Refactor INI package (first step) (#25024)

The INI package has many bugs and quirks, and in fact it is
unmaintained.

This PR is the first step for the INI package refactoring: 

* Use Gitea's "config_provider" to provide INI access
* Deprecate the INI package by golangci.yml rule

.golangci.yml

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ linters-settings:
       - io/ioutil: "use os or io instead"
       - golang.org/x/exp: "it's experimental and unreliable."
       - code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git/internal: "do not use the internal package, use AddXxx function instead"
+      - gopkg.in/ini.v1: "do not use the ini package, use gitea's config system instead"
 
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0

build/backport-locales.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -22,25 +22,21 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	ini.PrettyFormat = false
 	mustNoErr := func(err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
-	collectInis := func(ref string) map[string]*ini.File {
-		inis := map[string]*ini.File{}
+	collectInis := func(ref string) map[string]setting.ConfigProvider {
+		inis := map[string]setting.ConfigProvider{}
 		err := filepath.WalkDir("options/locale", func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			if d.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(d.Name(), ".ini") {
 				return nil
 			}
-			cfg, err := ini.LoadSources(ini.LoadOptions{
-				IgnoreInlineComment:         true,
-				UnescapeValueCommentSymbols: true,
-			}, path)
+			cfg, err := setting.NewConfigProviderForLocale(path)
 			mustNoErr(err)
 			inis[path] = cfg
 			fmt.Printf("collecting: %s @ %s\n", path, ref)

contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go

@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
 )
 
 // EnvironmentPrefix environment variables prefixed with this represent ini values to write
@@ -97,19 +95,10 @@ func runEnvironmentToIni(c *cli.Context) error {
 	providedWorkPath := c.String("work-path")
 	setting.SetCustomPathAndConf(providedCustom, providedConf, providedWorkPath)
 
-	cfg := ini.Empty()
-	confFileExists, err := util.IsFile(setting.CustomConf)
+	cfg, err := setting.NewConfigProviderFromFile(&setting.Options{CustomConf: setting.CustomConf, AllowEmpty: true})
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Unable to check if %s is a file. Error: %v", setting.CustomConf, err)
+		log.Fatal("Failed to load custom conf '%s': %v", setting.CustomConf, err)
 	}
-	if confFileExists {
-		if err := cfg.Append(setting.CustomConf); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("Failed to load custom conf '%s': %v", setting.CustomConf, err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		log.Warn("Custom config '%s' not found, ignore this if you're running first time", setting.CustomConf)
-	}
-	cfg.NameMapper = ini.SnackCase
 
 	prefixGitea := c.String("prefix") + "__"
 	suffixFile := "__FILE"

modules/repository/repo.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+	"gopkg.in/ini.v1" //nolint:depguard
 )
 
 /*
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func MigrateRepositoryGitData(ctx context.Context, u *user_model.User,
 // cleanUpMigrateGitConfig removes mirror info which prevents "push --all".
 // This also removes possible user credentials.
 func cleanUpMigrateGitConfig(configPath string) error {
-	cfg, err := ini.Load(configPath)
+	cfg, err := ini.Load(configPath) // FIXME: the ini package doesn't really work with git config files
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("open config file: %w", err)
 	}

modules/setting/config_env.go

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
-
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
 )
 
 const escapeRegexpString = "_0[xX](([0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F])+)_"
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ func decodeEnvironmentKey(prefixGitea, suffixFile, envKey string) (ok bool, sect
 	return ok, section, key, useFileValue
 }
 
-func EnvironmentToConfig(cfg *ini.File, prefixGitea, suffixFile string, envs []string) (changed bool) {
+func EnvironmentToConfig(cfg ConfigProvider, prefixGitea, suffixFile string, envs []string) (changed bool) {
 	for _, kv := range envs {
 		idx := strings.IndexByte(kv, '=')
 		if idx < 0 {

modules/setting/config_env_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
 )
 
 func TestDecodeEnvSectionKey(t *testing.T) {
@@ -71,15 +70,15 @@ func TestDecodeEnvironmentKey(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnvironmentToConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := ini.Empty()
+	cfg, _ := NewConfigProviderFromData("")
 
 	changed := EnvironmentToConfig(cfg, "GITEA__", "__FILE", nil)
 	assert.False(t, changed)
 
-	cfg, err := ini.Load([]byte(`
+	cfg, err := NewConfigProviderFromData(`
 [sec]
 key = old
-`))
+`)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	changed = EnvironmentToConfig(cfg, "GITEA__", "__FILE", []string{"GITEA__sec__key=new"})