+	struct attr_check *check;
 	int cnt, i, doubledash, filei;
 
 	if (!is_bare_repository())
@@ -159,28 +163,26 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			error_with_usage("No file specified");
 	}
 
-	if (all_attrs) {
+	check = attr_check_alloc();
-		check = NULL;
+	if (!all_attrs) {
-	} else {
-		check = xcalloc(cnt, sizeof(*check));
 		for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-			const char *name;
+			const struct git_attr *a = git_attr(argv[i]);
-			struct git_attr *a;
+
-			name = argv[i];
-			a = git_attr(name);
 			if (!a)
 				return error("%s: not a valid attribute name",
-					name);
+					     argv[i]);
-			check[i].attr = a;
+			attr_check_append(check, a);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (stdin_paths)
-		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, cnt, check);
+		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, check, all_attrs);
 	else {
 		for (i = filei; i < argc; i++)
-			check_attr(prefix, cnt, check, argv[i]);
+			check_attr(prefix, check, all_attrs, argv[i]);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
+
+	attr_check_free(check);
 	return 0;
 }

builtin/pack-objects.c

@@ -894,24 +894,15 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			written, nr_result);
 }
 
-static void setup_delta_attr_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
-{
-	static struct git_attr *attr_delta;
-
-	if (!attr_delta)
-		attr_delta = git_attr("delta");
-
-	check[0].attr = attr_delta;
-}
-
 static int no_try_delta(const char *path)
 {
-	struct git_attr_check check[1];
+	static struct attr_check *check;
 
-	setup_delta_attr_check(check);
+	if (!check)
-	if (git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check))
+		check = attr_check_initl("delta", NULL);
+	if (git_check_attr(path, check))
 		return 0;
-	if (ATTR_FALSE(check->value))
+	if (ATTR_FALSE(check->items[0].value))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }

commit.c

@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ int find_commit_subject(const char *commit_buffer, const char **subject)
 		p++;
 	if (*p) {
 		p = skip_blank_lines(p + 2);
-		for (eol = p; *eol && *eol != '\n'; eol++)
+		eol = strchrnul(p, '\n');
-			; /* do nothing */
 	} else
 		eol = p;
 

common-main.c

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "attr.h"
 
 /*
  * Many parts of Git have subprograms communicate via pipe, expect the
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	git_setup_gettext();
 
+	attr_start();
+
 	git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
 	restore_sigpipe_to_default();

convert.c

@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int ident_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static enum crlf_action git_path_check_crlf(struct git_attr_check *check)
+static enum crlf_action git_path_check_crlf(struct attr_check_item *check)
 {
 	const char *value = check->value;
 
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static enum crlf_action git_path_check_crlf(struct git_attr_check *check)
 	return CRLF_UNDEFINED;
 }
 
-static enum eol git_path_check_eol(struct git_attr_check *check)
+static enum eol git_path_check_eol(struct attr_check_item *check)
 {
 	const char *value = check->value;
 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static enum eol git_path_check_eol(struct git_attr_check *check)
 	return EOL_UNSET;
 }
 
-static struct convert_driver *git_path_check_convert(struct git_attr_check *check)
+static struct convert_driver *git_path_check_convert(struct attr_check_item *check)
 {
 	const char *value = check->value;
 	struct convert_driver *drv;
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static struct convert_driver *git_path_check_convert(struct git_attr_check *chec
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int git_path_check_ident(struct git_attr_check *check)
+static int git_path_check_ident(struct attr_check_item *check)
 {
 	const char *value = check->value;
 
@@ -1085,24 +1085,19 @@ struct conv_attrs {
 	int ident;
 };
 
-static const char *conv_attr_name[] = {
-	"crlf", "ident", "filter", "eol", "text",
-};
-#define NUM_CONV_ATTRS ARRAY_SIZE(conv_attr_name)
-
 static void convert_attrs(struct conv_attrs *ca, const char *path)
 {
-	int i;
+	static struct attr_check *check;
-	static struct git_attr_check ccheck[NUM_CONV_ATTRS];
 
-	if (!ccheck[0].attr) {
+	if (!check) {
-		for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONV_ATTRS; i++)
+		check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", "filter",
-			ccheck[i].attr = git_attr(conv_attr_name[i]);
+					 "eol", "text", NULL);
 		user_convert_tail = &user_convert;
 		git_config(read_convert_config, NULL);
 	}
 
-	if (!git_check_attr(path, NUM_CONV_ATTRS, ccheck)) {
+	if (!git_check_attr(path, check)) {
+		struct attr_check_item *ccheck = check->items;
 		ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4);
 		if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED)
 			ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 0);

ll-merge.c

@@ -336,15 +336,6 @@ static const struct ll_merge_driver *find_ll_merge_driver(const char *merge_attr
 	return &ll_merge_drv[LL_TEXT_MERGE];
 }
 
