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diff --git a/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx b/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
index 398512c..b1a61a2 100644
--- a/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/config/functions.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,58 @@ namespace build2
{
function_family f (m, "config");
+ // $config.origin()
+ //
+ // Return the origin of the value of the specified configuration
+ // variable. 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;
+
+ switch (origin (*s, convert<string> (move (name))).first)
+ {
+ case variable_origin::undefined: return "undefined";
+ case variable_origin::default_: return "default";
+ case variable_origin::buildfile: return "buildfile";
+ case variable_origin::override_: return "override";
+ }
+
+ return ""; // Should not reach.
+ };
+
+ // $config.save()
+ //
// Return the configuration file contents as a string, similar to the
// config.config.save variable functionality.
//
@@ -40,7 +92,10 @@ namespace build2
if (s == nullptr)
fail << "config.save() called out of project" << endf;
- module* mod (s->find_module<module> (module::name));
+ // See save_config() for details.
+ //
+ assert (s->ctx.phase == run_phase::load);
+ const module* mod (s->find_module<module> (module::name));
if (mod == nullptr)
fail << "config.save() called without config module";