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1 #include "git-compat-util.h"
2 #include "config.h"
3 #include "builtin.h"
4 #include "exec-cmd.h"
5 #include "run-command.h"
6 #include "levenshtein.h"
7 #include "gettext.h"
8 #include "help.h"
9 #include "command-list.h"
10 #include "string-list.h"
11 #include "column.h"
12 #include "version.h"
13 #include "refs.h"
14 #include "parse-options.h"
15 #include "prompt.h"
16 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
18 struct category_description {
19 uint32_t category;
20 const char *desc;
22 static uint32_t common_mask =
23 CAT_init | CAT_worktree | CAT_info |
24 CAT_history | CAT_remote;
25 static struct category_description common_categories[] = {
26 { CAT_init, N_("start a working area (see also: git help tutorial)") },
27 { CAT_worktree, N_("work on the current change (see also: git help everyday)") },
28 { CAT_info, N_("examine the history and state (see also: git help revisions)") },
29 { CAT_history, N_("grow, mark and tweak your common history") },
30 { CAT_remote, N_("collaborate (see also: git help workflows)") },
31 { 0, NULL }
33 static struct category_description main_categories[] = {
34 { CAT_mainporcelain, N_("Main Porcelain Commands") },
35 { CAT_ancillarymanipulators, N_("Ancillary Commands / Manipulators") },
36 { CAT_ancillaryinterrogators, N_("Ancillary Commands / Interrogators") },
37 { CAT_foreignscminterface, N_("Interacting with Others") },
38 { CAT_plumbingmanipulators, N_("Low-level Commands / Manipulators") },
39 { CAT_plumbinginterrogators, N_("Low-level Commands / Interrogators") },
40 { CAT_synchingrepositories, N_("Low-level Commands / Syncing Repositories") },
41 { CAT_purehelpers, N_("Low-level Commands / Internal Helpers") },
42 { CAT_userinterfaces, N_("User-facing repository, command and file interfaces") },
43 { CAT_developerinterfaces, N_("Developer-facing file formats, protocols and other interfaces") },
44 { 0, NULL }
47 static const char *drop_prefix(const char *name, uint32_t category)
49 const char *new_name;
50 const char *prefix;
52 switch (category) {
53 case CAT_guide:
54 case CAT_userinterfaces:
55 case CAT_developerinterfaces:
56 prefix = "git";
57 break;
58 default:
59 prefix = "git-";
60 break;
62 if (skip_prefix(name, prefix, &new_name))
63 return new_name;
65 return name;
68 static void extract_cmds(struct cmdname_help **p_cmds, uint32_t mask)
70 int i, nr = 0;
71 struct cmdname_help *cmds;
73 if (ARRAY_SIZE(command_list) == 0)
74 BUG("empty command_list[] is a sign of broken generate-cmdlist.sh");
76 ALLOC_ARRAY(cmds, ARRAY_SIZE(command_list) + 1);
78 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(command_list); i++) {
79 const struct cmdname_help *cmd = command_list + i;
81 if (!(cmd->category & mask))
82 continue;
84 cmds[nr] = *cmd;
85 cmds[nr].name = drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category);
87 nr++;
89 cmds[nr].name = NULL;
90 *p_cmds = cmds;
93 static void print_command_list(const struct cmdname_help *cmds,
94 uint32_t mask, int longest)
96 int i;
98 for (i = 0; cmds[i].name; i++) {
99 if (cmds[i].category & mask) {
100 size_t len = strlen(cmds[i].name);
101 printf(" %s ", cmds[i].name);
102 if (longest > len)
103 mput_char(' ', longest - len);
104 puts(_(cmds[i].help));
109 static int cmd_name_cmp(const void *elem1, const void *elem2)
111 const struct cmdname_help *e1 = elem1;
112 const struct cmdname_help *e2 = elem2;
114 return strcmp(e1->name, e2->name);
117 static void print_cmd_by_category(const struct category_description *catdesc,
118 int *longest_p)
120 struct cmdname_help *cmds;
121 int longest = 0;
122 int i, nr = 0;
123 uint32_t mask = 0;
125 for (i = 0; catdesc[i].desc; i++)
126 mask |= catdesc[i].category;
128 extract_cmds(&cmds, mask);
130 for (i = 0; cmds[i].name; i++, nr++) {
131 if (longest < strlen(cmds[i].name))
132 longest = strlen(cmds[i].name);
134 QSORT(cmds, nr, cmd_name_cmp);
136 for (i = 0; catdesc[i].desc; i++) {
137 uint32_t mask = catdesc[i].category;
138 const char *desc = catdesc[i].desc;
140 if (i)
141 putchar('\n');
142 puts(_(desc));
143 print_command_list(cmds, mask, longest);
145 free(cmds);
146 if (longest_p)
147 *longest_p = longest;
150 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
152 struct cmdname *ent;
153 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(ent, name, name, len);
154 ent->len = len;
156 ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + 1, cmds->alloc);
157 cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = ent;
160 static void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds)
