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diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 3c55ce4563..8d4f6dd301 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
* 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 "help.h"
+#include "alias.h"
#ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
#define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
@@ -35,16 +37,23 @@ static const char *html_path;
static int show_all = 0;
static int show_guides = 0;
+static int show_config;
+static int verbose;
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_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(),
};
@@ -127,7 +136,8 @@ 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);
}
}
@@ -148,7 +158,8 @@ 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);
+ strbuf_release(&man_page);
}
}
@@ -157,7 +168,7 @@ 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 +176,8 @@ 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);
+ strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
}
static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
@@ -188,11 +200,11 @@ static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
size_t len,
const char *value)
{
- struct man_viewer_info_list *new;
- FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(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,
@@ -379,17 +391,10 @@ 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)
{
@@ -401,42 +406,29 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
open_html(page_path.buf);
}
-static struct {
- const char *name;
- const char *help;
-} common_guides[] = {
- { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
- { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
- { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
- { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
- { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
- { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
- { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
- { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
-};
-
-static void list_common_guides_help(void)
+static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
{
- int i, longest = 0;
+ char *alias;
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
- if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
- longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
- }
+ if (is_git_command(cmd))
+ return cmd;
- puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
- printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
- mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
- puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
+ alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
+ if (alias) {
+ printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ free(alias);
+ exit(0);
}
- putchar('\n');
+
+ 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,
@@ -445,11 +437,29 @@ 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_common_guides_help();
@@ -476,12 +486,7 @@ 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: