Merge branch 'jk/tag-list-multiple-patterns' into maint
[gitweb.git] / git.c
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 37b1d76a08ca59f3de54e11890dce962403cf8d3..89721d420a09bfc8eb6a2d4010f86f5685cfd255 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -1,25 +1,40 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "help.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
 
 const char git_usage_string[] =
-       "git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
+       "git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
+       "           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]\n"
+       "           [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>]\n"
+       "           [-c name=value] [--help]\n"
+       "           <command> [<args>]";
 
 const char git_more_info_string[] =
-       "See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
+       "See 'git help <command>' for more information on a specific command.";
 
+static struct startup_info git_startup_info;
 static int use_pager = -1;
 struct pager_config {
        const char *cmd;
-       int val;
+       int want;
+       char *value;
 };
 
 static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
 {
        struct pager_config *c = data;
-       if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
-               c->val = git_config_bool(var, value);
+       if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd)) {
+               int b = git_config_maybe_bool(var, value);
+               if (b >= 0)
+                       c->want = b;
+               else {
+                       c->want = 1;
+                       c->value = xstrdup(value);
+               }
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -28,9 +43,12 @@ int check_pager_config(const char *cmd)
 {
        struct pager_config c;
        c.cmd = cmd;
-       c.val = -1;
+       c.want = -1;
+       c.value = NULL;
        git_config(pager_command_config, &c);
-       return c.val;
+       if (c.value)
+               pager_program = c.value;
+       return c.want;
 }
 
 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
@@ -46,9 +64,9 @@ static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
        }
 }
 
-static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
+static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 {
-       int handled = 0;
+       const char **orig_argv = *argv;
 
        while (*argc > 0) {
                const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
@@ -74,12 +92,26 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
                                puts(git_exec_path());
                                exit(0);
                        }
+               } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
+                       puts(system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH));
+                       exit(0);
+               } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--man-path")) {
+                       puts(system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
+                       exit(0);
+               } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--info-path")) {
+                       puts(system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH));
+                       exit(0);
                } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
                        use_pager = 1;
                } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
                        use_pager = 0;
                        if (envchanged)
                                *envchanged = 1;
+               } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-replace-objects")) {
+                       read_replace_refs = 0;
+                       setenv(NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
+                       if (envchanged)
+                               *envchanged = 1;
                } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) {
                        if (*argc < 2) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --git-dir.\n" );
@@ -90,7 +122,6 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
                                *envchanged = 1;
                        (*argv)++;
                        (*argc)--;
-                       handled++;
                } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--git-dir=")) {
                        setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 10, 1);
                        if (envchanged)
@@ -115,6 +146,14 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
                        setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
                        if (envchanged)
                                *envchanged = 1;
+               } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-c")) {
+                       if (*argc < 2) {
+                               fprintf(stderr, "-c expects a configuration string\n" );
+                               usage(git_usage_string);
+                       }
+                       git_config_push_parameter((*argv)[1]);
+                       (*argv)++;
+                       (*argc)--;
                } else {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
                        usage(git_usage_string);
@@ -122,9 +161,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
 
                (*argv)++;
                (*argc)--;
-               handled++;
        }
-       return handled;
+       return (*argv) - orig_argv;
 }
 