-static int git_path_check_merge(const char *path, struct git_attr_check check[2])
-{
-	if (!check[0].attr) {
-		check[0].attr = git_attr("merge");
-		check[1].attr = git_attr("conflict-marker-size");
-	}
-	return git_check_attr(path, 2, check);
-}
-
 static void normalize_file(mmfile_t *mm, const char *path)
 {
 	struct strbuf strbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -362,7 +353,7 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 	     mmfile_t *theirs, const char *their_label,
 	     const struct ll_merge_options *opts)
 {
-	static struct git_attr_check check[2];
+	static struct attr_check *check;
 	static const struct ll_merge_options default_opts;
 	const char *ll_driver_name = NULL;
 	int marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
@@ -376,10 +367,14 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 		normalize_file(ours, path);
 		normalize_file(theirs, path);
 	}
-	if (!git_path_check_merge(path, check)) {
+
-		ll_driver_name = check[0].value;
+	if (!check)
-		if (check[1].value) {
+		check = attr_check_initl("merge", "conflict-marker-size", NULL);
-			marker_size = atoi(check[1].value);
+
+	if (!git_check_attr(path, check)) {
+		ll_driver_name = check->items[0].value;
+		if (check->items[1].value) {
+			marker_size = atoi(check->items[1].value);
 			if (marker_size <= 0)
 				marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
 		}
@@ -398,13 +393,13 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 
 int ll_merge_marker_size(const char *path)
 {
-	static struct git_attr_check check;
+	static struct attr_check *check;
 	int marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
 
-	if (!check.attr)
+	if (!check)
-		check.attr = git_attr("conflict-marker-size");
+		check = attr_check_initl("conflict-marker-size", NULL);
-	if (!git_check_attr(path, 1, &check) && check.value) {
+	if (!git_check_attr(path, check) && check->items[0].value) {
-		marker_size = atoi(check.value);
+		marker_size = atoi(check->items[0].value);
 		if (marker_size <= 0)
 			marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
 	}

t/t0003-attributes.sh

@@ -13,10 +13,31 @@ attr_check () {
 	test_line_count = 0 err
 }
 
+attr_check_quote () {
+
+	path="$1"
+	quoted_path="$2"
+	expect="$3"
+
+	git check-attr test -- "$path" >actual &&
+	echo "\"$quoted_path\": test: $expect" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'open-quoted pathname' '
+	echo "\"a test=a" >.gitattributes &&
+	test_must_fail attr_check a a
+'
+
+
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	mkdir -p a/b/d a/c b &&
 	(
 		echo "[attr]notest !test"
+		echo "\" d \"	test=d"
+		echo " e	test=e"
+		echo " e\"	test=e"
 		echo "f	test=f"
 		echo "a/i test=a/i"
 		echo "onoff test -test"
@@ -69,6 +90,11 @@ test_expect_success 'command line checks' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'attribute test' '
+
+	attr_check " d " d &&
+	attr_check e e &&
+	attr_check_quote e\" e\\\" e &&
+
 	attr_check f f &&
 	attr_check a/f f &&
 	attr_check a/c/f f &&

userdiff.c

@@ -262,25 +262,22 @@ struct userdiff_driver *userdiff_find_by_name(const char *name) {
 
 struct userdiff_driver *userdiff_find_by_path(const char *path)
 {
-	static struct git_attr *attr;
+	static struct attr_check *check;
-	struct git_attr_check check;
-
-	if (!attr)
-		attr = git_attr("diff");
-	check.attr = attr;
 
+	if (!check)
+		check = attr_check_initl("diff", NULL);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	if (git_check_attr(path, 1, &check))
+	if (git_check_attr(path, check))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (ATTR_TRUE(check.value))
+	if (ATTR_TRUE(check->items[0].value))
 		return &driver_true;
-	if (ATTR_FALSE(check.value))
+	if (ATTR_FALSE(check->items[0].value))
 		return &driver_false;
-	if (ATTR_UNSET(check.value))
+	if (ATTR_UNSET(check->items[0].value))
 		return NULL;
-	return userdiff_find_by_name(check.value);
+	return userdiff_find_by_name(check->items[0].value);
 }
 
 struct userdiff_driver *userdiff_get_textconv(struct userdiff_driver *driver)

ws.c

@@ -71,24 +71,17 @@ unsigned parse_whitespace_rule(const char *string)
 	return rule;
 }
 
-static void setup_whitespace_attr_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
-{
-	static struct git_attr *attr_whitespace;
-
-	if (!attr_whitespace)
-		attr_whitespace = git_attr("whitespace");
-	check[0].attr = attr_whitespace;
-}
-
 unsigned whitespace_rule(const char *pathname)
 {
-	struct git_attr_check attr_whitespace_rule;
+	static struct attr_check *attr_whitespace_rule;
 
-	setup_whitespace_attr_check(&attr_whitespace_rule);
+	if (!attr_whitespace_rule)
-	if (!git_check_attr(pathname, 1, &attr_whitespace_rule)) {
+		attr_whitespace_rule = attr_check_initl("whitespace", NULL);
+
+	if (!git_check_attr(pathname, attr_whitespace_rule)) {
 		const char *value;
 
-		value = attr_whitespace_rule.value;
+		value = attr_whitespace_rule->items[0].value;
 		if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) {
 			/* true (whitespace) */
 			unsigned all_rule = ws_tab_width(whitespace_rule_cfg);