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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/help.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/help.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c index 8d4f6dd301..7739a5c155 100644 --- a/builtin/help.c +++ b/builtin/help.c @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const char *html_path; static int show_all = 0; static int show_guides = 0; static int show_config; -static int verbose; +static int verbose = 1; static unsigned int colopts; static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE; static int exclude_guides; @@ -415,9 +415,37 @@ static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd) alias = alias_lookup(cmd); if (alias) { - printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias); - free(alias); - exit(0); + 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) |