Add a [commands] header before the actual command list, then make the
following files ignore this header in their parsing:
* cmd-list.perl
* Makefile (check-docks target)
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sébastien Guimmara <sebastien.guimmara@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/cmd-list.perl | 4 ++++
Documentation/howto/new-command.txt | 4 +++-
Makefile | 3 ++-
command-list.txt | 1 +
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index 04f9977..06a5fd6 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ sub format_one {
}
}
+while (<>) {
+ last if /^\[commands\]/;
+}
+
my %cmds = ();
for (sort <>) {
next if /^#/;
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
index d7de5a3..6d772bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ your language, document it in the INSTALL file.
that categorizes commands by type, so they can be listed in appropriate
subsections in the documentation's summary command list. Add an entry
for yours. To understand the categories, look at git-commands.txt
-in the main directory.
+in the main directory. If the new command is part of the typical Git
+workflow and you believe it common enough to be mentioned in 'git help',
+map this command to a common group in the column [common].
7. Give the maintainer one paragraph to include in the RelNotes file
to describe the new feature; a good place to do so is in the cover
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 25a453b..0cb2045 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ check-docs::
esac ; \
test -f "Documentation/$$v.txt" || \
echo "no doc: $$v"; \
- sed -e '/^#/d' command-list.txt | \
+ sed -e '1,/^\[commands\]/d' -e '/^#/d' <command-list.txt | \
grep -q "^$$v[ ]" || \
case "$$v" in \
git) ;; \
@@ -2463,6 +2463,7 @@ check-docs::
done; \
( \
sed -e '/^#/d' \
+ -e '1,/^\[commands\]/d' \
-e 's/[ ].*//' \
-e 's/^/listed /' command-list.txt; \
$(MAKE) -C Documentation print-man1 | \
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 54d8d21..caed872 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# List of known git commands.
# command name category [deprecated] [common]
+[commands]
git-add mainporcelain common
git-am mainporcelain
git-annotate ancillaryinterrogators
--
2.4.0
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