finish support and docs for DGIT_SSH etc. config

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index a5999feff78d4f8bfee677b04b35393543975288..bf48ebc84c1da4758e39a06267d143feb3fef24f 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
---ssh= etc. @ssh should be in manual
-support SSH and DGIT_SSH
 --dgit= etc. @dgit should be in manual

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 34f6cdb7fbf06df53710bac0abb27cf4976e47c2..b6288098580000ea2981f6db166670097fb02cb6 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dgit (0.16~experimental2) experimental; urgency=low
   * push actually takes an optional suite, like it says in the synopsis.
   * Command execution reports from --dry-run go to stderr.
   * Support --gpg=... to provide a replacement command for gpg.
+  * Support --ssh=... and --ssh:... to affect how we run ssh.
 
  --
 

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 3c24c2c1b5ae9a70d3f9a42f0bbcb0ade4f0aefe..6a3f7b7626c97c91150d8ebf329f6bd8b11b850f 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ our (@dput) = qw(dput);
 our (@debsign) = qw(debsign);
 our (@gpg) = qw(gpg);
 our (@sbuild) = qw(sbuild -A);
-our (@ssh) = qw(ssh);
+our (@ssh) = 'ssh';
 our (@dgit) = qw(dgit);
 our (@dpkgbuildpackage) = qw(dpkg-buildpackage -i\.git/ -I.git);
 our (@dpkgsource) = qw(dpkg-source -i\.git/ -I.git);
@@ -447,6 +447,24 @@ sub access_cfg (@) {
     return $value;
 }
 
+sub string_to_ssh ($) {
+    my ($spec) = @_;
+    if ($spec =~ m/\s/) {
+       return qw(sh -ec), 'exec '.$spec.' "$@"', 'x';
+    } else {
+       return ($spec);
+    }
+}
+
+sub access_cfg_ssh () {
+    my $gitssh = access_cfg('ssh', 'RETURN-UNDEF');
+    if (!defined $gitssh) {
+       return @ssh;
+    } else {
+       return string_to_ssh $gitssh;
+    }
+}
+
 sub access_someuserhost ($) {
     my ($some) = @_;
     my $user = access_cfg("$some-user",'username');
@@ -538,7 +556,7 @@ sub archive_query_sshdakls ($$) {
     my ($proto,$data) = @_;
     $data =~ s/:.*// or badcfg "invalid sshdakls method string \`$data'";
     my $dakls = cmdoutput
-       access_cfg('ssh'), $data, qw(dak ls -asource),"-s$isuite",$package;
+       access_cfg_ssh, $data, qw(dak ls -asource),"-s$isuite",$package;
     return madison_parse($dakls);
 }
 
@@ -546,7 +564,7 @@ sub canonicalise_suite_sshdakls ($$) {
     my ($proto,$data) = @_;
     $data =~ m/:/ or badcfg "invalid sshdakls method string \`$data'";
     my @cmd =
-       (access_cfg('ssh'), $`,
+       (access_cfg_ssh, $`,
         "set -e; cd $';".
         " if test -h $isuite; then readlink $isuite; exit 0; fi;".
         " if test -d $isuite; then echo $isuite; exit 0; fi;".
@@ -627,7 +645,7 @@ sub check_for_git () {
     my $how = access_cfg('git-check');
     if ($how eq 'ssh-cmd') {
        my @cmd =
-           (access_cfg('ssh'),access_gituserhost(),
+           (access_cfg_ssh, access_gituserhost(),
             " set -e; cd ".access_cfg('git-path').";".
             " if test -d $package.git; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi");
        my $r= cmdoutput @cmd;
@@ -642,7 +660,7 @@ sub create_remote_git_repo () {
     my $how = access_cfg('git-create');
     if ($how eq 'ssh-cmd') {
        runcmd_ordryrun
-           (access_cfg('ssh'),access_gituserhost(),
+           (access_cfg_ssh, access_gituserhost(),
             "set -e; cd ".access_cfg('git-path').";".
             " cp -a _template $package.git");
     } else {
@@ -1669,6 +1687,13 @@ sub cmd_version {
 
 sub parseopts () {
     my $om;
+
+    if (defined $ENV{'DGIT_SSH'}) {
+       @ssh = string_to_ssh $ENV{'DGIT_SSH'};
+    } elsif (defined $ENV{'GIT_SSH'}) {
+       @ssh = ($ENV{'GIT_SSH'});
+    }
+
     while (@ARGV) {
        last unless $ARGV[0] =~ m/^-/;
        $_ = shift @ARGV;

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 2f7ceccd1d5a231dea601e7a2b5cc925d57d8495..11e2a5d8c4bcfeea6808bf7c86b389f436c8f350 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -237,11 +237,27 @@ Specifies alternative programs to use instead of
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,
 .BR gpg ,
+.BR ssh ,
 or
 .BR mergechanges .
 
 For dpkg-buildpackage, dpkg-genchanges, mergechanges and sbuild,
 this applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
+
+For ssh, the default value is taken from the
+.B DGIT_SSH
+or
+.B GIT_SSH
+environment variables, if set (see below).  And, for ssh, when accessing the
+archive and dgit-repos, this command line setting is overridden by the
+git config variables
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .ssh
+and
+.B .dgit.default.ssh
+(which can in turn be overridden with -c).  Also, when dgit is using
+git to access dgit-repos, only git's idea of what ssh to use (eg,
+.BR GIT_SSH )
+is relevant.
 .TP
 .RI \fB--dget:\fR option |\fB--dput:\fR option |...
 Specifies a single additional option to pass to
@@ -252,6 +268,7 @@ Specifies a single additional option to pass to
 .BR dpkg-buildpackage ,
 .BR dpkg-genchanges ,
 .BR sbuild ,
+.BR ssh ,
 or
 .BR mergechanges .
 Can be repeated as necessary.
@@ -261,6 +278,8 @@ this applies only when the program is invoked directly by dgit.
 Usually, for passing options to dpkg-genchanges, you should use
 .BR --ch: \fIoption\fR.
 
+See note above regarding ssh.
+
 NB that --gpg:option is not supported (because debsign does not
 have that facility).  But see -k.
 .TP
@@ -547,6 +566,21 @@ on the dgit command line.
 .BR dgit.default. *
 for each
 .BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *
+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.TP
+.BR DGIT_SSH ", " GIT_SSH
+specify an alternative default program (and perhaps arguments) to use
+instead of ssh.  DGIT_SSH is consulted first and may contain arguments;
+if it contains any whitespace will be passed to the shell.  GIT_SSH
+specifies just the program; no arguments can be specified, so dgit
+interprets it the same way as git does.
+See
+also the --ssh= and --ssh: options.
+.TP
+.BR gpg ", " dpkg- "..., " debsign ", " git ", " dget ", " dput ", " LWP::UserAgent
+and other subprograms and modules used by dgit are affected by various
+environment variables.  Consult the documentaton for those programs
+for details.
 .SH BUGS
 We should be using some kind of vhost/vpath setup for the git repos on
 alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to