static int show_all = 0;
static int show_guides = 0;
-static int verbose;
+static int show_config;
+static int verbose = 1;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
static int exclude_guides;
OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
+ OPT_BOOL('c', "config", &show_config, N_("print all configuration variable names")),
+ OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "config-for-completion", &show_config, "", 2, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
+ /*
+ * Please update _git_config() in git-completion.bash when you
+ * add new help formats.
+ */
die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
}
alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
if (alias) {
- printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
- free(alias);
- exit(0);
+ const char **argv;
+ int count;
+
+ /*
+ * handle_builtin() in git.c rewrites "git cmd --help"
+ * to "git help --exclude-guides cmd", so we can use
+ * exclude_guides to distinguish "git cmd --help" from
+ * "git help cmd". In the latter case, or if cmd is an
+ * alias for a shell command, just print the alias
+ * definition.
+ */
+ if (!exclude_guides || alias[0] == '!') {
+ printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ free(alias);
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, we pretend that the command was "git
+ * word0 --help". We use split_cmdline() to get the
+ * first word of the alias, to ensure that we use the
+ * same rules as when the alias is actually
+ * used. split_cmdline() modifies alias in-place.
+ */
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
+ count = split_cmdline(alias, &argv);
+ if (count < 0)
+ die(_("bad alias.%s string: %s"), cmd,
+ split_cmdline_strerror(count));
+ free(argv);
+ UNLEAK(alias);
+ return alias;
}
if (exclude_guides)
list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
}
+ if (show_config) {
+ int for_human = show_config == 1;
+
+ if (!for_human) {
+ list_config_help(for_human);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ setup_pager();
+ list_config_help(for_human);
+ printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (show_guides)
list_common_guides_help();