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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt11
-rw-r--r--Makefile7
-rwxr-xr-xgenerate-cmdlist.sh48
-rw-r--r--git.c47
5 files changed, 96 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index abbc509e13..8e94cbde67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ git-write-tree
git-core-*/?*
test-date
test-delta
+common-cmds.h
*.tar.gz
*.dsc
*.deb
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 2d0ca9d8ed..8610d36c49 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@ brings your stuff to the plumbing).
OPTIONS
-------
--version::
- prints the git suite version that the 'git' program came from.
+ Prints the git suite version that the 'git' program came from.
--help::
- prints the synopsis and a list of available commands.
- If a git command is named this option will bring up the
- man-page for that command.
+ Prints the synopsis and a list of the most commonly used
+ commands. If a git command is named this option will bring up
+ the man-page for that command. If the option '--all' or '-a' is
+ given then all available commands are printed.
--exec-path::
- path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
+ Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH
environment variable. If no path is given 'git' will print
the current setting and then exit.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd2c2db19d..e75a1ab83f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -452,10 +452,13 @@ all:
strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $(PROGRAMS) git$X
-git$X: git.c $(LIB_FILE)
+git$X: git.c common-cmds.h $(LIB_FILE)
$(CC) -DGIT_VERSION='"$(GIT_VERSION)"' \
$(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(filter %.c,$^) $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBS)
+common-cmds.h: Documentation/git-*.txt
+ ./generate-cmdlist.sh > $@
+
$(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) : % : %.sh
rm -f $@
sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
@@ -612,7 +615,7 @@ rpm: dist
clean:
rm -f *.o mozilla-sha1/*.o arm/*.o ppc/*.o compat/*.o $(LIB_FILE)
rm -f $(ALL_PROGRAMS) git$X
- rm -f *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo
+ rm -f *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo common-cmds.h
rm -rf $(GIT_TARNAME)
rm -f $(GIT_TARNAME).tar.gz git-core_$(GIT_VERSION)-*.tar.gz
$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
diff --git a/generate-cmdlist.sh b/generate-cmdlist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6ee85d5a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-cmdlist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "/* Automatically generated by $0 */
+struct cmdname_help
+{
+ char name[16];
+ char help[64];
+};
+
+struct cmdname_help common_cmds[] = {"
+
+sort <<\EOF |
+add
+apply
+bisect
+branch
+checkout
+cherry-pick
+clone
+commit
+diff
+fetch
+grep
+init-db
+log
+merge
+mv
+prune
+pull
+push
+rebase
+reset
+revert
+rm
+show
+show-branch
+status
+tag
+verify-tag
+whatchanged
+EOF
+while read cmd
+do
+ sed -n "/NAME/,/git-$cmd/H;
+ \$ {x; s/.*git-$cmd - \\(.*\\)/ {\"$cmd\", \"\1\"},/; p}" \
+ "Documentation/git-$cmd.txt"
+done
+echo "};"
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 746e2af684..0b40e3060d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include "git-compat-util.h"
#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "common-cmds.h"
#include "cache.h"
#include "commit.h"
@@ -171,11 +172,29 @@ static void list_commands(const char *exec_path, const char *pattern)
putchar('\n');
}
+static void list_common_cmds_help()
+{
+ int i, longest = 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds); i++) {
+ if (longest < strlen(common_cmds[i].name))
+ longest = strlen(common_cmds[i].name);
+ }
+
+ puts("The most commonly used git commands are:");
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds); i++) {
+ printf(" %s", common_cmds[i].name);
+ mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_cmds[i].name) + 4);
+ puts(common_cmds[i].help);
+ }
+ puts("(use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)");
+}
+
#ifdef __GNUC__
-static void cmd_usage(const char *exec_path, const char *fmt, ...)
- __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, 2, 3), __noreturn__));
+static void cmd_usage(int show_all, const char *exec_path, const char *fmt, ...)
+ __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, 3, 4), __noreturn__));
#endif
-static void cmd_usage(const char *exec_path, const char *fmt, ...)
+static void cmd_usage(int show_all, const char *exec_path, const char *fmt, ...)
{
if (fmt) {
va_list ap;
@@ -189,10 +208,13 @@ static void cmd_usage(const char *exec_path, const char *fmt, ...)
else
puts(git_usage);
- putchar('\n');
-
- if(exec_path)
- list_commands(exec_path, "git-*");
+ if (exec_path) {
+ putchar('\n');
+ if (show_all)
+ list_commands(exec_path, "git-*");
+ else
+ list_common_cmds_help();
+ }
exit(1);
}
@@ -244,8 +266,11 @@ static int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
{
const char *help_cmd = argv[1];
if (!help_cmd)
- cmd_usage(git_exec_path(), NULL);
- show_man_page(help_cmd);
+ cmd_usage(0, git_exec_path(), NULL);
+ else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--all") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-a"))
+ cmd_usage(1, git_exec_path(), NULL);
+ else
+ show_man_page(help_cmd);
return 0;
}
@@ -418,7 +443,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
puts(git_exec_path());
exit(0);
}
- cmd_usage(NULL, NULL);
+ cmd_usage(0, NULL, NULL);
}
argv[0] = cmd;
@@ -441,7 +466,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
execv_git_cmd(argv);
if (errno == ENOENT)
- cmd_usage(exec_path, "'%s' is not a git-command", cmd);
+ cmd_usage(0, exec_path, "'%s' is not a git-command", cmd);
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
git_command, strerror(errno));