thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/include/git2/attr.h b/include/git2/attr.h
index 6a05496..28ca3bc 100644
--- a/include/git2/attr.h
+++ b/include/git2/attr.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 #define GIT_ATTR_UNSPECIFIED(attr)	(!(attr) || (attr) == git_attr__unset)
 
 /**
- * GIT_ATTR_SET_TO_VALUE checks if an attribute is set to a value (as
+ * GIT_ATTR_HAS_VALUE checks if an attribute is set to a value (as
  * opposied to TRUE, FALSE or UNSPECIFIED).  This would be the case if
  * for a file with something like:
  *
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
  * Given this, looking up "eol" for `onefile.txt` will give back the
  * string "lf" and `GIT_ATTR_SET_TO_VALUE(attr)` will return true.
  */
-#define GIT_ATTR_SET_TO_VALUE(attr) \
+#define GIT_ATTR_HAS_VALUE(attr) \
 	((attr) && (attr) != git_attr__unset && \
 	 (attr) != git_attr__true && (attr) != git_attr__false)
 
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_attr__unset;
 /**
  * Look up the value of one git attribute for path.
  *
+ * @param value_out Output of the value of the attribute.  Use the GIT_ATTR_...
+ *             macros to test for TRUE, FALSE, UNSPECIFIED, etc. or just
+ *             use the string value for attributes set to a value.  You
+ *             should NOT modify or free this value.
  * @param repo The repository containing the path.
  * @param flags A combination of GIT_ATTR_CHECK... flags.
  * @param path The path to check for attributes.  Relative paths are
@@ -118,17 +122,13 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_attr__unset;
  *             not have to exist, but if it does not, then it will be
  *             treated as a plain file (not a directory).
  * @param name The name of the attribute to look up.
- * @param value Output of the value of the attribute.  Use the GIT_ATTR_...
- *             macros to test for TRUE, FALSE, UNSPECIFIED, etc. or just
- *             use the string value for attributes set to a value.  You
- *             should NOT modify or free this value.
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_attr_get(
+	const char **value_out,
     git_repository *repo,
 	uint32_t flags,
 	const char *path,
-	const char *name,
-	const char **value);
+	const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Look up a list of git attributes for path.
@@ -141,11 +141,16 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_attr_get(
  *
  *     const char *attrs[] = { "crlf", "diff", "foo" };
  *     const char **values[3];
- *     git_attr_get_many(repo, 0, "my/fun/file.c", 3, attrs, values);
+ *     git_attr_get_many(values, repo, 0, "my/fun/file.c", 3, attrs);
  *
  * Then you could loop through the 3 values to get the settings for
  * the three attributes you asked about.
  *
+ * @param values An array of num_attr entries that will have string
+ *             pointers written into it for the values of the attributes.
+ *             You should not modify or free the values that are written
+ *             into this array (although of course, you should free the
+ *             array itself if you allocated it).
  * @param repo The repository containing the path.
  * @param flags A combination of GIT_ATTR_CHECK... flags.
  * @param path The path inside the repo to check attributes.  This
@@ -153,19 +158,14 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_attr_get(
  *             it will be treated as a plain file (i.e. not a directory).
  * @param num_attr The number of attributes being looked up
  * @param names An array of num_attr strings containing attribute names.
- * @param values An array of num_attr entries that will have string
- *             pointers written into it for the values of the attributes.
- *             You should not modify or free the values that are written
- *             into this array (although of course, you should free the
- *             array itself if you allocated it).
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_attr_get_many(
+	const char **values_out,
 	git_repository *repo,
 	uint32_t flags,
 	const char *path,
 	size_t num_attr,
-	const char **names,
-	const char **values);
+	const char **names);
 
 /**
  * Loop over all the git attributes for a path.
diff --git a/include/git2/config.h b/include/git2/config.h
index acc45b0..983d7fc 100644
--- a/include/git2/config.h
+++ b/include/git2/config.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ typedef struct {
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS if a global configuration file has been
  *	found. Its path will be stored in `buffer`.
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path, size_t length);
 
 /**
  * Locate the path to the system configuration file
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path);
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS if a system configuration file has been
  *	found. Its path will be stored in `buffer`.
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path, size_t length);
 
