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3d78d1f1 1/*
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2 * Builtin help command
3 */
4#include "cache.h"
b2141fc1 5#include "config.h"
3d78d1f1 6#include "builtin.h"
d807c4a0 7#include "exec-cmd.h"
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8#include "parse-options.h"
9#include "run-command.h"
dbfae689 10#include "column.h"
3d78d1f1 11#include "help.h"
65b5f948 12#include "alias.h"
3d78d1f1 13
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14#ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
15#define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
16#endif
17
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18static struct man_viewer_list {
19 struct man_viewer_list *next;
20 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
21} *man_viewer_list;
22
23static struct man_viewer_info_list {
24 struct man_viewer_info_list *next;
25 const char *info;
26 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
27} *man_viewer_info_list;
28
29enum help_format {
3caa8239 30 HELP_FORMAT_NONE,
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31 HELP_FORMAT_MAN,
32 HELP_FORMAT_INFO,
4b05548f 33 HELP_FORMAT_WEB
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34};
35
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36static const char *html_path;
37
3d78d1f1 38static int show_all = 0;
65f98358 39static int show_guides = 0;
3ac68a93 40static int show_config;
26c7d067 41static int verbose = 1;
dbfae689 42static unsigned int colopts;
3caa8239 43static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
af74128f 44static int exclude_guides;
3d78d1f1 45static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
15f7d494 46 OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
af74128f 47 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
65f98358 48 OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
3ac68a93 49 OPT_BOOL('c', "config", &show_config, N_("print all configuration variable names")),
e17ca926 50 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "config-for-completion", &show_config, "", 2, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
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51 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
52 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
3d78d1f1 53 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
68918696 54 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
3d78d1f1 55 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
63eae83f 56 OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")),
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57 OPT_END(),
58};
59
60static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
9c9b4f2f 61 N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man | --web | --info] [<command>]"),
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62 NULL
63};
64
65static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
66{
67 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
68 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
69 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
70 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
71 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
72 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
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73 /*
74 * Please update _git_config() in git-completion.bash when you
75 * add new help formats.
76 */
9665627d 77 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
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78}
79
80static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
81{
82 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
83
84 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
85 {
86 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
87 return viewer->info;
88 }
89 return NULL;
90}
91
92static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
93{
94 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
d3180279 95 struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
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96 const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
97 int version;
98
99 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
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100 ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
101 ec_process.err = -1;
102 ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
4e2715fb 103 if (start_command(&ec_process))
9665627d 104 return error(_("Failed to start emacsclient."));
4e2715fb 105
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106 strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
107 close(ec_process.err);
108
109 /*
110 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
111 * seems to always exits with code 1.
112 */
113 finish_command(&ec_process);
114
59556548 115 if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
3d78d1f1 116 strbuf_release(&buffer);
9665627d 117 return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
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118 }
119
120 strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
121 version = atoi(buffer.buf);
122
123 if (version < 22) {
3d78d1f1 124 strbuf_release(&buffer);
9665627d 125 return error(_("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22)."),
4e2715fb 126 version);
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127 }
128
129 strbuf_release(&buffer);
130 return 0;
131}
132
4b25d091 133static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
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134{
135 if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
136 /* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
137 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
138
139 if (!path)
140 path = "emacsclient";
141 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
5d314759 142 execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
57477498 143 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
bad0e2c6 144 strbuf_release(&man_page);
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145 }
146}
147
4b25d091 148static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
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149{
150 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
151 if (display && *display) {
152 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
153 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
154
155 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
156 if (path) {
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157 size_t len;
158 if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
159 path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
160 filename = basename((char *)path);
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161 } else
162 path = "kfmclient";
163 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
5d314759 164 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
57477498 165 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
a981a9f0 166 strbuf_release(&man_page);
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167 }
168}
169
4b25d091 170static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
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171{
172 if (!path)
173 path = "man";
5d314759 174 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
57477498 175 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
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176}
177
178static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
179{
180 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
181 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
b680a86a 182 execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
57477498 183 warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
72462186 184 strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
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185}
186
187static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
188{
189 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
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190
191 while (*p)
192 p = &((*p)->next);
96ffc06f 193 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
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194}
195
196static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
197{
198 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
199 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
200 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
201}
202
203static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
204 size_t len,
205 const char *value)
206{
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207 struct man_viewer_info_list *new_man_viewer;
208 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new_man_viewer, name, name, len);
209 new_man_viewer->info = xstrdup(value);
210 new_man_viewer->next = man_viewer_info_list;
211 man_viewer_info_list = new_man_viewer;
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212}
213
214static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
215 size_t len,
216 const char *value)
217{
218 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
219 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
220 else
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221 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
222 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
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223 name);
224
225 return 0;
226}
227
228static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
229 size_t len,
230 const char *value)
231{
232 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
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233 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
234 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
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235 name);
236 else
237 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
238
239 return 0;
240}
241
242static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
243{
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244 const char *name, *subkey;
245 int namelen;
3d78d1f1 246
4d5c6cef 247 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
178b513e 248 return 0;
3d78d1f1 249
4d5c6cef 250 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
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251 if (!value)
252 return config_error_nonbool(var);
4d5c6cef 253 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
3d78d1f1 254 }
4d5c6cef 255 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
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256 if (!value)
257 return config_error_nonbool(var);
4d5c6cef 258 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
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259 }
260
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261 return 0;
262}
263