162 int i;
163 for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; ++i)
164 free(cmds->names[i]);
165 free(cmds->names);
166 cmds->cnt = 0;
167 cmds->alloc = 0;
170 static int cmdname_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
172 struct cmdname *a = *(struct cmdname **)a_;
173 struct cmdname *b = *(struct cmdname **)b_;
174 return strcmp(a->name, b->name);
177 static void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
179 int i, j;
181 if (!cmds->cnt)
182 return;
184 for (i = j = 1; i < cmds->cnt; i++) {
185 if (!strcmp(cmds->names[i]->name, cmds->names[j-1]->name))
186 free(cmds->names[i]);
187 else
188 cmds->names[j++] = cmds->names[i];
191 cmds->cnt = j;
194 void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
196 int ci, cj, ei;
197 int cmp;
199 ci = cj = ei = 0;
200 while (ci < cmds->cnt && ei < excludes->cnt) {
201 cmp = strcmp(cmds->names[ci]->name, excludes->names[ei]->name);
202 if (cmp < 0)
203 cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
204 else if (cmp == 0) {
205 ei++;
206 free(cmds->names[ci++]);
207 } else if (cmp > 0)
208 ei++;
211 while (ci < cmds->cnt)
212 cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
214 cmds->cnt = cj;
217 static void pretty_print_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds, unsigned int colopts)
219 struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
220 struct column_options copts;
221 int i;
223 for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; i++)
224 string_list_append(&list, cmds->names[i]->name);
226 * always enable column display, we only consult column.*
227 * about layout strategy and stuff
229 colopts = (colopts & ~COL_ENABLE_MASK) | COL_ENABLED;
230 memset(&copts, 0, sizeof(copts));
231 copts.indent = " ";
232 copts.padding = 2;
233 print_columns(&list, colopts, &copts);
234 string_list_clear(&list, 0);
237 static void list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
238 const char *path,
239 const char *prefix)
241 DIR *dir = opendir(path);
242 struct dirent *de;
243 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
244 int len;
246 if (!dir)
247 return;
248 if (!prefix)
249 prefix = "git-";
251 strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/", path);
252 len = buf.len;
254 while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
255 const char *ent;
256 size_t entlen;
258 if (!skip_prefix(de->d_name, prefix, &ent))
259 continue;
261 strbuf_setlen(&buf, len);
262 strbuf_addstr(&buf, de->d_name);
263 if (!is_executable(buf.buf))
264 continue;
266 entlen = strlen(ent);
267 strip_suffix(ent, ".exe", &entlen);
269 add_cmdname(cmds, ent, entlen);
271 closedir(dir);
272 strbuf_release(&buf);
275 void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
276 struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
277 struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
279 const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
280 const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
282 load_builtin_commands(prefix, main_cmds);
284 if (exec_path) {
285 list_commands_in_dir(main_cmds, exec_path, prefix);
286 QSORT(main_cmds->names, main_cmds->cnt, cmdname_compare);
287 uniq(main_cmds);
290 if (env_path) {
291 char *paths, *path, *colon;
292 path = paths = xstrdup(env_path);
293 while (1) {
294 if ((colon = strchr(path, PATH_SEP)))
295 *colon = 0;
296 if (!exec_path || strcmp(path, exec_path))
297 list_commands_in_dir(other_cmds, path, prefix);
299 if (!colon)
300 break;
301 path = colon + 1;
303 free(paths);
305 QSORT(other_cmds->names, other_cmds->cnt, cmdname_compare);
306 uniq(other_cmds);
308 exclude_cmds(other_cmds, main_cmds);
311 static int get_colopts(const char *var, const char *value,
312 const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED, void *data)
314 unsigned int *colopts = data;
316 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
317 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", colopts);
319 return 0;
322 void list_commands(struct cmdnames *main_cmds, struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
324 unsigned int colopts = 0;
325 git_config(get_colopts, &colopts);
327 if (main_cmds->cnt) {
328 const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
329 printf_ln(_("available git commands in '%s'"), exec_path);
330 putchar('\n');
331 pretty_print_cmdnames(main_cmds, colopts);
332 putchar('\n');
335 if (other_cmds->cnt) {
336 puts(_("git commands available from elsewhere on your $PATH"));
337 putchar('\n');
338 pretty_print_cmdnames(other_cmds, colopts);
