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merge: optimization to skip evaluate_result for single strategy
[thirdparty/git.git] / builtin / help.c
index 598867cfea40c6e0df25111c5484dde5d2cd8b47..e5590d7787c50af121db0ba7e6221e89c6785df1 100644 (file)
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "column.h"
 #include "help.h"
+#include "alias.h"
 
 #ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
 #define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ static const char *html_path;
 
 static int show_all = 0;
 static int show_guides = 0;
+static int show_config;
+static int verbose = 1;
 static unsigned int colopts;
 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
 static int exclude_guides;
@@ -43,11 +46,14 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
        OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
        OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
        OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
+       OPT_BOOL('c', "config", &show_config, N_("print all configuration variable names")),
+       OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "config-for-completion", &show_config, "", 2, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
        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, N_("show info page"),
                        HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
+       OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")),
        OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -64,6 +70,10 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -400,38 +410,6 @@ 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") },
-       { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
-       { "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');
-}
-
 static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
 {
        char *alias;
@@ -441,9 +419,37 @@ 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)
@@ -463,11 +469,29 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        if (show_all) {
                git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+               if (verbose) {
+                       setup_pager();
+                       list_all_cmds_help();
+                       return 0;
+               }
                printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
                load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
                list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
        }
 
+       if (show_config) {
+               int for_human = show_config == 1;
+
+               if (!for_human) {
+                       list_config_help(for_human);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               setup_pager();
+               list_config_help(for_human);
+               printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        if (show_guides)
                list_common_guides_help();