 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
@@ -132,7 +170,7 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
        int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
        const char *subdir;
        int count, option_count;
-       const char** new_argv;
+       const char **new_argv;
        const char *alias_command;
        char *alias_string;
        int unused_nongit;
@@ -143,25 +181,37 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
        alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
        if (alias_string) {
                if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
-                       if (*argcp > 1) {
-                               struct strbuf buf;
-
-                               strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
-                               strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
-                               sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, PATH_MAX);
-                               free(alias_string);
-                               alias_string = buf.buf;
-                       }
-                       trace_printf("trace: alias to shell cmd: %s => %s\n",
-                                    alias_command, alias_string + 1);
-                       ret = system(alias_string + 1);
-                       if (ret >= 0 && WIFEXITED(ret) &&
-                           WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 127)
-                               exit(WEXITSTATUS(ret));
-                       die("Failed to run '%s' when expanding alias '%s'\n",
-                           alias_string + 1, alias_command);
+                       const char **alias_argv;
+                       int argc = *argcp, i;
+                       struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+                       const char *env[2];
+
+                       commit_pager_choice();
+
+                       /* build alias_argv */
+                       alias_argv = xmalloc(sizeof(*alias_argv) * (argc + 1));
+                       alias_argv[0] = alias_string + 1;
+                       for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+                               alias_argv[i] = (*argv)[i];
+                       alias_argv[argc] = NULL;
+
+                       strbuf_addstr(&sb, "GIT_PREFIX=");
+                       if (subdir)
+                               strbuf_addstr(&sb, subdir);
+                       env[0] = sb.buf;
+                       env[1] = NULL;
+                       ret = run_command_v_opt_cd_env(alias_argv, RUN_USING_SHELL, NULL, env);
+                       strbuf_release(&sb);
+                       if (ret >= 0)   /* normal exit */
+                               exit(ret);
+
+                       die_errno("While expanding alias '%s': '%s'",
+                           alias_command, alias_string + 1);
                }
                count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
+               if (count < 0)
+                       die("Bad alias.%s string: %s", alias_command,
+                           split_cmdline_strerror(count));
                option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
                if (envchanged)
                        die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
@@ -181,11 +231,10 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
                                  "trace: alias expansion: %s =>",
                                  alias_command);
 
-               new_argv = xrealloc(new_argv, sizeof(char*) *
-                                   (count + *argcp + 1));
+               new_argv = xrealloc(new_argv, sizeof(char *) *
+                                   (count + *argcp));
                /* insert after command name */
-               memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char*) * *argcp);
-               new_argv[count+*argcp] = NULL;
+               memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char *) * *argcp);
 
                *argv = new_argv;
                *argcp += count - 1;
@@ -193,8 +242,8 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
                ret = 1;
        }
 
-       if (subdir)
-               chdir(subdir);
+       if (subdir && chdir(subdir))
+               die_errno("Cannot change to '%s'", subdir);
 
        errno = saved_errno;
 
@@ -203,13 +252,14 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 
 const char git_version_string[] = GIT_VERSION;
 
-#define RUN_SETUP      (1<<0)
-#define USE_PAGER      (1<<1)
+#define RUN_SETUP              (1<<0)
+#define RUN_SETUP_GENTLY       (1<<1)
+#define USE_PAGER              (1<<2)
 /*
  * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
  * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
  */
-#define NEED_WORK_TREE (1<<2)
+#define NEED_WORK_TREE         (1<<3)
 
 struct cmd_struct {
        const char *cmd;
@@ -217,30 +267,41 @@ struct cmd_struct {
        int option;
 };
 
-static int run_command(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
+static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-       int status;
+       int status, help;
        struct stat st;
        const char *prefix;
 
        prefix = NULL;
-       if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
-               prefix = setup_git_directory();
+       help = argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h");
+       if (!help) {
+               if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
+                       prefix = setup_git_directory();
+               if (p->option & RUN_SETUP_GENTLY) {
+                       int nongit_ok;
+                       prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+               }
 
-       if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & RUN_SETUP)
-               use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
-       if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
-               use_pager = 1;
+               if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY))
+                       use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
+               if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
+                       use_pager = 1;
+
+               if ((p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY)) &&
+                   startup_info->have_repository) /* get_git_dir() may set up repo, avoid that */
+                       trace_repo_setup(prefix);
+       }
        commit_pager_choice();
 
-       if (p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE)
+       if (!help && p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE)
                setup_work_tree();
 
        trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: built-in: git");
 
        status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
        if (status)
-               return status & 0xff;
+               return status;
 
