From 64aea5de535c1e9d66d993a6648d86e18e259443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:29:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] If file `.bootstrap' exists in the cwd and is readable,
 prepend its contents to the command line

---
 bootstrap | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index affe7a9..d113f5a 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ usage() {
  --no-po                      Do not download po files.
  --update-po[=LANG]           Update po file(s) and exit.
 
+If the file `.bootstrap' exists in the current working directory, its
+contents is read, comments and empty lines removed, shell variables expanded
+and the result is prepended to the command line options.
+
 Running without arguments will suffice in most cases. It is equivalent
 to
 
@@ -79,6 +83,12 @@ update_po() {
   fi
 }
 
+# Read configuration file
+if [ -r .bootstrap ]; then
+  echo "$0: Reading configuration file .bootstrap"
+  eval set -- "`sed 's/#.*$//;/^$/d' .bootstrap | tr '\n' ' '` $*"
+fi
+
 # Parse options.
 
 DOWNLOAD_PO=yes
-- 
2.44.0