The --follow-alias option will look up the alias definitions and
use the first word as a command. For example, if I set my aliases
as follows:
$ git help br
`git br' is aliased to `git branch'
$ git help ru
`git ru' is aliased to `git remote update'
adding --follow-alias (or -f) option will show man pages of
git-branch and git-remote, respectively.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-help.txt | 7 ++++++-
builtin/help.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 9e0b3f6..debf293 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND]
+'git help' [-a|--all|-f|--follow-alias|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ OPTIONS
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option supersedes any other option.
+-f::
+--follow-alias::
+ Read alias definitions and use its first word as a command name
+ (if any).
+
-i::
--info::
Display manual page for the command in the 'info' format. The
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index f85c870..00392ea 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ enum help_format {
};
static int show_all = 0;
+static int follow_alias = 0;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "print all available commands"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "follow-alias", &follow_alias,
+ "follow alias to resolve command name"),
OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, "show man page", HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, "show manual in web browser",
HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
+ const char *cmd;
const char *alias;
enum help_format parsed_help_format;
load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
@@ -443,22 +447,33 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
help_format = parsed_help_format;
+ cmd = argv[0];
alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
- printf("`git %s' is aliased to `git %s'\n", argv[0], alias);
- return 0;
+ char *p;
+
+ if (!follow_alias) {
+ printf("`git %s' is aliased to `git %s'\n",
+ argv[0], alias);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ p = strchr(alias, ' ');
+ if (p)
+ *p = '\0';
+ cmd = alias;
}
switch (help_format) {
case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
- show_man_page(argv[0]);
+ show_man_page(cmd);
break;
case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
- show_info_page(argv[0]);
+ show_info_page(cmd);
break;
case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
- show_html_page(argv[0]);
+ show_html_page(cmd);
break;
}
--
1.7.9
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