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[v3] attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git"

Message ID pull.1470.v3.git.git.1682707848916.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series [v3] attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git" | expand

Commit Message

John Cai April 28, 2023, 6:50 p.m. UTC
From: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>

Earlier, 47cfc9bd (attr: add flag `--source` to work with tree-ish,
2023-01-14) taught "git check-attr" the "--source=<tree>" option to
allow it to read attribute files from a tree-ish, but did so only
for the command.  Just like "check-attr" users wanted a way to use
attributes from a tree-ish and not from the working tree files,
users of other commands (like "git diff") would benefit from the
same.

Undo most of the UI change the commit made, while keeping the
internal logic to read attributes from a given tree-ish. Expose the
internal logic via a new "--attr-source=<tree>" command line option
given to "git", so that it can be used with any git command that
runs as part of the main git process.

Additionally, add an environment variable GIT_ATTR_SOURCE that is set
when --attr-source is passed in, so that subprocesses use the same value
for the attributes source tree.

Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
    attr: teach "--attr-source=" global option to "git"
    
    [1] aimed to allow gitattributes to be read from bare repositories when
    running git-diff(1). Through discussion, a more general solution emerged
    (represented by this patch), which allows the attribute machinery to
    read attributes from a source passed in through a git flag.
    
    Changes since v3:
    
     * allow --attr-source= and --attr-source
     * fixes to commit message
     * fix error message to distinguish between --attr-source and
       GIT_ATTR_SOURCE
    
    Changes since v2:
    
     * This version is the same as v1. Just changed the author to Junio as
       he contributed most of the code.
    
     1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1459.git.git.1678758818.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1470%2Fjohn-cai%2Fjc%2Fattr-source-git-flag-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1470/john-cai/jc/attr-source-git-flag-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1470

Range-diff vs v2:

 1:  0667b473e17 ! 1:  ff8d3a0e780 attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git"
     @@
       ## Metadata ##
     -Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
     +Author: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
          attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git"
     @@ Commit message
          same.
      
          Undo most of the UI change the commit made, while keeping the
     -    internal logic to read attributes from a given tree-ish.  Expose the
     +    internal logic to read attributes from a given tree-ish. Expose the
          internal logic via a new "--attr-source=<tree>" command line option
          given to "git", so that it can be used with any git command that
     -    runs internally.
     +    runs as part of the main git process.
      
          Additionally, add an environment variable GIT_ATTR_SOURCE that is set
          when --attr-source is passed in, so that subprocesses use the same value
          for the attributes source tree.
      
          Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
     +    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
      
       ## Documentation/git.txt ##
      @@ Documentation/git.txt: If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
     @@ Documentation/git.txt: If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<pat
       	(retrieve command list from config variable completion.commands)
       
      +--attr-source=<tree-ish>::
     -+	Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree.
     ++	Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See
     ++	linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
      +
       GIT COMMANDS
       ------------
     @@ archive.c: static const struct attr_check *get_archive_attrs(struct index_state
       
      
       ## attr.c ##
     +@@
     + #include "object-store.h"
     + #include "setup.h"
     + #include "thread-utils.h"
     ++#include "object-name.h"
     + 
     + const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
     + const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false";
      @@ attr.c: static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
       	fill(path, pathlen, basename_offset, check->stack, check->all_attrs, rem);
       }
     @@ attr.c: static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
      +
      +static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
      +{
     -+	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name)
     ++	int from_env = 0;
     ++
     ++	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name) {
      +		default_attr_source_tree_object_name = getenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE);
     ++		from_env = 1;
     ++	}
      +
      +	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name || !is_null_oid(attr_source))
      +		return;
      +
     -+	if (get_oid_treeish(default_attr_source_tree_object_name, attr_source))
     -+		die(_("bad --attr-source object"));
     ++	if (repo_get_oid_treeish(the_repository, default_attr_source_tree_object_name, attr_source)) {
     ++		if (from_env)
     ++			die(_("bad --attr-source object"));
     ++		else
     ++			die(_("bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));
     ++	}
      +}
      +
      +static struct object_id *default_attr_source(void)
     @@ builtin/pack-objects.c: static int no_try_delta(const char *path)
       		return 1;
       	return 0;
      
