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diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 43d3c84449..062957f629 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
#include "cache.h"
#include "builtin.h"
#include "exec_cmd.h"
-#include "common-cmds.h"
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "run-command.h"
#include "column.h"
#include "help.h"
+#ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
+#define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
+#endif
+
static struct man_viewer_list {
struct man_viewer_list *next;
char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
@@ -30,21 +33,25 @@ enum help_format {
HELP_FORMAT_WEB
};
+static const char *html_path;
+
static int show_all = 0;
+static int show_guides = 0;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
- OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "print all available commands"),
- OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, "show man page", HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
- OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, "show manual in web browser",
+ OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
+ 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"),
HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
- OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, "show info page",
+ OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
OPT_END(),
};
static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
- "git help [--all] [--man|--web|--info] [command]",
+ N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man|--web|--info] [command]"),
NULL
};
@@ -231,21 +238,21 @@ 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;
+ int 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;
@@ -261,6 +268,12 @@ static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
help_format = parse_help_format(value);
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
+ if (!value)
+ return config_error_nonbool(var);
+ html_path = xstrdup(value);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
@@ -275,23 +288,6 @@ static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
-void list_common_cmds_help(void)
-{
- 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));
- puts(_(common_cmds[i].help));
- }
-}
-
static int is_git_command(const char *s)
{
return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
@@ -383,12 +379,15 @@ 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;
- const char *html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
+ if (!html_path)
+ html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
/* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
- if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
- || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
- die(_("'%s': not a documentation directory."), html_path);
+ if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
+ if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
+ || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+ die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
+ }
strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
@@ -416,6 +415,37 @@ 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") },
+ { "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)
+{
+ int i, longest = 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
+ if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
+ longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
+ }
+
+ 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));
+ }
+ putchar('\n');
+}
+
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
@@ -431,7 +461,16 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+ }
+
+ if (show_guides)
+ list_common_guides_help();
+
+ if (show_all || show_guides) {
printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
+ /*
+ * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
+ */
return 0;
}
@@ -447,6 +486,8 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
help_format = parsed_help_format;
+ 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])) {