4 files changed, 150 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
index 154e2d204..1be8934a2 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -13,17 +13,25 @@
 
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
-
+#include "config.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
+struct ArchiveSettings : Config
+{
+    Setting<bool> useCaseHack{this,
+        #if __APPLE__
+            true,
+        #else
+            false,
+        #endif
+        "use-case-hack",
+        "Whether to enable a Darwin-specific hack for dealing with file name collisions."};
+};
 
-bool useCaseHack =
-#if __APPLE__
-    true;
-#else
-    false;
-#endif
+static ArchiveSettings archiveSettings;
+
+static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&archiveSettings);
 
 const std::string narVersionMagic1 = "nix-archive-1";
 
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ static void dump(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
            the case hack applied by restorePath(). */
         std::map<string, string> unhacked;
         for (auto & i : readDirectory(path))
-            if (useCaseHack) {
+            if (archiveSettings.useCaseHack) {
                 string name(i.name);
                 size_t pos = i.name.find(caseHackSuffix);
                 if (pos != string::npos) {
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
                     if (name <= prevName)
                         throw Error("NAR directory is not sorted");
                     prevName = name;
-                    if (useCaseHack) {
+                    if (archiveSettings.useCaseHack) {
                         auto i = names.find(name);
                         if (i != names.end()) {
                             debug(format("case collision between '%1%' and '%2%'") % i->first % name);
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.hh b/src/libutil/archive.hh
index 7a0e688e4..25be426c1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.hh
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source);
 void copyNAR(Source & source, Sink & sink);
 
 
-// FIXME: global variables are bad m'kay.
-extern bool useCaseHack;
-
-
 extern const std::string narVersionMagic1;
 
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index ce6858f0d..9023cb1bb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-void Config::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
+bool Config::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
 {
     auto i = _settings.find(name);
-    if (i == _settings.end()) {
-        extras.emplace(name, value);
-    } else {
-        i->second.setting->set(value);
-        i->second.setting->overriden = true;
-    }
+    if (i == _settings.end()) return false;
+    i->second.setting->set(value);
+    i->second.setting->overriden = true;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void Config::addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting)
@@ -23,46 +21,51 @@ void Config::addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting)
 
     bool set = false;
 
-    auto i = extras.find(setting->name);
-    if (i != extras.end()) {
+    auto i = unknownSettings.find(setting->name);
+    if (i != unknownSettings.end()) {
         setting->set(i->second);
         setting->overriden = true;
-        extras.erase(i);
+        unknownSettings.erase(i);
         set = true;
     }
 
     for (auto & alias : setting->aliases) {
-        auto i = extras.find(alias);
-        if (i != extras.end()) {
+        auto i = unknownSettings.find(alias);
+        if (i != unknownSettings.end()) {
             if (set)
                 warn("setting '%s' is set, but it's an alias of '%s' which is also set",
                     alias, setting->name);
             else {
                 setting->set(i->second);
                 setting->overriden = true;
-                extras.erase(i);
+                unknownSettings.erase(i);
                 set = true;
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-void Config::handleUnknownSettings()
+void AbstractConfig::warnUnknownSettings()
 {
-    for (auto & s : extras)
+    for (auto & s : unknownSettings)
         warn("unknown setting '%s'", s.first);
 }
 
-StringMap Config::getSettings(bool overridenOnly)
+void AbstractConfig::reapplyUnknownSettings()
+{
+    auto unknownSettings2 = std::move(unknownSettings);
+    for (auto & s : unknownSettings2)
+        set(s.first, s.second);
+}
+
+void Config::getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly)
 {
-    StringMap res;
     for (auto & opt : _settings)
         if (!opt.second.isAlias && (!overridenOnly || opt.second.setting->overriden))
-            res.emplace(opt.first, opt.second.setting->to_string());
-    return res;
+            res.emplace(opt.first, SettingInfo{opt.second.setting->to_string(), opt.second.setting->description});
 }
 
-void Config::applyConfigFile(const Path & path)
+void AbstractConfig::applyConfigFile(const Path & path)
 {
     try {
         string contents = readFile(path);
@@ -287,4 +290,49 @@ void PathSetting::set(const std::string & str)
         value = canonPath(str);
 }
 
+bool GlobalConfig::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        if (config->set(name, value)) return true;
+
+    unknownSettings.emplace(name, value);
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->getSettings(res, overridenOnly);
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::resetOverriden()
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->resetOverriden();
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::toJSON(JSONObject & out)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->toJSON(out);
+}
+
+void GlobalConfig::convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category)
+{
+    for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
+        config->convertToArgs(args, category);
+}
+
+GlobalConfig globalConfig;
+
+GlobalConfig::ConfigRegistrations * GlobalConfig::configRegistrations;
+
+GlobalConfig::Register::Register(Config * config)
+{
+    if (!configRegistrations)
+        configRegistrations = new ConfigRegistrations;
+    configRegistrations->emplace_back(config);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index d2e7faf17..d86c65ff0 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -12,6 +12,40 @@ class AbstractSetting;
 class JSONPlaceholder;
 class JSONObject;
 
+class AbstractConfig
+{
+protected:
+    StringMap unknownSettings;
+
+    AbstractConfig(const StringMap & initials = {})
+        : unknownSettings(initials)
+    { }
+
+public:
+
+    virtual bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) = 0;
+
+    struct SettingInfo
+    {
+        std::string value;
+        std::string description;
+    };
+
+    virtual void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) = 0;
+
+    void applyConfigFile(const Path & path);
+
+    virtual void resetOverriden() = 0;
+
+    virtual void toJSON(JSONObject & out) = 0;
+
+    virtual void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) = 0;
+
+    void warnUnknownSettings();
+
+    void reapplyUnknownSettings();
+};
+
 /* A class to simplify providing configuration settings. The typical
    use is to inherit Config and add Setting<T> members:
 
@@ -27,7 +61,7 @@ class JSONObject;
    };
 */
 
-class Config
+class Config : public AbstractConfig
 {
     friend class AbstractSetting;
 
@@ -48,31 +82,23 @@ private:
 
     Settings _settings;
 
-    StringMap extras;
-
 public:
 
-    Config(const StringMap & initials)
-        : extras(initials)
+    Config(const StringMap & initials = {})
+        : AbstractConfig(initials)
     { }
 
-    void set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value);
+    bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) override;
 
     void addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting);
 
-    void handleUnknownSettings();
-
-    StringMap getSettings(bool overridenOnly = false);
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
 
-    const Settings & _getSettings() { return _settings; }
-
-    void applyConfigFile(const Path & path);
+    void resetOverriden() override;
 
-    void resetOverriden();
+    void toJSON(JSONObject & out) override;
 
-    void toJSON(JSONObject & out);
-
-    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category);
+    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
 };
 
 class AbstractSetting
@@ -209,4 +235,27 @@ public:
     void operator =(const Path & v) { this->assign(v); }
 };
 
+struct GlobalConfig : public AbstractConfig
+{
+    typedef std::vector<Config*> ConfigRegistrations;
+    static ConfigRegistrations * configRegistrations;
+
+    bool set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value) override;
+
+    void getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overridenOnly = false) override;
+
+    void resetOverriden() override;
+
+    void toJSON(JSONObject & out) override;
+
+    void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
+
+    struct Register
+    {
+        Register(Config * config);
+    };
+};
+
+extern GlobalConfig globalConfig;
+
 }