Do the same for the "--all" option that I did for "--guides" in
9856ea6785c (help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides",
2021-09-22). I.e. we've documented it as ignoring non-option
arguments, let's have it error out instead.
As with other changes made in 62f035aee3f (Merge branch
'ab/help-config-vars', 2021-10-13) this is technically a change in
behavior, but in practice it's just a bug fix. We were ignoring this
before, but by erroring we can simplify our documentation and
synopsis, as well as avoid user confusion as they wonder what the
difference between e.g. "git help --all" and "git help --all status"
is (there wasn't any difference).
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-help.txt | 5 ++---
builtin/help.c | 5 +++--
t/t0012-help.sh | 3 +++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index cf1d53e9499..d07590c8ff7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git help' [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]
- [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>]
+'git help' [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>]
'git help' [-g|--guides]
'git help' [-c|--config]
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ OPTIONS
-------
-a::
--all::
- Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
- option overrides any given command or guide name.
+ Prints all the available commands on the standard output.
--verbose::
When used with `--all` print description for all recognized
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 1c1581ef850..b682446bbf5 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
};
static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
- N_("git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]]\n"
- " [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
+ N_("git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]]"),
+ N_("git help [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
N_("git help [-g|--guides]"),
N_("git help [-c|--config]"),
NULL
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
switch (cmd_mode) {
case HELP_ACTION_ALL:
+ opt_mode_usage(argc, "--all");
if (verbose) {
setup_pager();
list_all_cmds_help();
diff --git a/t/t0012-help.sh b/t/t0012-help.sh
index 9ac3f5d3c4b..c87730aa920 100755
--- a/t/t0012-help.sh
+++ b/t/t0012-help.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ test_expect_success 'basic help commands' '
'
test_expect_success 'invalid usage' '
+ test_expect_code 129 git help -a add &&
+ test_expect_code 129 git help --all add &&
+
test_expect_code 129 git help -g add &&
test_expect_code 129 git help -a -c &&
--
2.35.1.1132.ga1fe46f8690
