1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
index f882d49ed1..af04b10901 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
@@ -387,6 +387,13 @@ public class Config {
 		if (value == null)
 			return defaultValue;
 
+		if (all[0] instanceof ConfigEnum) {
+			for (T t : all) {
+				if (((ConfigEnum) t).matchConfigValue(value))
+					return t;
+			}
+		}
+
 		String n = value.replace(' ', '_');
 
 		// Because of c98abc9c0586c73ef7df4172644b7dd21c979e9d being used in
@@ -728,7 +735,11 @@ public class Config {
 	 */
 	public <T extends Enum<?>> void setEnum(final String section,
 			final String subsection, final String name, final T value) {
-		String n = value.name().toLowerCase().replace('_', ' ');
+		String n;
+		if (value instanceof ConfigEnum)
+			n = ((ConfigEnum) value).toConfigValue();
+		else
+			n = value.name().toLowerCase().replace('_', ' ');
 		setString(section, subsection, name, n);
 	}
 
@@ -1275,4 +1286,27 @@ public class Config {
 			pos--;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts enumeration values into configuration options and vice-versa,
+	 * allowing to match a config option with an enum value.
+	 *
+	 */
+	public static interface ConfigEnum {
+		/**
+		 * Converts enumeration value into a string to be save in config.
+		 *
+		 * @return the enum value as config string
+		 */
+		String toConfigValue();
+
+		/**
+		 * Checks if the given string matches with enum value.
+		 *
+		 * @param in
+		 *            the string to match
+		 * @return true if the given string matches enum value, false otherwise
+		 */
+		boolean matchConfigValue(String in);
+	}
 }