     - ## cache.h ##
     -@@ cache.h: static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
     - #define GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_QUARANTINE_PATH"
     - #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
     - #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
     -+#define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
     - 
     - /*
     -  * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
     -
       ## convert.c ##
      @@ convert.c: void convert_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
       		git_config(read_convert_config, NULL);
     @@ convert.c: void convert_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
       	ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4);
       	if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED)
      
     + ## environment.h ##
     +@@ environment.h: const char *getenv_safe(struct strvec *argv, const char *name);
     + #define GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_QUARANTINE_PATH"
     + #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
     + #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
     ++#define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
     + 
     + /*
     +  * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
     +
       ## git.c ##
      @@
     - #include "run-command.h"
       #include "alias.h"
       #include "replace-object.h"
     + #include "setup.h"
      +#include "attr.h"
       #include "shallow.h"
     - 
     - #define RUN_SETUP		(1<<0)
     + #include "trace.h"
     + #include "trace2.h"
      @@ git.c: static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
       			} else {
       				exit(list_cmds(cmd));
       			}
     ++		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--attr-source")) {
     ++			if (*argc < 2) {
     ++				fprintf(stderr, _("no prefix given for --attr-source\n" ));
     ++				usage(git_usage_string);
     ++			}
     ++			setenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE, (*argv)[1], 1);
     ++			if (envchanged)
     ++				*envchanged = 1;
     ++			(*argv)++;
     ++			(*argc)--;
      +		} else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--attr-source=", &cmd)) {
      +			set_git_attr_source(cmd);
      +			setenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE, (*argv)[1], 1);
     ++			if (envchanged)
     ++				*envchanged = 1;
       		} else {
       			fprintf(stderr, _("unknown option: %s\n"), cmd);
       			usage(git_usage_string);


 Documentation/git.txt     |  4 ++++
 archive.c                 |  2 +-
 attr.c                    | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 attr.h                    | 13 +++++++----
 builtin/check-attr.c      | 17 +++++++--------
 builtin/pack-objects.c    |  2 +-
 convert.c                 |  2 +-
 environment.h             |  1 +
 git.c                     | 16 ++++++++++++++
 ll-merge.c                |  4 ++--
 pathspec.c                |  2 +-
 t/lib-diff-alternative.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t0003-attributes.sh     | 11 +++++++++-
 t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh  | 19 ++++++++++++++++
 userdiff.c                |  2 +-
 ws.c                      |  2 +-
 16 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)


base-commit: f85cd430b12b0d3e4f1a30ef3239a1b73d5f6331

Comments

Christian Couder April 28, 2023, 8:22 p.m. UTC | #1
>       +--attr-source=<tree-ish>::
>      -+ Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree.
>      ++ Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See
>      ++ linkgit:gitrevisions[7].

I think it's more sensible to link to gitattributes(5) instead of
gitrevisions(7)

> +static const char *default_attr_source_tree_object_name;
> +
> +void set_git_attr_source(const char *tree_object_name)
> +{
> +       default_attr_source_tree_object_name = xstrdup(tree_object_name);
> +}
> +
> +

One empty line is enough here.

> +static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
> +{
> +       int from_env = 0;
> +
> +       if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name) {
> +               default_attr_source_tree_object_name = getenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE);
> +               from_env = 1;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name || !is_null_oid(attr_source))
> +               return;
> +
> +       if (repo_get_oid_treeish(the_repository, default_attr_source_tree_object_name, attr_source)) {
> +               if (from_env)
> +                       die(_("bad --attr-source object"));
> +               else
> +                       die(_("bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));

I think it would be better to have just the following instead of the 4
lines above:

die(_("invalid tree object from --attr-source flag or GIT_ATTR_SOURCE
env variable"));

as a bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE in a subprocess could come from a bad
--attr-source in the main process.

And this way the from_env variable is not needed.

> +       }
> +}

The rest looks good to me, thanks!
John Cai April 30, 2023, 2:22 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Christian

On 28 Apr 2023, at 16:22, Christian Couder wrote:

>>       +--attr-source=<tree-ish>::
>>      -+ Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree.
>>      ++ Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See
>>      ++ linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
>
> I think it's more sensible to link to gitattributes(5) instead of
> gitrevisions(7)

oops, I forgot to push up the version with this fix. Thanks for catching it.

>
>> +static const char *default_attr_source_tree_object_name;
>> +
>> +void set_git_attr_source(const char *tree_object_name)
>> +{
>> +       default_attr_source_tree_object_name = xstrdup(tree_object_name);
>> +}
>> +
>> +
>
> One empty line is enough here.

noted.

