#include "exec_cmd.h"
#include "common-cmds.h"
+static const char *help_default_format;
+
+static enum help_format {
+ man_format,
+ info_format,
+ web_format,
+} help_format = man_format;
+
+static void parse_help_format(const char *format)
+{
+ if (!format) {
+ help_format = man_format;
+ return;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(format, "man")) {
+ help_format = man_format;
+ return;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(format, "info")) {
+ help_format = info_format;
+ return;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html")) {
+ help_format = web_format;
+ return;
+ }
+ die("unrecognized help format '%s'", format);
+}
+
+static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+ if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
+ help_default_format = xstrdup(value);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return git_default_config(var, value);
+}
+
/* most GUI terminals set COLUMNS (although some don't export it) */
static int term_columns(void)
{
mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_cmds[i].name));
puts(common_cmds[i].help);
}
- puts("(use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)");
}
-static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
+static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
{
- const char *page;
-
- if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
- page = git_cmd;
+ if (!git_cmd)
+ return "git";
+ else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
+ return git_cmd;
else {
int page_len = strlen(git_cmd) + 4;
char *p = xmalloc(page_len + 1);
strcpy(p, "git-");
strcpy(p + 4, git_cmd);
p[page_len] = 0;
- page = p;
+ return p;
}
+}
+
+static void setup_man_path(void)
+{
+ struct strbuf new_path;
+ const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
+
+ strbuf_init(&new_path, 0);
+
+ /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
+ * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
+ * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
+ * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
+ strbuf_addstr(&new_path, GIT_MAN_PATH);
+ strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
+ if (old_path)
+ strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
+
+ setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
+ strbuf_release(&new_path);
+}
+
+static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+ const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
+ setup_man_path();
execlp("man", "man", page, NULL);
}
+static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+ const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
+ setenv("INFOPATH", GIT_INFO_PATH, 1);
+ execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, NULL);
+}
+
+static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+ const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
+ execl_git_cmd("help--browse", page, NULL);
+}
+
void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
{
fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
- const char *help_cmd = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : NULL;
+ const char *help_cmd = argv[1];
- if (!help_cmd) {
+ if (argc < 2) {
printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
list_common_cmds_help();
exit(0);
}
- else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--all") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-a")) {
+ if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--all") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-a")) {
printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
list_commands();
- exit(0);
}
- else
- show_man_page(help_cmd);
+ else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--web") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-w")) {
+ show_html_page(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL);
+ }
+
+ else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--info") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-i")) {
+ show_info_page(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL);
+ }
+
+ else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--man") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-m")) {
+ show_man_page(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL);
+ }
+
+ else {
+ int nongit;
+
+ setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ git_config(git_help_config);
+ if (help_default_format)
+ parse_help_format(help_default_format);
+
+ switch (help_format) {
+ case man_format:
+ show_man_page(help_cmd);
+ break;
+ case info_format:
+ show_info_page(help_cmd);
+ break;
+ case web_format:
+ show_html_page(help_cmd);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}