Many commands call usage_with_options() when they are asked to give the help message, but it sends the help text to the standard error stream. When the user asked for it with "git cmd -h", the help message is the primary output from the command, hence we should send it to the standard output stream, instead. Introduce a helper function that captures the common pattern if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h")) usage_with_options(usage, options); and replaces it with show_usage_with_options_if_asked(argc, argv, usage, options); to help correct code paths. Note that this helper function still exits with status 129, and t0012 insists on it. After converting all the mistaken callers of usage_with_options() to call this new helper, we may want to address it---the end user is asking us to give the help text, and we are doing exactly as asked, so there is no reason to exit with non-zero status. Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- * Helper function renamed. parse-options.c | 10 ++++++++++ parse-options.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c index 33bfba0ed4..4051a8e1d1 100644 --- a/parse-options.c +++ b/parse-options.c @@ -1282,6 +1282,16 @@ void NORETURN usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr, exit(129); } +void show_usage_with_options_if_asked(int ac, const char **av, + const char * const *usagestr, + const struct option *opts) +{ + if (ac == 2 && !strcmp(av[1], "-h")) { + usage_with_options_internal(NULL, usagestr, opts, 0, 0); + exit(129); + } +} + void NORETURN usage_msg_opt(const char *msg, const char * const *usagestr, const struct option *options) diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h index d01361ca97..39f0886254 100644 --- a/parse-options.h +++ b/parse-options.h @@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr, const struct option *options); +void show_usage_with_options_if_asked(int ac, const char **av, + const char * const *usage, + const struct option *options); + NORETURN void usage_msg_opt(const char *msg, const char * const *usagestr, const struct option *options); -- 2.48.1-191-gafe818080f