Make the handling of false boolean values for help.autocorrect
consistent with the handling of value 0 by showing the suggested
commands but not running them.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This is based on the sc/help-autocorrect-one patches from this thread
and is in response to the open question from "What's coooking in git.git":
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:51:33 -0800 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looking good except for "should 0 and false be 'tell it without doing it'?".
source: <xmqq5xlu4bt6.fsf@gitster.g>
This is what it would look like if the answer were to be, "yes".
Documentation/config/help.txt | 4 ++--
help.c | 6 ++++--
t/t9003-help-autocorrect.sh | 17 ++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/help.txt b/Documentation/config/help.txt
index a4c6079af8..676ba3a55f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/help.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ help.autoCorrect::
If git detects typos and can identify exactly one valid command similar
to the error, git will try to suggest the correct command or even
run the suggestion automatically. Possible config values are:
- - 0: show the suggested command (default).
+ - 0, "false", "off", "no": show the suggested command (default).
- 1, "true", "on", "yes", "immediate": run the suggested command
immediately.
- positive number > 1: run the suggested command after specified
deciseconds (0.1 sec).
- - "false", "off", "no", "never": don't run or show any suggested command.
+ - "never": don't run or show any suggested command.
- "prompt": show the suggestion and prompt for confirmation to run
the command.
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 7148963e46..55425c0d97 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ struct help_unknown_cmd_config {
struct cmdnames aliases;
};
+#define AUTOCORRECT_SHOW (-4)
#define AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT (-3)
#define AUTOCORRECT_NEVER (-2)
#define AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY (-1)
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ static int parse_autocorrect(const char *value)
case 1:
return AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY;
case 0:
- return AUTOCORRECT_NEVER;
+ return AUTOCORRECT_SHOW;
default: /* other random text */
break;
}
@@ -713,7 +714,8 @@ char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
n++)
; /* still counting */
}
- if (cfg.autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
+ if (cfg.autocorrect && cfg.autocorrect != AUTOCORRECT_SHOW && n == 1 &&
+ SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
char *assumed = xstrdup(main_cmds.names[0]->name);
fprintf_ln(stderr,
diff --git a/t/t9003-help-autocorrect.sh b/t/t9003-help-autocorrect.sh
index 85a5074b5e..5ebfc00f52 100755
--- a/t/t9003-help-autocorrect.sh
+++ b/t/t9003-help-autocorrect.sh
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_success 'autocorrect showing candidates' '
- git config help.autocorrect 0 &&
+for show in false no off 0
+do
+ test_expect_success 'autocorrect showing candidates' '
+ git config help.autocorrect $show &&
- test_must_fail git lfg 2>actual &&
- grep "^ lgf" actual &&
+ test_must_fail git lfg 2>actual &&
+ grep "^ lgf" actual &&
- test_must_fail git distimdist 2>actual &&
- grep "^ distimdistim" actual
-'
+ test_must_fail git distimdist 2>actual &&
+ grep "^ distimdistim" actual
+ '
+done
for immediate in -1 immediate
do
--
2.48.0.rc2.34.gefa3f50b25
