config: run setup_git_directory_gently() sooner

For the pager choice (and the choice to paginate) to reflect the
current repository configuration, the repository needs to be
located first.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/config.c

@@ -330,11 +330,10 @@ static int get_colorbool(int print)
 		return get_colorbool_found ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
-int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
+int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int nongit;
+	int nongit = !startup_info->have_repository;
 	char *value;
-	const char *prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
 
 	config_exclusive_filename = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
 

git.c

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "clean", cmd_clean, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "commit", cmd_commit, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "config", cmd_config },
+		{ "config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "describe", cmd_describe, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "diff", cmd_diff },
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "repo-config", cmd_config },
+		{ "repo-config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "reset", cmd_reset, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "rev-list", cmd_rev_list, RUN_SETUP },

t/t7006-pager.sh

@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ test_expect_success TTY 'configuration can disable pager' '
 	! test -e paginated.out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git config uses a pager if configured to' '
+	rm -f paginated.out &&
+	git config pager.config true &&
+	test_when_finished "git config --unset pager.config" &&
+	test_terminal git config --list &&
+	test -e paginated.out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'configuration can enable pager (from subdir)' '
 	rm -f paginated.out &&
 	mkdir -p subdir &&