1 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx b/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
index 3d35a01..3e1b8a3 100644
--- a/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,76 @@ namespace build2
     {
       function_family f (m, "config");
 
+      // $config.origin()
+      //
+      // Return the origin of the specified configuration variable value.
+      // Possible result values and their semantics are as follows:
+      //
+      // undefined
+      //    The variable is undefined.
+      //
+      // default
+      //    The variable has the default value from the config directive (or
+      //    as specified by a module).
+      //
+      // buildfile
+      //    The variable has the value from a buildfile, normally config.build
+      //    but could also be from file(s) specified with config.config.load.
+      //
+      // override
+      //    The variable has the command line override value. Note that if
+      //    the override happens to be append/prepend, then the value could
+      //    incorporate the original value.
+      //
+      // Note that the variable must be specified as a name and not as an
+      // expansion (i.e., without $).
+      //
+      // Note that this function is not pure.
+      //
+      f.insert (".origin", false) += [] (const scope* s, names name)
+      {
+        if (s == nullptr)
+          fail << "config.origin() called out of scope" << endf;
+
+        // Only look in the root scope since that's the only config.*
+        // variables we generally consider.
+        //
+        s = s->root_scope ();
+
+        if (s == nullptr)
+          fail << "config.origin() called out of project" << endf;
+
+        string n (convert<string> (move (name)));
+
+        // Make sure this is a config.* variable. This could matter since we
+        // reply on the semantics of value::extra. We could also detect
+        // special variables like config.booted, some config.config.*, etc.,
+        // (see config_save() for details) but that seems harmless.
+        //
+        if (n.compare (0, 7, "config.") != 0)
+          fail << "non-config.* variable passed to config.origin()" << endf;
+
+        const variable* var (s->ctx.var_pool.find (n));
+
+        if (var == nullptr)
+          return "undefined";
+
+        pair<lookup, size_t> org (s->lookup_original (*var));
+        pair<lookup, size_t> ovr (var->overrides == nullptr
+                                  ? org
+                                  : s->lookup_override (*var, org));
+
+        if (!ovr.first.defined ())
+          return "undefined";
+
+        if (org.first != ovr.first)
+          return "override";
+
+        return org.first->extra ? "default" : "buildfile";
+      };
+
+      // $config.save()
+      //
       // Return the configuration file contents as a string, similar to the
       // config.config.save variable functionality.
       //