Introduce versioned config files and config_reader_min_version

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Settings.c b/Settings.c
index 569d5450..8fb79877 100644
--- a/Settings.c
+++ b/Settings.c
@@ -166,7 +166,15 @@ static bool Settings_read(Settings* this, const char* fileName, unsigned int ini
          String_freeArray(option);
          continue;
       }
-      if (String_eq(option[0], "fields")) {
+      if (String_eq(option[0], "config_reader_min_version")) {
+         this->config_version = atoi(option[1]);
+         if (this->config_version > CONFIG_READER_MIN_VERSION) {
+             // the version of the config file on disk is newer than what we can read
+             fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: The config file %s requires support for a newer format (v%d) than what this version of htop can read (v%d).\n", fileName, this->config_version, CONFIG_READER_MIN_VERSION);
+             fprintf(stderr, "         It will be overwritten when this version of htop exits.\n");
+             return false;
+         }
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "fields")) {
          Settings_readFields(this, option[1]);
          didReadFields = true;
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "sort_key")) {
@@ -326,6 +334,8 @@ int Settings_write(const Settings* this, bool onCrash) {
       fprintf(fd, "# Beware! This file is rewritten by htop when settings are changed in the interface.\n");
       fprintf(fd, "# The parser is also very primitive, and not human-friendly.\n");
    }
+   fprintf(fd, "htop_version=%s\n", VERSION);
+   fprintf(fd, "config_reader_min_version=%d\n", CONFIG_READER_MIN_VERSION);
    writeFields(fd, this->fields, this->dynamicColumns, "fields");
    // This "-1" is for compatibility with the older enum format.
    fprintf(fd, "sort_key=%d\n", (int) this->sortKey - 1);
diff --git a/Settings.h b/Settings.h
index 97ef58a0..a512341b 100644
--- a/Settings.h
+++ b/Settings.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 
 #define DEFAULT_DELAY 15
 
+#define CONFIG_READER_MIN_VERSION 2
+
 typedef struct {
    int len;
    char** names;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct Settings_ {
    char* filename;
+   int config_version;
    MeterColumnSettings columns[2];
    Hashtable* dynamicColumns;