        /* Somebody closed stdout? */
        if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
@@ -251,11 +312,11 @@ static int run_command(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 
        /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
        if (fflush(stdout))
-               die("write failure on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
+               die_errno("write failure on standard output");
        if (ferror(stdout))
                die("unknown write failure on standard output");
        if (fclose(stdout))
-               die("close failed on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
+               die_errno("close failed on standard output");
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -265,34 +326,34 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
        static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
                { "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "apply", cmd_apply },
+               { "apply", cmd_apply, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "archive", cmd_archive },
+               { "bisect--helper", cmd_bisect__helper, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
                { "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "bundle", cmd_bundle },
+               { "bundle", cmd_bundle, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
                { "checkout", cmd_checkout, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
                        RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
-               { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
-               { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
                { "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
                { "cherry-pick", cmd_cherry_pick, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
-               { "clone", cmd_clone },
                { "clean", cmd_clean, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+               { "clone", cmd_clone },
                { "commit", cmd_commit, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "config", cmd_config },
+               { "config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
                { "describe", cmd_describe, RUN_SETUP },
                { "diff", cmd_diff },
-               { "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP },
                { "diff-tree", cmd_diff_tree, RUN_SETUP },
                { "fast-export", cmd_fast_export, RUN_SETUP },
                { "fetch", cmd_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
                { "fetch-pack", cmd_fetch_pack, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "fetch--tool", cmd_fetch__tool, RUN_SETUP },
                { "fmt-merge-msg", cmd_fmt_merge_msg, RUN_SETUP },
                { "for-each-ref", cmd_for_each_ref, RUN_SETUP },
                { "format-patch", cmd_format_patch, RUN_SETUP },
@@ -300,37 +361,50 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
                { "fsck-objects", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
                { "gc", cmd_gc, RUN_SETUP },
                { "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
-               { "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+               { "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
+               { "hash-object", cmd_hash_object },
                { "help", cmd_help },
-#ifndef NO_CURL
-               { "http-fetch", cmd_http_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
-#endif
+               { "index-pack", cmd_index_pack, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "init", cmd_init_db },
                { "init-db", cmd_init_db },
-               { "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+               { "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP },
                { "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote },
                { "mailinfo", cmd_mailinfo },
                { "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
                { "merge", cmd_merge, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "merge-base", cmd_merge_base, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "merge-file", cmd_merge_file },
+               { "merge-file", cmd_merge_file, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
+               { "merge-index", cmd_merge_index, RUN_SETUP },
                { "merge-ours", cmd_merge_ours, RUN_SETUP },
                { "merge-recursive", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+               { "merge-recursive-ours", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+               { "merge-recursive-theirs", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "merge-subtree", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+               { "merge-tree", cmd_merge_tree, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "mktag", cmd_mktag, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "mktree", cmd_mktree, RUN_SETUP },
                { "mv", cmd_mv, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "name-rev", cmd_name_rev, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "notes", cmd_notes, RUN_SETUP },
                { "pack-objects", cmd_pack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "peek-remote", cmd_ls_remote },
+               { "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "pack-refs", cmd_pack_refs, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "patch-id", cmd_patch_id },
+               { "peek-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "pickaxe", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
                { "prune", cmd_prune, RUN_SETUP },
                { "prune-packed", cmd_prune_packed, RUN_SETUP },
                { "push", cmd_push, RUN_SETUP },
                { "read-tree", cmd_read_tree, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
                { "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
                { "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "repo-config", cmd_config },
+               { "remote-ext", cmd_remote_ext },
+               { "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd },
+               { "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "repo-config", cmd_repo_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },
                { "reset", cmd_reset, RUN_SETUP },
                { "rev-list", cmd_rev_list, RUN_SETUP },
@@ -338,25 +412,28 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
                { "revert", cmd_revert, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "rm", cmd_rm, RUN_SETUP },
                { "send-pack", cmd_send_pack, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, USE_PAGER },
+               { "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | USE_PAGER },
+               { "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP },
                { "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+               { "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "stage", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
                { "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },
                { "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP },
                { "tag", cmd_tag, RUN_SETUP },
                { "tar-tree", cmd_tar_tree },
+               { "unpack-file", cmd_unpack_file, RUN_SETUP },
                { "unpack-objects", cmd_unpack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
                { "update-index", cmd_update_index, RUN_SETUP },
                { "update-ref", cmd_update_ref, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "update-server-info", cmd_update_server_info, RUN_SETUP },
                { "upload-archive", cmd_upload_archive },
+               { "var", cmd_var, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
+               { "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
                { "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
                { "version", cmd_version },
-               { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+               { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP },
                { "write-tree", cmd_write_tree, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
-               { "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },
-               { "pack-refs", cmd_pack_refs, RUN_SETUP },
        };
        int i;
        static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;
@@ -364,7 +441,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
        if (sizeof(ext) > 1) {
                i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(ext);
                if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, ext)) {
-                       char *argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
+                       char *argv0 = xstrdup(argv[0]);
                        argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
                        argv0[i] = '\0';
                }
@@ -380,16 +457,18 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
                struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
                if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))
                        continue;
-               exit(run_command(p, argc, argv));
+               exit(run_builtin(p, argc, argv));
        }
 }
 