 /**
  * Open the global configuration file
@@ -177,22 +177,22 @@ GIT_EXTERN(void) git_config_free(git_config *cfg);
 /**
  * Get the value of an integer config variable.
  *
+ * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @param cfg where to look for the variable
  * @param name the variable's name
- * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int32(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int32_t *out);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int32(int32_t *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Get the value of a long integer config variable.
  *
+ * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @param cfg where to look for the variable
  * @param name the variable's name
- * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int64(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int64_t *out);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int64(int64_t *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Get the value of a boolean config variable.
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_int64(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int64_t 
  * This function uses the usual C convention of 0 being false and
  * anything else true.
  *
+ * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @param cfg where to look for the variable
  * @param name the variable's name
- * @param out pointer to the variable where the value should be stored
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_bool(int *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Get the value of a string config variable.
@@ -213,12 +213,12 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out)
  * The string is owned by the variable and should not be freed by the
  * user.
  *
+ * @param out pointer to the variable's value
  * @param cfg where to look for the variable
  * @param name the variable's name
- * @param out pointer to the variable's value
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char **out);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Get each value of a multivar.
@@ -342,14 +342,14 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_foreach(
  * If not a single match can be made to store in `out`, an error code will be
  * returned.
  *
+ * @param out place to store the result of the mapping
  * @param cfg config file to get the variables from
  * @param name name of the config variable to lookup
  * @param maps array of `git_cvar_map` objects specifying the possible mappings
  * @param map_n number of mapping objects in `maps`
- * @param out place to store the result of the mapping
  * @return GIT_SUCCESS on success, error code otherwise
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_mapped(git_config *cfg, const char *name, git_cvar_map *maps, size_t map_n, int *out);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_mapped(int *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name, git_cvar_map *maps, size_t map_n);
 
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
diff --git a/src/attr.c b/src/attr.c
index 1aa965d..093f64d 100644
--- a/src/attr.c
+++ b/src/attr.c
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ static int collect_attr_files(
 
 
 int git_attr_get(
+	const char **value,
     git_repository *repo,
 	uint32_t flags,
 	const char *pathname,
-	const char *name,
-	const char **value)
+	const char *name)
 {
 	int error;
 	git_attr_path path;
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ typedef struct {
 } attr_get_many_info;
 
 int git_attr_get_many(
+	const char **values,
     git_repository *repo,
 	uint32_t flags,
 	const char *pathname,
     size_t num_attr,
-	const char **names,
-	const char **values)
+	const char **names)
 {
 	int error;
 	git_attr_path path;
@@ -576,11 +576,11 @@ int git_attr_cache__init(git_repository *repo)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&cfg, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, GIT_ATTR_CONFIG, &cache->cfg_attr_file);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&cache->cfg_attr_file, cfg, GIT_ATTR_CONFIG);
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG, &cache->cfg_excl_file);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&cache->cfg_excl_file, cfg, GIT_IGNORE_CONFIG);
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 0ab0cd4..618202c 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -199,30 +199,6 @@ int git_config_set_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
 	return file->set(file, name, value);
 }
 
-int git_config_parse_bool(int *out, const char *value)
-{
-	/* A missing value means true */
-	if (value == NULL) {
-		*out = 1;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (!strcasecmp(value, "true") ||
-		!strcasecmp(value, "yes") ||
-		!strcasecmp(value, "on")) {
-		*out = 1;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (!strcasecmp(value, "false") ||
-		!strcasecmp(value, "no") ||
-		!strcasecmp(value, "off")) {
-		*out = 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
 static int parse_int64(int64_t *out, const char *value)
 {
 	const char *num_end;
@@ -297,7 +273,7 @@ int git_config_lookup_map_value(
 		case GIT_CVAR_TRUE: {
 			int bool_val;
 
-			if (git_config_parse_bool(&bool_val, value) == 0 && 
+			if (git__parse_bool(&bool_val, value) == 0 &&
 				bool_val == (int)m->cvar_type) {
 				*out = m->map_value;
 				return 0;
@@ -322,12 +298,17 @@ int git_config_lookup_map_value(
 	return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_mapped(git_config *cfg, const char *name, git_cvar_map *maps, size_t map_n, int *out)
+int git_config_get_mapped(
+	int *out,
+	git_config *cfg,
+	const char *name,
+	git_cvar_map *maps,
+	size_t map_n)
 {
 	const char *value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, name, &value);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&value, cfg, name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -339,12 +320,12 @@ int git_config_get_mapped(git_config *cfg, const char *name, git_cvar_map *maps,
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_int64(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int64_t *out)
+int git_config_get_int64(int64_t *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	const char *value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, name, &value);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&value, cfg, name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -356,12 +337,12 @@ int git_config_get_int64(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int64_t *out)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_int32(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int32_t *out)
+int git_config_get_int32(int32_t *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	const char *value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, name, &value);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&value, cfg, name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -373,16 +354,16 @@ int git_config_get_int32(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int32_t *out)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out)
+int git_config_get_bool(int *out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	const char *value;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, name, &value);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(&value, cfg, name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (git_config_parse_bool(out, value) == 0)
+	if (git__parse_bool(out, value) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (parse_int32(out, value) == 0) {
@@ -394,7 +375,7 @@ int git_config_get_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int *out)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int git_config_get_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char **out)
+int git_config_get_string(const char **out, git_config *cfg, const char *name)
 {
 	file_internal *internal;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -462,7 +443,7 @@ int git_config_find_global_r(git_buf *path)
 	return git_futils_find_global_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME);
 }
 
