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1 files changed, 56 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 9da97d7462..cbbe966f68 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include "exec_cmd.h"
#include "levenshtein.h"
#include "help.h"
+#include "common-cmds.h"
/* most GUI terminals set COLUMNS (although some don't export it) */
static int term_columns(void)
@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ static int is_executable(const char *name)
!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
return 0;
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+if ((st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) == 0)
+#endif
{ /* cannot trust the executable bit, peek into the file instead */
char buf[3] = { 0 };
int n;
@@ -298,7 +302,12 @@ static void add_cmd_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *old)
}
/* An empirically derived magic number */
-#define SIMILAR_ENOUGH(x) ((x) < 6)
+#define SIMILARITY_FLOOR 7
+#define SIMILAR_ENOUGH(x) ((x) < SIMILARITY_FLOOR)
+
+static const char bad_interpreter_advice[] =
+ N_("'%s' appears to be a git command, but we were not\n"
+ "able to execute it. Maybe git-%s is broken?");
const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
{
@@ -319,10 +328,36 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
sizeof(main_cmds.names), cmdname_compare);
uniq(&main_cmds);
- /* This reuses cmdname->len for similarity index */
- for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; ++i)
+ /* This abuses cmdname->len for levenshtein distance */
+ for (i = 0, n = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++) {
+ int cmp = 0; /* avoid compiler stupidity */
+ const char *candidate = main_cmds.names[i]->name;
+
+ /*
+ * An exact match means we have the command, but
+ * for some reason exec'ing it gave us ENOENT; probably
+ * it's a bad interpreter in the #! line.
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(candidate, cmd))
+ die(_(bad_interpreter_advice), cmd, cmd);
+
+ /* Does the candidate appear in common_cmds list? */
+ while (n < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds) &&
+ (cmp = strcmp(common_cmds[n].name, candidate)) < 0)
+ n++;
+ if ((n < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds)) && !cmp) {
+ /* Yes, this is one of the common commands */
+ n++; /* use the entry from common_cmds[] */
+ if (!prefixcmp(candidate, cmd)) {
+ /* Give prefix match a very good score */
+ main_cmds.names[i]->len = 0;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
main_cmds.names[i]->len =
- levenshtein(cmd, main_cmds.names[i]->name, 0, 2, 1, 4);
+ levenshtein(cmd, candidate, 0, 2, 1, 4) + 1;
+ }
qsort(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt,
sizeof(*main_cmds.names), levenshtein_compare);
@@ -330,10 +365,21 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
if (!main_cmds.cnt)
die ("Uh oh. Your system reports no Git commands at all.");
- best_similarity = main_cmds.names[0]->len;
- n = 1;
- while (n < main_cmds.cnt && best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len)
- ++n;
+ /* skip and count prefix matches */
+ for (n = 0; n < main_cmds.cnt && !main_cmds.names[n]->len; n++)
+ ; /* still counting */
+
+ if (main_cmds.cnt <= n) {
+ /* prefix matches with everything? that is too ambiguous */
+ best_similarity = SIMILARITY_FLOOR + 1;
+ } else {
+ /* count all the most similar ones */
+ for (best_similarity = main_cmds.names[n++]->len;
+ (n < main_cmds.cnt &&
+ best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len);
+ n++)
+ ; /* still counting */
+ }
if (autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
@@ -350,7 +396,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
return assumed;
}
- fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
+ fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
if (SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean %s?\n",