*/
int git_configset_get_value(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, const char **dest);
-int git_configset_get_string_const(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, const char **dest);
int git_configset_get_string(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, char **dest);
+int git_configset_get_string_tmp(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, const char **dest);
int git_configset_get_int(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *dest);
int git_configset_get_ulong(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, unsigned long *dest);
int git_configset_get_bool(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, int *dest);
const char *key, const char **value);
const struct string_list *repo_config_get_value_multi(struct repository *repo,
const char *key);
-int repo_config_get_string_const(struct repository *repo,
- const char *key, const char **dest);
int repo_config_get_string(struct repository *repo,
const char *key, char **dest);
+int repo_config_get_string_tmp(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *key, const char **dest);
int repo_config_get_int(struct repository *repo,
const char *key, int *dest);
int repo_config_get_ulong(struct repository *repo,
* error message and returns -1. When the configuration variable `key` is
* not found, returns 1 without touching `dest`.
*/
-int git_config_get_string_const(const char *key, const char **dest);
+int git_config_get_string(const char *key, char **dest);
/**
- * Similar to `git_config_get_string_const`, except that retrieved value
- * copied into the `dest` parameter is a mutable string.
+ * Similar to `git_config_get_string`, but does not allocate any new
+ * memory; on success `dest` will point to memory owned by the config
+ * machinery, which could be invalidated if it is discarded and reloaded.
*/
-int git_config_get_string(const char *key, char **dest);
+int git_config_get_string_tmp(const char *key, const char **dest);
/**
* Finds and parses the value to an integer for the configuration variable