]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/git.git/commitdiff
git: add `deprecated` category to --list-cmds
authorKristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:24:12 +0000 (22:24 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:47:22 +0000 (13:47 -0700)
With 145 builtin commands (according to `git --list-cmds=builtins`),
users are probably not keeping on top of which ones (if any) are
deprecated.

Let’s expand the experimental `--list-cmds`[1] to allow users and
programs to query for this information.  We will also use this in an
upcoming commit to implement `is_deprecated_command`.

[1]: Using something which is experimental to query for deprecations is
    perhaps not the most ideal approach, but it is simple to implement
    and better than having to scan the documentation

Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git.adoc
git.c

index 743b7b00e4d751eddcca54987673a98fed3fbd51..a2f0838b168c24ca61eb6eb9ea42c58e0145c743 100644 (file)
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
        List commands by group. This is an internal/experimental
        option and may change or be removed in the future. Supported
        groups are: builtins, parseopt (builtin commands that use
-       parse-options), main (all commands in libexec directory),
+       parse-options), deprecated (deprecated builtins),
+       main (all commands in libexec directory),
        others (all other commands in `$PATH` that have git- prefix),
        list-<category> (see categories in command-list.txt),
        nohelpers (exclude helper commands), alias and config
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 83eac0aeab75d63593fcd9f15698d32a0486d39d..511efdf20569b09c5f047e4f884d6609dab0b0e8 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define NEED_WORK_TREE         (1<<3)
 #define DELAY_PAGER_CONFIG     (1<<4)
 #define NO_PARSEOPT            (1<<5) /* parse-options is not used */
+#define DEPRECATED             (1<<6)
 
 struct cmd_struct {
        const char *cmd;
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ const char git_more_info_string[] =
 
 static int use_pager = -1;
 
-static void list_builtins(struct string_list *list, unsigned int exclude_option);
+static void list_builtins(struct string_list *list,
+                         unsigned int include_option,
+                         unsigned int exclude_option);
 
 static void exclude_helpers_from_list(struct string_list *list)
 {
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
                int len = sep - spec;
 
                if (match_token(spec, len, "builtins"))
-                       list_builtins(&list, 0);
+                       list_builtins(&list, 0, 0);
                else if (match_token(spec, len, "main"))
                        list_all_main_cmds(&list);
                else if (match_token(spec, len, "others"))
@@ -99,6 +102,8 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
                        list_aliases(&list);
                else if (match_token(spec, len, "config"))
                        list_cmds_by_config(&list);
+               else if (match_token(spec, len, "deprecated"))
+                       list_builtins(&list, DEPRECATED, 0);
                else if (len > 5 && !strncmp(spec, "list-", 5)) {
                        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
                        if (!strcmp(cmd, "parseopt")) {
                                struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 
-                               list_builtins(&list, NO_PARSEOPT);
+                               list_builtins(&list, 0, NO_PARSEOPT);
                                for (size_t i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
                                        printf("%s ", list.items[i].string);
                                string_list_clear(&list, 0);
@@ -590,7 +595,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
        { "notes", cmd_notes, RUN_SETUP },
        { "pack-objects", cmd_pack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
 #ifndef WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES
-       { "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
+       { "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT | DEPRECATED },
 #endif
        { "pack-refs", cmd_pack_refs, RUN_SETUP },
        { "patch-id", cmd_patch_id, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | NO_PARSEOPT },
@@ -647,7 +652,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
        { "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
        { "version", cmd_version },
 #ifndef WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES
-       { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP },
+       { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP | DEPRECATED },
 #endif
        { "worktree", cmd_worktree, RUN_SETUP },
        { "write-tree", cmd_write_tree, RUN_SETUP },
@@ -668,11 +673,16 @@ int is_builtin(const char *s)
        return !!get_builtin(s);
 }
 
-static void list_builtins(struct string_list *out, unsigned int exclude_option)
+static void list_builtins(struct string_list *out,
+                         unsigned int include_option,
+                         unsigned int exclude_option)
 {
+       if (include_option && exclude_option)
+               BUG("'include_option' and 'exclude_option' are mutually exclusive");
        for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
-               if (exclude_option &&
-                   (commands[i].option & exclude_option))
+               if (include_option && !(commands[i].option & include_option))
+                       continue;
+               if (exclude_option && (commands[i].option & exclude_option))
                        continue;
                string_list_append(out, commands[i].cmd);
        }