help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commands

[thirdparty/git.git] / git.c

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 968a8a464588f10c5c1564440e06d5e5afe8d37a..6ade0bc93807c2bd2f2f325d203643ea32a9cd8c 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -522,21 +522,34 @@ static void strip_extension(const char **argv)
 
 static void handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
+       struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
        const char *cmd;
        struct cmd_struct *builtin;
 
        strip_extension(argv);
        cmd = argv[0];
 
-       /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
+       /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help --exclude-guides cmd" */
        if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+               int i;
+
                argv[1] = argv[0];
                argv[0] = cmd = "help";
+
+               for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+                       argv_array_push(&args, argv[i]);
+                       if (!i)
+                               argv_array_push(&args, "--exclude-guides");
+               }
+
+               argc++;
+               argv = args.argv;
        }
 
        builtin = get_builtin(cmd);
        if (builtin)
                exit(run_builtin(builtin, argc, argv));
+       argv_array_clear(&args);
 }
 
 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)