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diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 8d4f6dd301..299206eb57 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "run-command.h"
#include "column.h"
+#include "config-list.h"
#include "help.h"
#include "alias.h"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ 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;
@@ -62,6 +63,91 @@ static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
NULL
};
+struct slot_expansion {
+ const char *prefix;
+ const char *placeholder;
+ void (*fn)(struct string_list *list, const char *prefix);
+ int found;
+};
+
+static void list_config_help(int for_human)
+{
+ struct slot_expansion slot_expansions[] = {
+ { "advice", "*", list_config_advices },
+ { "color.branch", "<slot>", list_config_color_branch_slots },
+ { "color.decorate", "<slot>", list_config_color_decorate_slots },
+ { "color.diff", "<slot>", list_config_color_diff_slots },
+ { "color.grep", "<slot>", list_config_color_grep_slots },
+ { "color.interactive", "<slot>", list_config_color_interactive_slots },
+ { "color.remote", "<slot>", list_config_color_sideband_slots },
+ { "color.status", "<slot>", list_config_color_status_slots },
+ { "fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+ { "receive.fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+ { NULL, NULL, NULL }
+ };
+ const char **p;
+ struct slot_expansion *e;
+ struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+ int i;
+
+ for (p = config_name_list; *p; p++) {
+ const char *var = *p;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++) {
+
+ strbuf_reset(&sb);
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s.%s", e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+ if (!strcasecmp(var, sb.buf)) {
+ e->fn(&keys, e->prefix);
+ e->found++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ if (!e->prefix)
+ string_list_append(&keys, var);
+ }
+
+ for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++)
+ if (!e->found)
+ BUG("slot_expansion %s.%s is not used",
+ e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+
+ string_list_sort(&keys);
+ for (i = 0; i < keys.nr; i++) {
+ const char *var = keys.items[i].string;
+ const char *wildcard, *tag, *cut;
+
+ if (for_human) {
+ puts(var);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ wildcard = strchr(var, '*');
+ tag = strchr(var, '<');
+
+ if (!wildcard && !tag) {
+ puts(var);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (wildcard && !tag)
+ cut = wildcard;
+ else if (!wildcard && tag)
+ cut = tag;
+ else
+ cut = wildcard < tag ? wildcard : tag;
+
+ /*
+ * We may produce duplicates, but that's up to
+ * git-completion.bash to handle
+ */
+ printf("%.*s\n", (int)(cut - var), var);
+ }
+ string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
+}
+
static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
{
if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
@@ -70,6 +156,10 @@ static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
+ /*
+ * Please update _git_config() in git-completion.bash when you
+ * add new help formats.
+ */
die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
}
@@ -238,7 +328,7 @@ static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
{
const char *name, *subkey;
- int namelen;
+ size_t namelen;
if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
return 0;
@@ -415,9 +505,37 @@ 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)