This allows users to disable guessing the commands or options that they
meant to use.
---
Documentation/config/help.txt | 14 +++++++-------
help.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/help.txt b/Documentation/config/help.txt
index 224bbf5a28..99d1e33750 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/help.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ help.format::
the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
help.autoCorrect::
- Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
- waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
- than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
- will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
- the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
- value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
- This is the default.
+ If git detects typos and can identify exactly one valid command similar
+ to the error, git will automatically run the intended command after
+ waiting a duration of time defined by this configuration value in
+ deciseconds (0.1 sec). If this value is 0, the suggested corrections
+ will be shown, but not executed. If -1, the suggested command is run
+ immediately. If -2, suggestions are not shown at all. The default value
+ is zero.
help.htmlPath::
Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 919cbb9206..2fd27cffb0 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -472,12 +472,18 @@ int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
static int autocorrect;
static struct cmdnames aliases;
+#define AUTOCORRECT_NEVER (-2)
+#define AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY (-1)
+
static int git_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
{
const char *p;
- if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect"))
- autocorrect = git_config_int(var,value);
+ if (!strcasecmp(var, "help.autocorrect")) {
+ if (!value)
+ return config_error_nonbool(var);
+ autocorrect = git_config_int(var, value);
+ }
/* Also use aliases for command lookup */
if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &p))
add_cmdname(&aliases, p, strlen(p));
@@ -525,6 +531,11 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
read_early_config(git_unknown_cmd_config, NULL);
+ if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_NEVER) {
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'."), cmd);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &aliases);
@@ -586,7 +597,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
n++)
; /* still counting */
}
- if (autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
+ if (autocorrect != 0 && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
@@ -594,7 +605,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
_("WARNING: You called a Git command named '%s', "
"which does not exist."),
cmd);
- if (autocorrect < 0)
+ if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY)
fprintf_ln(stderr,
_("Continuing under the assumption that "
"you meant '%s'."),
@@ -706,10 +717,16 @@ NORETURN void help_unknown_ref(const char *ref, const char *cmd,
const char *error)
{
int i;
- struct string_list suggested_refs = guess_refs(ref);
+ struct string_list suggested_refs;
fprintf_ln(stderr, _("%s: %s - %s"), cmd, ref, error);
+ if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_NEVER) {
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ suggested_refs = guess_refs(ref);
+
if (suggested_refs.nr > 0) {
fprintf_ln(stderr,
Q_("\nDid you mean this?",
--
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