-int git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path)
+int git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path, size_t length)
 {
 	git_buf path  = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	int     ret = git_config_find_global_r(&path);
@@ -472,14 +453,14 @@ int git_config_find_global(char *global_config_path)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (path.size > GIT_PATH_MAX) {
+	if (path.size >= length) {
 		git_buf_free(&path);
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY,
 			"Path is to long to fit on the given buffer");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	git_buf_copy_cstr(global_config_path, GIT_PATH_MAX, &path);
+	git_buf_copy_cstr(global_config_path, length, &path);
 	git_buf_free(&path);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -489,7 +470,7 @@ int git_config_find_system_r(git_buf *path)
 	return git_futils_find_system_file(path, GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME_SYSTEM);
 }
 
-int git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path)
+int git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path, size_t length)
 {
 	git_buf path  = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	int     ret = git_config_find_system_r(&path);
@@ -499,14 +480,14 @@ int git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (path.size > GIT_PATH_MAX) {
+	if (path.size >= length) {
 		git_buf_free(&path);
 		giterr_set(GITERR_NOMEMORY,
 			"Path is to long to fit on the given buffer");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	git_buf_copy_cstr(system_config_path, GIT_PATH_MAX, &path);
+	git_buf_copy_cstr(system_config_path, length, &path);
 	git_buf_free(&path);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -514,11 +495,14 @@ int git_config_find_system(char *system_config_path)
 int git_config_open_global(git_config **out)
 {
 	int error;
-	char global_path[GIT_PATH_MAX];
+	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 
-	if ((error = git_config_find_global(global_path)) < 0)
+	if ((error = git_config_find_global_r(&path)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
-	return git_config_open_ondisk(out, global_path);
+	error = git_config_open_ondisk(out, git_buf_cstr(&path));
+	git_buf_free(&path);
+
+	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config_cache.c b/src/config_cache.c
index 3679a96..057f214 100644
--- a/src/config_cache.c
+++ b/src/config_cache.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ int git_repository__cvar(int *out, git_repository *repo, git_cvar_cached cvar)
 		if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
 			return error;
 
-		error = git_config_get_mapped(
-			config, data->cvar_name, data->maps, data->map_count, out);
+		error = git_config_get_mapped(out,
+			config, data->cvar_name, data->maps, data->map_count);
 
 		if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 			*out = data->default_value;
diff --git a/src/crlf.c b/src/crlf.c
index 5d09a1f..0ee1eef 100644
--- a/src/crlf.c
+++ b/src/crlf.c
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static int crlf_load_attributes(struct crlf_attrs *ca, git_repository *repo, con
 	const char *attr_vals[NUM_CONV_ATTRS];
 	int error;
 
-	error = git_attr_get_many(
-		repo, 0, path, NUM_CONV_ATTRS, attr_names, attr_vals);
+	error = git_attr_get_many(attr_vals,
+		repo, 0, path, NUM_CONV_ATTRS, attr_names);
 
 	if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
 		ca->crlf_action = GIT_CRLF_GUESS;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int crlf_load_attributes(struct crlf_attrs *ca, git_repository *repo, con
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return error;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int drop_crlf(git_buf *dest, const git_buf *source)
diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index d5c0c8b..0b2f8fb 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -270,8 +270,10 @@ static int diff_delta__cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 static int config_bool(git_config *cfg, const char *name, int defvalue)
 {
 	int val = defvalue;
-	if (git_config_get_bool(cfg, name, &val) < 0)
+
+	if (git_config_get_bool(&val, cfg, name) < 0)
 		giterr_clear();
+
 	return val;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/diff_output.c b/src/diff_output.c
index 4ad736e..ba7ef82 100644
--- a/src/diff_output.c
+++ b/src/diff_output.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int diff_output_cb(void *priv, mmbuffer_t *bufs, int len)
 static int update_file_is_binary_by_attr(git_repository *repo, git_diff_file *file)
 {
 	const char *value;
-	if (git_attr_get(repo, 0, file->path, "diff", &value) < 0)
+	if (git_attr_get(&value, repo, 0, file->path, "diff") < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (GIT_ATTR_FALSE(value))
diff --git a/src/notes.c b/src/notes.c
index a86a75b..84ad940 100644
--- a/src/notes.c
+++ b/src/notes.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int note_get_default_ref(const char **out, git_repository *repo)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&cfg, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	ret = git_config_get_string(cfg, "core.notesRef", out);
+	ret = git_config_get_string(out, cfg, "core.notesRef");
 	if (ret == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
 		*out = GIT_NOTES_DEFAULT_REF;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index a5cfc82..dc0ff6a 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int parse_remote_refspec(git_config *cfg, git_refspec *refspec, const cha
 	int error;
 	const char *val;
 
