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diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 6067a6134b..b7eec06c3d 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
/*
- * builtin-help.c
- *
* Builtin help command
*/
#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
#include "builtin.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "run-command.h"
#include "column.h"
+#include "config-list.h"
#include "help.h"
+#include "alias.h"
#ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
#define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
@@ -36,23 +37,117 @@ enum help_format {
static const char *html_path;
static int show_all = 0;
+static int show_guides = 0;
+static int show_config;
+static int verbose = 1;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
+static int exclude_guides;
static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
- OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
+ OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
+ OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
+ OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
+ OPT_BOOL('c', "config", &show_config, N_("print all configuration variable names")),
+ OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "config-for-completion", &show_config, "", 2, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
+ OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")),
OPT_END(),
};
static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
- N_("git help [--all] [--man|--web|--info] [command]"),
+ N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man | --web | --info] [<command>]"),
NULL
};
+struct slot_expansion {
+ const char *prefix;
+ const char *placeholder;
+ void (*fn)(struct string_list *list, const char *prefix);
+ int found;
+};
+
+static void list_config_help(int for_human)
+{
+ struct slot_expansion slot_expansions[] = {
+ { "advice", "*", list_config_advices },
+ { "color.branch", "<slot>", list_config_color_branch_slots },
+ { "color.decorate", "<slot>", list_config_color_decorate_slots },
+ { "color.diff", "<slot>", list_config_color_diff_slots },
+ { "color.grep", "<slot>", list_config_color_grep_slots },
+ { "color.interactive", "<slot>", list_config_color_interactive_slots },
+ { "color.remote", "<slot>", list_config_color_sideband_slots },
+ { "color.status", "<slot>", list_config_color_status_slots },
+ { "fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+ { "receive.fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+ { NULL, NULL, NULL }
+ };
+ const char **p;
+ struct slot_expansion *e;
+ struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+ int i;
+
+ for (p = config_name_list; *p; p++) {
+ const char *var = *p;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++) {
+
+ strbuf_reset(&sb);
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s.%s", e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+ if (!strcasecmp(var, sb.buf)) {
+ e->fn(&keys, e->prefix);
+ e->found++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ if (!e->prefix)
+ string_list_append(&keys, var);
+ }
+
+ for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++)
+ if (!e->found)
+ BUG("slot_expansion %s.%s is not used",
+ e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+
+ string_list_sort(&keys);
+ for (i = 0; i < keys.nr; i++) {
+ const char *var = keys.items[i].string;
+ const char *wildcard, *tag, *cut;
+
+ if (for_human) {
+ puts(var);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ wildcard = strchr(var, '*');
+ tag = strchr(var, '<');
+
+ if (!wildcard && !tag) {
+ puts(var);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (wildcard && !tag)
+ cut = wildcard;
+ else if (!wildcard && tag)
+ cut = tag;
+ else
+ cut = wildcard < tag ? wildcard : tag;
+
+ /*
+ * We may produce duplicates, but that's up to
+ * git-completion.bash to handle
+ */
+ printf("%.*s\n", (int)(cut - var), var);
+ }
+ string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
+}
+
static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
{
if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
@@ -61,6 +156,10 @@ static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
+ /*
+ * Please update _git_config() in git-completion.bash when you
+ * add new help formats.
+ */
die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
}
@@ -79,12 +178,11 @@ static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
{
struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
- struct child_process ec_process;
+ struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
int version;
/* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
- memset(&ec_process, 0, sizeof(ec_process));
ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
ec_process.err = -1;
ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
@@ -100,7 +198,7 @@ static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
*/
finish_command(&ec_process);
- if (prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
+ if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
strbuf_release(&buffer);
return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
}
@@ -128,7 +226,8 @@ static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
path = "emacsclient";
strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
- warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
+ warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
+ strbuf_release(&man_page);
}
}
@@ -141,22 +240,16 @@ static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
/* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
if (path) {
- const char *file = strrchr(path, '/');
- if (file && !strcmp(file + 1, "konqueror")) {
- char *new = xstrdup(path);
- char *dest = strrchr(new, '/');
-
- /* strlen("konqueror") == strlen("kfmclient") */
- strcpy(dest + 1, "kfmclient");
- path = new;
- }
- if (file)
- filename = file;
+ size_t len;
+ if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
+ path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
+ filename = basename((char *)path);
} else
path = "kfmclient";
strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
- warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
+ warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
+ strbuf_release(&man_page);
}
}
@@ -165,26 +258,25 @@ static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
if (!path)
path = "man";
execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
- warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
+ warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
}
static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
{
struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
- execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
- warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), cmd, strerror(errno));
+ execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
+ warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
+ strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
}
static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
{
struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
- size_t len = strlen(name);
while (*p)
p = &((*p)->next);
- *p = xcalloc(1, (sizeof(**p) + len + 1));
- strncpy((*p)->name, name, len);
+ FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
}
static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
@@ -198,12 +290,11 @@ static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
size_t len,
const char *value)
{
- struct man_viewer_info_list *new = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new) + len + 1);
-
- strncpy(new->name, name, len);
- new->info = xstrdup(value);
- new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
- man_viewer_info_list = new;
+ struct man_viewer_info_list *new_man_viewer;
+ FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new_man_viewer, name, name, len);
+ new_man_viewer->info = xstrdup(value);
+ new_man_viewer->next = man_viewer_info_list;
+ man_viewer_info_list = new_man_viewer;
}
static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
@@ -236,21 +327,21 @@ static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
{
- const char *name = var + 4;
- const char *subkey = strrchr(name, '.');
+ const char *name, *subkey;
+ size_t namelen;
- if (!subkey)
+ if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
return 0;
- if (!strcmp(subkey, ".path")) {
+ if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
- return add_man_viewer_path(name, subkey - name, value);
+ return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
}
- if (!strcmp(subkey, ".cmd")) {
+ if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
- return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, subkey - name, value);
+ return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
}
return 0;
@@ -258,7 +349,7 @@ static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
{
- if (!prefixcmp(var, "column."))
