alias_command = (*argv)[0];
alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
if (alias_string) {
+ if (*argcp > 1 && !strcmp((*argv)[1], "-h"))
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"),
+ alias_command, alias_string);
if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
int nongit_ok;
static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
{
int done_alias = 0;
+ struct string_list cmd_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+ struct string_list_item *seen;
while (1) {
/*
/* .. then try the external ones */
execv_dashed_external(*argv);
- /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
+ seen = unsorted_string_list_lookup(&cmd_list, *argv[0]);
+ if (seen) {
+ int i;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ for (i = 0; i < cmd_list.nr; i++) {
+ struct string_list_item *item = &cmd_list.items[i];
+
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, "\n %s", item->string);
+ if (item == seen)
+ strbuf_addstr(&sb, " <==");
+ else if (i == cmd_list.nr - 1)
+ strbuf_addstr(&sb, " ==>");
+ }
+ die(_("alias loop detected: expansion of '%s' does"
+ " not terminate:%s"), cmd_list.items[0].string, sb.buf);
+ }
+
+ string_list_append(&cmd_list, *argv[0]);
+
+ /*
+ * It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
* of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having
* alias.log = show
*/
- if (done_alias)
- break;
if (!handle_alias(argcp, argv))
break;
done_alias = 1;
}
+ string_list_clear(&cmd_list, 0);
+
return done_alias;
}