-	if ((error = git_config_get_string(cfg, var, &val)) < 0)
+	if ((error = git_config_get_string(&val, cfg, var)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
 	return refspec_parse(refspec, val);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int git_remote_load(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if ((error = git_config_get_string(config, git_buf_cstr(&buf), &val)) < 0)
+	if ((error = git_config_get_string(&val, config, git_buf_cstr(&buf))) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	remote->repo = repo;
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index c5eed53..6ce3a56 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 
 #define GIT_BRANCH_MASTER "master"
 
-#define GIT_CONFIG_CORE_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION "core.repositoryformatversion"
-#define GIT_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION 0
+#define GIT_REPO_VERSION 0
 
 static void drop_odb(git_repository *repo)
 {
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ static int load_config_data(git_repository *repo)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&config, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (git_config_get_bool(config, "core.bare", &is_bare) < 0)
+	if (git_config_get_bool(&is_bare, config, "core.bare") < 0)
 		return -1; /* FIXME: We assume that a missing core.bare
 					  variable is an error. Is this right? */
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ static int load_workdir(git_repository *repo, git_buf *parent_path)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&config, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	error = git_config_get_string(config, "core.worktree", &worktree);
+	error = git_config_get_string(&worktree, config, "core.worktree");
 	if (!error && worktree != NULL)
 		repo->workdir = git__strdup(worktree);
 	else if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
@@ -607,13 +606,13 @@ static int check_repositoryformatversion(git_repository *repo)
 	if (git_repository_config__weakptr(&config, repo) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (git_config_get_int32(config, GIT_CONFIG_CORE_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION, &version) < 0)
+	if (git_config_get_int32(&version, config, "core.repositoryformatversion") < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (GIT_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION < version) {
+	if (GIT_REPO_VERSION < version) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_REPOSITORY,
 			"Unsupported repository version %d. Only versions up to %d are supported.",
-			version, GIT_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION);
+			version, GIT_REPO_VERSION);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -676,7 +675,7 @@ static int repo_init_config(const char *git_dir, int is_bare)
 	}
 
 	SET_REPO_CONFIG(bool, "core.bare", is_bare);
-	SET_REPO_CONFIG(int32, GIT_CONFIG_CORE_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION, GIT_REPOSITORYFORMATVERSION);
+	SET_REPO_CONFIG(int32, "core.repositoryformatversion", GIT_REPO_VERSION);
 	/* TODO: what other defaults? */
 
 	git_buf_free(&cfg_path);
diff --git a/src/submodule.c b/src/submodule.c
index 1b5b59f..3c07e65 100644
--- a/src/submodule.c
+++ b/src/submodule.c
@@ -218,8 +218,11 @@ static int submodule_from_config(
 		sm->update = (git_submodule_update_t)val;
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(property, "fetchRecurseSubmodules") == 0) {
-		if (git_config_parse_bool(&sm->fetch_recurse, value) < 0)
+		if (git__parse_bool(&sm->fetch_recurse, value) < 0) {
+			giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID,
+				"Invalid value for submodule 'fetchRecurseSubmodules' property: '%s'", value);
 			goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(property, "ignore") == 0) {
 		int val;
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 9fd5f28..ce77020 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -411,3 +411,27 @@ int git__strcmp_cb(const void *a, const void *b)
 
 	return strcmp(stra, strb);
 }
+
+int git__parse_bool(int *out, const char *value)
+{
+	/* A missing value means true */
+	if (value == NULL) {
+		*out = 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(value, "true") ||
+		!strcasecmp(value, "yes") ||
+		!strcasecmp(value, "on")) {
+		*out = 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcasecmp(value, "false") ||
+		!strcasecmp(value, "no") ||
+		!strcasecmp(value, "off")) {
+		*out = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index cb5e83c..c6851ac 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -214,4 +214,13 @@ GIT_INLINE(bool) git__iswildcard(int c)
 	return (c == '*' || c == '?' || c == '[');
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parse a string value as a boolean, just like Core Git
+ * does.
+ *
+ * Valid values for true are: 'true', 'yes', 'on'
+ * Valid values for false are: 'false', 'no', 'off'
+ */
+extern int git__parse_bool(int *out, const char *value);
+
 #endif /* INCLUDE_util_h__ */