+ if (starts_with(var, "column."))
return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
if (!value)
@@ -278,7 +369,7 @@ static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
add_man_viewer(value);
return 0;
}
- if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
+ if (starts_with(var, "man."))
return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
@@ -288,46 +379,42 @@ static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
static int is_git_command(const char *s)
{
+ if (is_builtin(s))
+ return 1;
+
+ load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
}
-static const char *prepend(const char *prefix, const char *cmd)
-{
- size_t pre_len = strlen(prefix);
- size_t cmd_len = strlen(cmd);
- char *p = xmalloc(pre_len + cmd_len + 1);
- memcpy(p, prefix, pre_len);
- strcpy(p + pre_len, cmd);
- return p;
-}
-
static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
{
if (!git_cmd)
return "git";
- else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
+ else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
return git_cmd;
else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
- return prepend("git-", git_cmd);
+ return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
else
- return prepend("git", git_cmd);
+ return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
}
static void setup_man_path(void)
{
struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
+ char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
/* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
* old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
* system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
* there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
- strbuf_addstr(&new_path, system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
+ strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
if (old_path)
strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
+ free(git_man_path);
setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
strbuf_release(&new_path);
@@ -349,10 +436,9 @@ static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
}
-static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
+static void show_man_page(const char *page)
{
struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
- const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
setup_man_path();
@@ -366,9 +452,8 @@ static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
}
-static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
+static void show_info_page(const char *page)
{
- const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
@@ -377,8 +462,10 @@ static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
{
struct stat st;
+ char *to_free = NULL;
+
if (!html_path)
- html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
+ html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
/* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
@@ -389,23 +476,16 @@ static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
+ free(to_free);
}
-/*
- * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
- * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
- * HTML.
- */
-#ifndef open_html
static void open_html(const char *path)
{
execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
}
-#endif
-static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
+static void show_html_page(const char *page)
{
- const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
@@ -413,12 +493,59 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
open_html(page_path.buf);
}
+static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
+{
+ char *alias;
+
+ if (is_git_command(cmd))
+ return cmd;
+
+ alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
+ if (alias) {
+ const char **argv;
+ int count;
+
+ /*
+ * handle_builtin() in git.c rewrites "git cmd --help"
+ * to "git help --exclude-guides cmd", so we can use
+ * exclude_guides to distinguish "git cmd --help" from
+ * "git help cmd". In the latter case, or if cmd is an
+ * alias for a shell command, just print the alias
+ * definition.
+ */
+ if (!exclude_guides || alias[0] == '!') {
+ printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ free(alias);
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, we pretend that the command was "git
+ * word0 --help". We use split_cmdline() to get the
+ * first word of the alias, to ensure that we use the
+ * same rules as when the alias is actually
+ * used. split_cmdline() modifies alias in-place.
+ */
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ count = split_cmdline(alias, &argv);
+ if (count < 0)
+ die(_("bad alias.%s string: %s"), cmd,
+ split_cmdline_strerror(count));
+ free(argv);
+ UNLEAK(alias);
+ return alias;
+ }
+
+ if (exclude_guides)
+ return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
+
+ return cmd;
+}
+
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
- const char *alias;
enum help_format parsed_help_format;
- load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+ const char *page;
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
builtin_help_usage, 0);
@@ -426,9 +553,37 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (show_all) {
git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+ if (verbose) {
+ setup_pager();
+ list_all_cmds_help();
+ return 0;
+ }
printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
+ load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+ }
+
+ if (show_config) {
+ int for_human = show_config == 1;
+
+ if (!for_human) {
+ list_config_help(for_human);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ setup_pager();
+ list_config_help(for_human);
+ printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (show_guides)
+ list_guides_help();
+
+ if (show_all || show_guides) {
printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
+ /*
+ * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
+ */
return 0;
}
@@ -447,22 +602,19 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
- alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
- if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
- printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), argv[0], alias);
- return 0;
- }
+ argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
+ page = cmd_to_page(argv[0]);
switch (help_format) {
case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
- show_man_page(argv[0]);
+ show_man_page(page);
break;
case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
- show_info_page(argv[0]);
+ show_info_page(page);
break;
case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
- show_html_page(argv[0]);
+ show_html_page(page);
break;
}