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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 3c55ce4563..49f7a07f85 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ static int show_all = 0;
static int show_guides = 0;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
+static int exclude_guides;
static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
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_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"),
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ 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);
}
}
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
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);
}
}
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ 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)
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ 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(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
- warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), cmd, strerror(errno));
+ warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
}
static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
@@ -379,17 +381,10 @@ static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *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)
{
@@ -433,10 +428,29 @@ static void list_common_guides_help(void)
putchar('\n');
}
+static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
+{
+ char *alias;
+
+ if (is_git_command(cmd))
+ return cmd;
+
+ alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
+ if (alias) {
+ printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ free(alias);
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
+ if (exclude_guides)
+ return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
+
+ return cmd;
+}
+
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
- char *alias;
enum help_format parsed_help_format;
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
@@ -476,12 +490,7 @@ 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);
- free(alias);
- return 0;
- }
+ argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
switch (help_format) {
case HELP_FORMAT_NONE: