The help command currently hard codes the list of guides and their
summary in C. Let's move this list to command-list.txt. This lets us
extract summary lines from Documentation/git*.txt. This also
potentially lets us list guides in git.txt, but I'll leave that for
now.
---
Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/gitrevisions.txt | 2 +-
Makefile | 2 +-
builtin/help.c | 32 --------------------------
command-list.txt | 16 +++++++++++++
contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 15 ++++++++----
help.c | 21 +++++++++++++----
help.h | 1 +
t/t0012-help.sh | 6 +++++
10 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 1094fe2b5b..083c2f380d 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitattributes(5)
NAME
----
-gitattributes - defining attributes per path
+gitattributes - Defining attributes per path
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index db5d47eb19..4d63def206 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitmodules(5)
NAME
----
-gitmodules - defining submodule properties
+gitmodules - Defining submodule properties
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt b/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
index 27dec5b91d..1f6cceaefb 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitrevisions(7)
NAME
----
-gitrevisions - specifying revisions and ranges for Git
+gitrevisions - Specifying revisions and ranges for Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a60a78ee67..1efb751e46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ $(BUILT_INS): git$X
command-list.h: generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
-command-list.h: $(wildcard Documentation/git-*.txt)
+command-list.h: $(wildcard Documentation/git*.txt)
$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt >$@+ && mv $@+ $@
SCRIPT_DEFINES = $(SHELL_PATH_SQ):$(DIFF_SQ):$(GIT_VERSION):\
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 0e0af8426a..5727fb5e51 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -402,38 +402,6 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
open_html(page_path.buf);
}
-static struct {
- const char *name;
- const char *help;
-} common_guides[] = {
- { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
- { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
- { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
- { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
- { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
- { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
- { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
- { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
-};
-
-static void list_common_guides_help(void)
-{
- int i, longest = 0;
-
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
- if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
- longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
- }
-
- puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
- printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
- mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
- puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
- }
- putchar('\n');
-}
-
static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
{
char *alias;
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 3bd23201a6..99ddc231c1 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -139,3 +139,19 @@ gitweb ancillaryinterrogators
git-whatchanged ancillaryinterrogators
git-worktree mainporcelain
git-write-tree plumbingmanipulators
+gitattributes guide
+gitcli guide
+gitcore-tutorial guide
+gitcvs-migration guide
+gitdiffcore guide
+giteveryday guide
+gitglossary guide
+githooks guide
+gitignore guide
+gitmodules guide
+gitnamespaces guide
+gitrepository-layout guide
+gitrevisions guide
+gittutorial-2 guide
+gittutorial guide
+gitworkflows guide
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 62ca8641f4..4e724a5b76 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1575,6 +1575,13 @@ _git_grep ()
__git_complete_refs
}
+__git_all_guides=
+__git_compute_all_guides ()
+{
+ test -n "$__git_all_guides" ||
+ __git_all_guides=$(git --list-cmds=list-guide)
+}
+
_git_help ()
{
case "$cur" in
@@ -1584,11 +1591,9 @@ _git_help ()
;;
esac
__git_compute_all_commands
- __gitcomp "$__git_all_commands $(__git_aliases)
- attributes cli core-tutorial cvs-migration
- diffcore everyday gitk glossary hooks ignore modules
- namespaces repository-layout revisions tutorial tutorial-2
- workflows
+ __git_compute_all_guides
+ __gitcomp "$__git_all_commands $(__git_aliases) $__git_all_guides
+ gitk
"
}
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index c7df1d2338..23924dd300 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ static struct category_description main_categories[] = {
{ 0, NULL }
};
-static const char *drop_prefix(const char *name)
+static const char *drop_prefix(const char *name, uint32_t category)
{
const char *new_name;
if (skip_prefix(name, "git-", &new_name))
return new_name;
+ if (category == CAT_guide && skip_prefix(name, "git", &new_name))
+ return new_name;
return name;
}
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ static void extract_cmds(struct cmdname_help **p_cmds, uint32_t mask)
continue;
cmds[nr] = *cmd;
- cmds[nr].name = drop_prefix(cmd->name);
+ cmds[nr].name = drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category);
nr++;
}
@@ -358,11 +360,22 @@ void list_cmds_by_category(struct string_list *list,
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
struct cmdname_help *cmd = command_list + i;
- if (cmd->category & cat_id)
- string_list_append(list, drop_prefix(cmd->name));
+ if (!(cmd->category & cat_id))
+ continue;
+ string_list_append(list, drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category));
}
}
+void list_common_guides_help(void)
+{
+ struct category_description catdesc[] = {
+ { CAT_guide, N_("The common Git guides are:") },
+ { 0, NULL }
+ };
+ print_cmd_by_category(catdesc);
+ putchar('\n');
+}
+
void list_all_cmds_help(void)
{
print_cmd_by_category(main_categories);
diff --git a/help.h b/help.h
index 40917fc38c..b2293e99be 100644
--- a/help.h
+++ b/help.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static inline void mput_char(char c, unsigned int num)
extern void list_common_cmds_help(void);
extern void list_all_cmds_help(void);
+extern void list_common_guides_help(void);
extern void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list);
extern void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list);
diff --git a/t/t0012-help.sh b/t/t0012-help.sh
index 060df24c2d..bc27df7f38 100755
--- a/t/t0012-help.sh
+++ b/t/t0012-help.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ test_expect_success 'git help' '
test_i18ngrep "^ commit " help.output &&
test_i18ngrep "^ fetch " help.output
'
+test_expect_success 'git help -g' '
+ git help -g >help.output &&
+ test_i18ngrep "^ attributes " help.output &&
+ test_i18ngrep "^ everyday " help.output &&
+ test_i18ngrep "^ tutorial " help.output
+'
test_expect_success 'generate builtin list' '
git --list-cmds=builtins >builtins
--
2.17.0.705.g3525833791
