1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bdep/ci-types.hxx b/bdep/ci-types.hxx
index 1e8feea..fb496ba 100644
--- a/bdep/ci-types.hxx
+++ b/bdep/ci-types.hxx
@@ -11,11 +11,35 @@
 namespace bdep
 {
   // This type is intended for accumulating package manifest override values
-  // from all the override-related options (see ci-parsers.hxx for details).
+  // from all the override-related options (see ci-parsers.hxx for details) to
+  // then validate it as a whole.
   //
   class cmd_ci_override: public vector<butl::manifest_name_value>
   {
   };
+
+  // While handling a potential validation error we need to be able to
+  // attribute this error back to the option which resulted with an invalid
+  // override. For that we will encode the value's origin option into the
+  // name/value line.
+  //
+  enum class cmd_ci_override_origin: uint64_t
+  {
+    override = 1,   // --override
+    overrides_file, // --overrides-file
+    build_email,    // --build-email
+    builds,         // --builds
+    target_config,  // --target-config
+    build_config,   // --build-config
+    package_config, // --package-config
+    interactive     // --interactive
+  };
+
+  // Return the override origin description as, for example,
+  // `--override option value`.
+  //
+  const char*
+  to_string (cmd_ci_override_origin);
 }
 
 #endif // BDEP_CI_TYPES_HXX