Add `minetest.get_game_info` and allow reading `game.conf` (#12989)

Co-authored-by: sfan5 <sfan5@live.de>

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
index a5daae346..fb2018aac 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,20 @@ int ModApiServer::l_get_modnames(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+// get_game_info()
+int ModApiServer::l_get_game_info(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+	const SubgameSpec *game_spec = getGameDef(L)->getGameSpec();
+	assert(game_spec);
+	lua_newtable(L);
+	setstringfield(L, -1, "id", game_spec->id);
+	setstringfield(L, -1, "title", game_spec->title);
+	setstringfield(L, -1, "author", game_spec->author);
+	setstringfield(L, -1, "path", game_spec->path);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 // get_worldpath()
 int ModApiServer::l_get_worldpath(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -608,6 +622,7 @@ void ModApiServer::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(get_current_modname);
 	API_FCT(get_modpath);
 	API_FCT(get_modnames);
+	API_FCT(get_game_info);
 
 	API_FCT(print);
 
@@ -643,4 +658,5 @@ void ModApiServer::InitializeAsync(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(get_current_modname);
 	API_FCT(get_modpath);
 	API_FCT(get_modnames);
+	API_FCT(get_game_info);
 }
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
index a4f38c34e..15d61669e 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ private:
 	// the returned list is sorted alphabetically for you
 	static int l_get_modnames(lua_State *L);
 
+	// get_game_info()
+	static int l_get_game_info(lua_State *L);
+
 	// print(text)
 	static int l_print(lua_State *L);