2 files changed, 49 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index e64071e2e3..917a7e34f1 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -521,7 +521,10 @@ typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_default_config(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *);
 extern int git_config(config_fn_t fn);
+extern int git_parse_long(const char *, long *);
+extern int git_parse_ulong(const char *, unsigned long *);
 extern int git_config_int(const char *, const char *);
+extern unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_bool(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_set(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_set_multivar(const char *, const char *, const char *, int);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 561ee3b576..f89a611915 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -233,21 +233,55 @@ static int git_parse_file(config_fn_t fn)
 	die("bad config file line %d in %s", config_linenr, config_file_name);
 }
 
-int git_config_int(const char *name, const char *value)
+static unsigned long get_unit_factor(const char *end)
+{
+	if (!*end)
+		return 1;
+	else if (!strcasecmp(end, "k"))
+		return 1024;
+	else if (!strcasecmp(end, "m"))
+		return 1024 * 1024;
+	else if (!strcasecmp(end, "g"))
+		return 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+	die("unknown unit: '%s'", end);
+}
+
+int git_parse_long(const char *value, long *ret)
+{
+	if (value && *value) {
+		char *end;
+		long val = strtol(value, &end, 0);
+		*ret = val * get_unit_factor(end);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int git_parse_ulong(const char *value, unsigned long *ret)
 {
 	if (value && *value) {
 		char *end;
-		int val = strtol(value, &end, 0);
-		if (!*end)
-			return val;
-		if (!strcasecmp(end, "k"))
-			return val * 1024;
-		if (!strcasecmp(end, "m"))
-			return val * 1024 * 1024;
-		if (!strcasecmp(end, "g"))
-			return val * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-	}
-	die("bad config value for '%s' in %s", name, config_file_name);
+		unsigned long val = strtoul(value, &end, 0);
+		*ret = val * get_unit_factor(end);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int git_config_int(const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+	long ret;
+	if (!git_parse_long(value, &ret))
+		die("bad config value for '%s' in %s", name, config_file_name);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+	unsigned long ret;
+	if (!git_parse_ulong(value, &ret))
+		die("bad config value for '%s' in %s", name, config_file_name);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int git_config_bool(const char *name, const char *value)