Instead of parsing "git help -a" output, which is tricky to get right,
less elegant and also slow, make git provide the list in a
machine-friendly form. This adds two separate listing types, main and
others, instead of just "all" for more flexibility.
---
contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
git.c | 4 ++++
help.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
help.h | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 3556838759..62ca8641f4 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ __git_commands () {
then
printf "%s" "${GIT_TESTING_COMMAND_COMPLETION}"
else
- git help -a|egrep '^ [a-zA-Z0-9]'
+ git --list-cmds=main,others
fi
}
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index a0477c459e..3c032d01fc 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
if (len == 8 && !strncmp(spec, "builtins", 8))
list_builtins(&list, 0);
+ else if (len == 4 && !strncmp(spec, "main", 4))
+ list_all_main_cmds(&list);
+ else if (len == 6 && !strncmp(spec, "others", 6))
+ list_all_other_cmds(&list);
else
die(_("unsupported command listing type '%s'"), spec);
spec += len;
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 2d6a3157f8..d5ce9dfcbb 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -297,6 +297,38 @@ void list_common_cmds_help(void)
print_cmd_by_category(common_categories);
}
+void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list)
+{
+ struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
+ int i;
+
+ memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
+ memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
+ load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++)
+ string_list_append(list, main_cmds.names[i]->name);
+
+ clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
+ clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
+}
+
+void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list)
+{
+ struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
+ int i;
+
+ memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
+ memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
+ load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < other_cmds.cnt; i++)
+ string_list_append(list, other_cmds.names[i]->name);
+
+ clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
+ clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
+}
+
int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
{
int i;
diff --git a/help.h b/help.h
index b21d7c94e8..97e6c0965e 100644
--- a/help.h
+++ b/help.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef HELP_H
#define HELP_H
+struct string_list;
+
struct cmdnames {
int alloc;
int cnt;
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ static inline void mput_char(char c, unsigned int num)
}
extern void list_common_cmds_help(void);
+extern void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list);
+extern void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list);
extern const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd);
extern void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
--
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