>
>> +static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
>> +{
>> +       int from_env = 0;
>> +
>> +       if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name) {
>> +               default_attr_source_tree_object_name = getenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE);
>> +               from_env = 1;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name || !is_null_oid(attr_source))
>> +               return;
>> +
>> +       if (repo_get_oid_treeish(the_repository, default_attr_source_tree_object_name, attr_source)) {
>> +               if (from_env)
>> +                       die(_("bad --attr-source object"));
>> +               else
>> +                       die(_("bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));
>
> I think it would be better to have just the following instead of the 4
> lines above:
>
> die(_("invalid tree object from --attr-source flag or GIT_ATTR_SOURCE
> env variable"));
>
> as a bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE in a subprocess could come from a bad
> --attr-source in the main process.
>
> And this way the from_env variable is not needed.

sounds good
>
>> +       }
>> +}
>
> The rest looks good to me, thanks!

thanks,
John
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 74973d3cc40..4fe226b2135 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@  If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
 	nohelpers (exclude helper commands), alias and config
 	(retrieve command list from config variable completion.commands)
 
+--attr-source=<tree-ish>::
+	Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See
+	linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
+
 GIT COMMANDS
 ------------
 
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 8570cf37ff7..e809514fe70 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@  static const struct attr_check *get_archive_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 	static struct attr_check *check;
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("export-ignore", "export-subst", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 	return check;
 }
 
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 2d8aeb8b58c..04c75f948ab 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ 
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "object-name.h"
 
 const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
 const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false";
@@ -1169,11 +1170,51 @@  static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 	fill(path, pathlen, basename_offset, check->stack, check->all_attrs, rem);
 }
 
+static const char *default_attr_source_tree_object_name;
+
+void set_git_attr_source(const char *tree_object_name)
+{
+	default_attr_source_tree_object_name = xstrdup(tree_object_name);
+}
+
+
+static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
+{
+	int from_env = 0;
+
+	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name) {
+		default_attr_source_tree_object_name = getenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE);
+		from_env = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name || !is_null_oid(attr_source))
+		return;
+
+	if (repo_get_oid_treeish(the_repository, default_attr_source_tree_object_name, attr_source)) {
+		if (from_env)
+			die(_("bad --attr-source object"));
+		else
+			die(_("bad GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));
+	}
+}
+
+static struct object_id *default_attr_source(void)
+{
+	static struct object_id attr_source;
+
+	if (is_null_oid(&attr_source))
+		compute_default_attr_source(&attr_source);
+	if (is_null_oid(&attr_source))
+		return NULL;
+	return &attr_source;
+}
+
 void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
-		    const struct object_id *tree_oid, const char *path,
+		    const char *path,
 		    struct attr_check *check)
 {
 	int i;
+	const struct object_id *tree_oid = default_attr_source();
 
 	collect_some_attrs(istate, tree_oid, path, check);
 
@@ -1186,10 +1227,11 @@  void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
 	}
 }
 
-void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
+void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 		   const char *path, struct attr_check *check)
 {
 	int i;
+	const struct object_id *tree_oid = default_attr_source();
 
 	attr_check_reset(check);
 	collect_some_attrs(istate, tree_oid, path, check);
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 9884ea2bc60..676bd17ce27 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 
  * const char *path;
  *
  * setup_check();
- * git_check_attr(&the_index, tree_oid, path, check);
+ * git_check_attr(&the_index, path, check);
  * ------------
  *
  * - Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`:
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ 
 #define ATTR_MAX_FILE_SIZE (100 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 struct index_state;
-struct object_id;
 
 /**
  * An attribute is an opaque object that is identified by its name. Pass the
@@ -135,6 +134,12 @@  struct git_attr;
 struct all_attrs_item;
 struct attr_stack;
 
+/*
+ * The textual object name for the tree-ish used by git_check_attr()
+ * to read attributes from (instead of from the working tree).
+ */
+void set_git_attr_source(const char *);
+
 /*
  * Given a string, return the gitattribute object that
  * corresponds to it.
@@ -203,14 +208,14 @@  void attr_check_free(struct attr_check *check);
 const char *git_attr_name(const struct git_attr *);
 
 void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
-		    const struct object_id *tree_oid, const char *path,
+		    const char *path,
 		    struct attr_check *check);
 