 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
 {
-       struct strbuf cmd;
+       struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
        const char *tmp;
+       int status;
+
+       commit_pager_choice();
 
-       strbuf_init(&cmd, 0);
        strbuf_addf(&cmd, "git-%s", argv[0]);
 
        /*
@@ -403,37 +482,53 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
 
        trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: exec:");
 
-       /* execvp() can only ever return if it fails */
-       execvp(cmd.buf, (char **)argv);
-
-       trace_printf("trace: exec failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+       /*
+        * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
+        * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
+        */
+       status = run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE);
+       if (status >= 0 || errno != ENOENT)
+               exit(status);
 
        argv[0] = tmp;
 
        strbuf_release(&cmd);
 }
 
-
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 {
-       const char *cmd = argv[0] && *argv[0] ? argv[0] : "git-help";
-       char *slash = (char *)cmd + strlen(cmd);
        int done_alias = 0;
 
-       /*
-        * Take the basename of argv[0] as the command
-        * name, and the dirname as the default exec_path
-        * if we don't have anything better.
-        */
-       do
-               --slash;
-       while (cmd <= slash && !is_dir_sep(*slash));
-       if (cmd <= slash) {
-               *slash++ = 0;
-               git_set_argv0_path(cmd);
-               cmd = slash;
+       while (1) {
+               /* See if it's an internal command */
+               handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
+
+               /* .. then try the external ones */
+               execv_dashed_external(*argv);
+
+               /* 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 || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
+                       break;
+               done_alias = 1;
        }
 
+       return done_alias;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+       const char *cmd;
+
+       startup_info = &git_startup_info;
+
+       cmd = git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+       if (!cmd)
+               cmd = "git-help";
+
        /*
         * "git-xxxx" is the same as "git xxxx", but we obviously:
         *
@@ -455,12 +550,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
        argv++;
        argc--;
        handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
-       commit_pager_choice();
        if (argc > 0) {
                if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
                        argv[0] += 2;
        } else {
                /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
+               commit_pager_choice();
                printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
                list_common_cmds_help();
                printf("\n%s\n", git_more_info_string);
@@ -470,36 +565,29 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
        /*
         * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher
-        * precidence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
+        * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
         * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build
         * time.
         */
        setup_path();
 
        while (1) {
-               /* See if it's an internal command */
-               handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
-
-               /* .. then try the external ones */
-               execv_dashed_external(argv);
-
-               /* 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 || !handle_alias(&argc, &argv))
+               static int done_help = 0;
+               static int was_alias = 0;
+               was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
+               if (errno != ENOENT)
                        break;
-               done_alias = 1;
-       }
-
-       if (errno == ENOENT) {
-               if (done_alias) {
+               if (was_alias) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
-                               "'%s' is not a git-command\n",
+                               "'%s' is not a git command\n",
                                cmd, argv[0]);
                        exit(1);
                }
-               help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
+               if (!done_help) {
+                       cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
+                       done_help = 1;
+               } else
+                       break;
        }
 
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",