264static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
265{
59556548 266 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
dbfae689 267 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
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268 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
269 if (!value)
270 return config_error_nonbool(var);
271 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
272 return 0;
273 }
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274 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
275 if (!value)
276 return config_error_nonbool(var);
277 html_path = xstrdup(value);
278 return 0;
279 }
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280 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
281 if (!value)
282 return config_error_nonbool(var);
283 add_man_viewer(value);
284 return 0;
285 }
59556548 286 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
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287 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
288
289 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
290}
291
c7371e99 292static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
3d78d1f1 293
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294static int is_git_command(const char *s)
295{
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296 if (is_builtin(s))
297 return 1;
298
a3c52634 299 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
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300 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
301 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
302}
303
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304static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
305{
306 if (!git_cmd)
307 return "git";
59556548 308 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
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309 return git_cmd;
310 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
acd47eec 311 return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
3d78d1f1 312 else
acd47eec 313 return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
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314}
315
316static void setup_man_path(void)
317{
f285a2d7 318 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
3d78d1f1 319 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
59362e56 320 char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
3d78d1f1 321
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322 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
323 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
324 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
325 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
59362e56 326 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
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327 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
328 if (old_path)
329 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
330
59362e56 331 free(git_man_path);
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332 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
333
334 strbuf_release(&new_path);
335}
336
337static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
338{
339 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
340
341 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
342 exec_man_man(info, page);
343 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
344 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
345 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
346 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
347 else if (info)
348 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
349 else
9665627d 350 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
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351}
352
353static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
354{
355 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
356 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
5059a427 357 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
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358
359 setup_man_path();
360 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
361 {
362 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
363 }
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364 if (fallback)
365 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
3d78d1f1 366 exec_viewer("man", page);
9665627d 367 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
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368}
369
370static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
371{
372 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
026fa0d5 373 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
5d314759 374 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
9665627d 375 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
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376}
377
378static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
379{
380 struct stat st;
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381 char *to_free = NULL;
382
89a852ef 383 if (!html_path)
59362e56 384 html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
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385
386 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
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387 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
388 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
389 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
390 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
391 }
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392
393 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
394 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
59362e56 395 free(to_free);
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396}
397
2af202be 398static void open_html(const char *path)
3d78d1f1 399{
5d314759 400 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
3d78d1f1 401}
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402
403static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
404{
405 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
406 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
407
408 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
409
410 open_html(page_path.buf);
411}
412
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413static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
414{
415 char *alias;
416
417 if (is_git_command(cmd))
418 return cmd;
419
420 alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
421 if (alias) {
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422 const char **argv;
423 int count;
424
425 /*
426 * handle_builtin() in git.c rewrites "git cmd --help"
427 * to "git help --exclude-guides cmd", so we can use
428 * exclude_guides to distinguish "git cmd --help" from
429 * "git help cmd". In the latter case, or if cmd is an
430 * alias for a shell command, just print the alias
431 * definition.
432 */
433 if (!exclude_guides || alias[0] == '!') {
434 printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
435 free(alias);
436 exit(0);
437 }
438 /*
439 * Otherwise, we pretend that the command was "git
440 * word0 --help". We use split_cmdline() to get the
441 * first word of the alias, to ensure that we use the
442 * same rules as when the alias is actually
443 * used. split_cmdline() modifies alias in-place.
444 */
445 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
446 count = split_cmdline(alias, &argv);
447 if (count < 0)
448 die(_("bad alias.%s string: %s"), cmd,
449 split_cmdline_strerror(count));
450 free(argv);
451 UNLEAK(alias);
452 return alias;
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453 }
454
455 if (exclude_guides)
456 return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
457
458 return cmd;
459}
460
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461int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
462{
463 int nongit;
3caa8239 464 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
3d78d1f1 465
37782920 466 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
3d78d1f1 467 builtin_help_usage, 0);
3caa8239 468 parsed_help_format = help_format;
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469
470 if (show_all) {
dbfae689 471 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
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472 if (verbose) {
473 setup_pager();
474 list_all_cmds_help();
475 return 0;
476 }
9665627d 477 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
a3c52634 478 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
f4ed0af6 479 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
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480 }
481
3ac68a93 482 if (show_config) {
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483 int for_human = show_config == 1;
484
485 if (!for_human) {
486 list_config_help(for_human);
487 return 0;
488 }
3ac68a93 489 setup_pager();
e17ca926 490 list_config_help(for_human);
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491 printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
492 return 0;
493 }
494
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495 if (show_guides)
496 list_common_guides_help();
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497
498 if (show_all || show_guides) {
9665627d 499 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
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500 /*
501 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
502 */
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503 return 0;
504 }
505
506 if (!argv[0]) {
9665627d 507 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
3d78d1f1 508 list_common_cmds_help();
9665627d 509 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
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510 return 0;
511 }
512
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513 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
514 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
515
d0408c0c 516 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
3caa8239 517 help_format = parsed_help_format;
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518 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
519 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
3caa8239 520
af74128f 521 argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
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522
523 switch (help_format) {
3caa8239 524 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
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525 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
526 show_man_page(argv[0]);
527 break;
528 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
529 show_info_page(argv[0]);
530 break;
531 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
532 show_html_page(argv[0]);
533 break;
534 }
535
536 return 0;
537}