 /*
  * Retrieve all attributes that apply to the specified path.
  * check holds the attributes and their values.
  */
-void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
+void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 		   const char *path, struct attr_check *check);
 
 enum git_attr_direction {
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index 037bf1aaa2a..748f3578b2a 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@  static void output_attr(struct attr_check *check, const char *file)
 }
 
 static void check_attr(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
-		       const struct object_id *tree_oid, int collect_all,
+		       int collect_all,
 		       const char *file)
 
 {
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@  static void check_attr(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
 		prefix_path(prefix, prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0, file);
 
 	if (collect_all) {
-		git_all_attrs(&the_index, tree_oid, full_path, check);
+		git_all_attrs(&the_index, full_path, check);
 	} else {
-		git_check_attr(&the_index, tree_oid, full_path, check);
+		git_check_attr(&the_index, full_path, check);
 	}
 	output_attr(check, file);
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@  static void check_attr(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
 }
 
 static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
-				   const struct object_id *tree_oid, int collect_all)
+				   int collect_all)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf unquoted = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@  static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
 				die("line is badly quoted");
 			strbuf_swap(&buf, &unquoted);
 		}
-		check_attr(prefix, check, tree_oid, collect_all, buf.buf);
+		check_attr(prefix, check, collect_all, buf.buf);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@  static NORETURN void error_with_usage(const char *msg)
 int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct attr_check *check;
-	struct object_id *tree_oid = NULL;
 	struct object_id initialized_oid;
 	int cnt, i, doubledash, filei;
 
@@ -187,14 +186,14 @@  int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (source) {
 		if (repo_get_oid_tree(the_repository, source, &initialized_oid))
 			die("%s: not a valid tree-ish source", source);
-		tree_oid = &initialized_oid;
+		set_git_attr_source(source);
 	}
 
 	if (stdin_paths)
-		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, check, tree_oid, all_attrs);
+		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, check, all_attrs);
 	else {
 		for (i = filei; i < argc; i++)
-			check_attr(prefix, check, tree_oid, all_attrs, argv[i]);
+			check_attr(prefix, check, all_attrs, argv[i]);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index a5b466839ba..9cfc8801f9b 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@  static int no_try_delta(const char *path)
 
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("delta", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(the_repository->index, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(the_repository->index, path, check);
 	if (ATTR_FALSE(check->items[0].value))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 5a2ea5308d6..e65938bb1a8 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@  void convert_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 		git_config(read_convert_config, NULL);
 	}
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 	ccheck = check->items;
 	ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4);
 	if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED)
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index a63f0c6a24f..758927a689c 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@  const char *getenv_safe(struct strvec *argv, const char *name);
 #define GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_QUARANTINE_PATH"
 #define GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS"
 #define GIT_TEXT_DOMAIN_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
+#define GIT_ATTR_SOURCE "GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"
 
 /*
  * Environment variable used in handshaking the wire protocol.
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 45899be8265..106c4ab639a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ 
 #include "alias.h"
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "setup.h"
+#include "attr.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
@@ -314,6 +315,21 @@  static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			} else {
 				exit(list_cmds(cmd));
 			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--attr-source")) {
+			if (*argc < 2) {
+				fprintf(stderr, _("no prefix given for --attr-source\n" ));
+				usage(git_usage_string);
+			}
+			setenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE, (*argv)[1], 1);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
+			(*argv)++;
+			(*argc)--;
+		} else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--attr-source=", &cmd)) {
+			set_git_attr_source(cmd);
+			setenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE, (*argv)[1], 1);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, _("unknown option: %s\n"), cmd);
 			usage(git_usage_string);
diff --git a/ll-merge.c b/ll-merge.c
index 28bc94c45d6..6580970a670 100644
--- a/ll-merge.c
+++ b/ll-merge.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@  enum ll_merge_result ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 		normalize_file(theirs, path, istate);
 	}
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 	ll_driver_name = check->items[0].value;
 	if (check->items[1].value) {
 		marker_size = atoi(check->items[1].value);
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@  int ll_merge_marker_size(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("conflict-marker-size", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 	if (check->items[0].value) {
 		marker_size = atoi(check->items[0].value);
 		if (marker_size <= 0)
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 6972d515f0c..09103a137ef 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@  int match_pathspec_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 	if (name[namelen])
 		name = to_free = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, name, item->attr_check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, name, item->attr_check);
 
 	free(to_free);
 
diff --git a/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh b/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh
index a8f5d3274a5..c4dc2d46dc1 100644
--- a/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh
+++ b/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh
@@ -112,15 +112,36 @@  EOF
 
