help: check early if we have a command, if not try a documentation topic

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 272bf03da3b3aee7dbdb088ddc1042c18567492a..59f0fcc1f2278d3234a7e4a306db56c7cfcde9a2 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 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]";
 
+const char git_more_info_string[] =
+       "See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
+
 static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
 {
        int handled = 0;
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
                { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
                        RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
                { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
-               { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+               { "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 },
@@ -427,6 +430,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
                /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
                printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
                list_common_cmds_help();
+               printf("\n%s\n", git_more_info_string);
                exit(1);
        }
        cmd = argv[0];