When you type "git help" (or just "git") you are greeted with a list
with commonly used commands and their short description and are
suggested to use "git help -a" or "git help -g" for more details.
"git help -av" would be more friendly and inline with what is shown
with "git help" since it shows list of commands with description as
well, and commands are properly grouped.
"help -av" does not show everything "help -a" shows though. Add
external command section in "help -av" for this. While at there, add a
section for aliases as well (until now aliases have no UI, just "git
config").
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2 makes 'help -av' default and the user would need to type 'help -a
--no-verbose' to get the old printout back. 'help -av' also has
external commands and aliases.
Documentation/git-help.txt | 8 +++---
builtin/help.c | 2 +-
help.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
t/t0012-help.sh | 4 +--
4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 83d25d825a..206e3aef64 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 [--verbose]] [-g|--guide]
+'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] [-g|--guide]
[-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option overrides any given command or guide name.
- When used with `--verbose` print description for all recognized
- commands.
+
+--verbose::
+ When used with `--all` print description for all recognized
+ commands. This is the default.
-c::
--config::
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 8d4f6dd301..d83dac2839 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const char *html_path;
static int show_all = 0;
static int show_guides = 0;
static int show_config;
-static int verbose;
+static int verbose = 1;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
static int exclude_guides;
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 96f6d221ed..4745b32299 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static int cmd_name_cmp(const void *elem1, const void *elem2)
return strcmp(e1->name, e2->name);
}
-static void print_cmd_by_category(const struct category_description *catdesc)
+static void print_cmd_by_category(const struct category_description *catdesc,
+ int *longest_p)
{
struct cmdname_help *cmds;
int longest = 0;
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ static void print_cmd_by_category(const struct category_description *catdesc)
print_command_list(cmds, mask, longest);
}
free(cmds);
+ if (longest_p)
+ *longest_p = longest;
}
void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ void list_commands(unsigned int colopts,
void list_common_cmds_help(void)
{
puts(_("These are common Git commands used in various situations:"));
- print_cmd_by_category(common_categories);
+ print_cmd_by_category(common_categories, NULL);
}
void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list)
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ void list_common_guides_help(void)
{ CAT_guide, N_("The common Git guides are:") },
{ 0, NULL }
};
- print_cmd_by_category(catdesc);
+ print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);
putchar('\n');
}
@@ -494,9 +497,48 @@ void list_config_help(int for_human)
string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
}
+static int get_alias(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
+{
+ struct string_list *list = data;
+
+ if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &var))
+ string_list_append(list, var)->util = xstrdup(value);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
void list_all_cmds_help(void)
{
- print_cmd_by_category(main_categories);
+ struct string_list others = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+ struct string_list alias_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+ struct cmdname_help *aliases;
+ int i, longest;
+
+ printf_ln(_("See 'git help <command>' to read about a specific subcommand"));
+ print_cmd_by_category(main_categories, &longest);
+
+ list_all_other_cmds(&others);
+ if (others.nr)
+ printf("\n%s\n", _("External commands"));
+ for (i = 0; i < others.nr; i++)
+ printf(" %s\n", others.items[i].string);
+ string_list_clear(&others, 0);
+
+ git_config(get_alias, &alias_list);
+ string_list_sort(&alias_list);
+ if (alias_list.nr) {
+ printf("\n%s\n", _("Command aliases"));
+ ALLOC_ARRAY(aliases, alias_list.nr + 1);
+ for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
+ aliases[i].name = alias_list.items[i].string;
+ aliases[i].help = alias_list.items[i].util;
+ aliases[i].category = 1;
+ }
+ aliases[alias_list.nr].name = NULL;
+ print_command_list(aliases, 1, longest);
+ free(aliases);
+ }
+ string_list_clear(&alias_list, 1);
}
int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
diff --git a/t/t0012-help.sh b/t/t0012-help.sh
index bc27df7f38..e8ef7300ec 100755
--- a/t/t0012-help.sh
+++ b/t/t0012-help.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ test_expect_success "setup" '
# to verify
test_expect_success 'basic help commands' '
git help >/dev/null &&
- git help -a >/dev/null &&
+ git help -a --no-verbose >/dev/null &&
git help -g >/dev/null &&
- git help -av >/dev/null
+ git help -a >/dev/null
'
test_expect_success "works for commands and guides by default" '
--
2.19.0.341.g3acb95d729