 	STRATEGY=$1
 
-	test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes" '
+	test_expect_success "setup attributes files for tests with $STRATEGY" '
+		git checkout -b master &&
 		echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes &&
-		git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" &&
-		test_must_fail git diff --no-index file1 file2 > output &&
-		cat expect &&
-		cat output &&
+		git add file1 file2 .gitattributes &&
+		git commit -m "adding files" &&
+		git checkout -b branchA &&
+		echo "file* diff=driverA" >.gitattributes &&
+		git add .gitattributes &&
+		git commit -m "adding driverA as diff driver" &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		git clone --bare --no-local . bare.git
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes" '
+		test_must_fail git -c diff.driver.algorithm=$STRATEGY diff --no-index file1 file2 > output &&
 		test_cmp expect output
 	'
 
+	test_expect_success "diff from attributes with bare repo with source" '
+		git -C bare.git --attr-source=branchA -c diff.driver.algorithm=myers \
+			-c diff.driverA.algorithm=$STRATEGY \
+			diff HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2 >output &&
+		test_cmp expect output
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "diff from attributes with bare repo with invalid source" '
+		test_must_fail git -C bare.git --attr-source=invalid-branch diff \
+			HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2
+	'
+
 	test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes has valid diffstat" '
 		echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes &&
 		git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" &&
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index 89b306cb114..26e082f05b4 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,17 @@  attr_check_quote () {
 attr_check_source () {
 	path="$1" expect="$2" source="$3" git_opts="$4" &&
 
-	git $git_opts check-attr --source $source test -- "$path" >actual 2>err &&
 	echo "$path: test: $expect" >expect &&
+
+	git $git_opts check-attr --source $source test -- "$path" >actual 2>err &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+
+	git $git_opts --attr-source="$source" check-attr test -- "$path" >actual 2>err &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err
+
+	GIT_ATTR_SOURCE="$source" git $git_opts check-attr test -- "$path" >actual 2>err &&
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 	test_must_be_empty err
 }
diff --git a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
index 42a2b9a13b7..c8d555771d5 100755
--- a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
+++ b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@  do
 		test_i18ngrep ! fatal msg &&
 		test_i18ngrep ! error msg
 	'
+
+	test_expect_success "builtin $p pattern compiles on bare repo with --attr-source" '
+		test_when_finished "rm -rf bare.git" &&
+		git checkout -B master &&
+		git add . &&
+		echo "*.java diff=notexist" >.gitattributes &&
+		git add .gitattributes &&
+		git commit -am "changing gitattributes" &&
+		git checkout -B branchA &&
+		echo "*.java diff=$p" >.gitattributes &&
+		git add .gitattributes &&
+		git commit -am "changing gitattributes" &&
+		git clone --bare --no-local . bare.git &&
+		git -C bare.git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master &&
+		test_expect_code 1 git -C bare.git --attr-source=branchA \
+			diff --exit-code HEAD:A.java HEAD:B.java 2>msg &&
+		test_i18ngrep ! fatal msg &&
+		test_i18ngrep ! error msg
+	'
 done
 
 test_expect_success 'last regexp must not be negated' '
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index eaec6ebb5e9..664c7c14025 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@  struct userdiff_driver *userdiff_find_by_path(struct index_state *istate,
 		check = attr_check_initl("diff", NULL);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 
 	if (ATTR_TRUE(check->items[0].value))
 		return &driver_true;
diff --git a/ws.c b/ws.c
index da3d0e28cbb..903bfcd53e4 100644
--- a/ws.c
+++ b/ws.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@  unsigned whitespace_rule(struct index_state *istate, const char *pathname)
 	if (!attr_whitespace_rule)
 		attr_whitespace_rule = attr_check_initl("whitespace", NULL);
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, pathname, attr_whitespace_rule);
+	git_check_attr(istate, pathname, attr_whitespace_rule);
 	value = attr_whitespace_rule->items[0].value;
 	if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) {
 		/* true (whitespace) */