339 putchar('\n');
343 void list_common_cmds_help(void)
345 puts(_("These are common Git commands used in various situations:"));
346 putchar('\n');
347 print_cmd_by_category(common_categories, NULL);
350 void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list)
352 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
353 int i;
355 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
356 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
357 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
359 for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++)
360 string_list_append(list, main_cmds.names[i]->name);
362 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
363 clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
366 void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list)
368 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
369 int i;
371 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
372 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
373 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
375 for (i = 0; i < other_cmds.cnt; i++)
376 string_list_append(list, other_cmds.names[i]->name);
378 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
379 clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
382 void list_cmds_by_category(struct string_list *list,
383 const char *cat)
385 int i, n = ARRAY_SIZE(command_list);
386 uint32_t cat_id = 0;
388 for (i = 0; category_names[i]; i++) {
389 if (!strcmp(cat, category_names[i])) {
390 cat_id = 1UL << i;
391 break;
394 if (!cat_id)
395 die(_("unsupported command listing type '%s'"), cat);
397 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
398 struct cmdname_help *cmd = command_list + i;
400 if (!(cmd->category & cat_id))
401 continue;
402 string_list_append(list, drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category));
406 void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
408 const char *cmd_list;
410 if (git_config_get_string_tmp("completion.commands", &cmd_list))
411 return;
413 string_list_sort(list);
414 string_list_remove_duplicates(list, 0);
416 while (*cmd_list) {
417 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
418 const char *p = strchrnul(cmd_list, ' ');
420 strbuf_add(&sb, cmd_list, p - cmd_list);
421 if (sb.buf[0] == '-')
422 string_list_remove(list, sb.buf + 1, 0);
423 else
424 string_list_insert(list, sb.buf);
425 strbuf_release(&sb);
426 while (*p == ' ')
427 p++;
428 cmd_list = p;
432 void list_guides_help(void)
434 struct category_description catdesc[] = {
435 { CAT_guide, N_("The Git concept guides are:") },
436 { 0, NULL }
438 print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);
439 putchar('\n');
442 void list_user_interfaces_help(void)
444 struct category_description catdesc[] = {
445 { CAT_userinterfaces, N_("User-facing repository, command and file interfaces:") },
446 { 0, NULL }
448 print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);
449 putchar('\n');
452 void list_developer_interfaces_help(void)
454 struct category_description catdesc[] = {
455 { CAT_developerinterfaces, N_("File formats, protocols and other developer interfaces:") },
456 { 0, NULL }
458 print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);
459 putchar('\n');
462 static int get_alias(const char *var, const char *value,
463 const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED, void *data)
465 struct string_list *list = data;
467 if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &var))
468 string_list_append(list, var)->util = xstrdup(value);
470 return 0;
473 static void list_all_cmds_help_external_commands(void)
475 struct string_list others = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
476 int i;
478 list_all_other_cmds(&others);
479 if (others.nr)
480 printf("\n%s\n", _("External commands"));
481 for (i = 0; i < others.nr; i++)
482 printf(" %s\n", others.items[i].string);
483 string_list_clear(&others, 0);
486 static void list_all_cmds_help_aliases(int longest)
488 struct string_list alias_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
489 struct cmdname_help *aliases;
490 int i;
492 git_config(get_alias, &alias_list);
493 string_list_sort(&alias_list);
495 for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
496 size_t len = strlen(alias_list.items[i].string);
497 if (longest < len)
498 longest = len;
501 if (alias_list.nr) {
502 printf("\n%s\n", _("Command aliases"));
503 ALLOC_ARRAY(aliases, alias_list.nr + 1);
504 for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
505 aliases[i].name = alias_list.items[i].string;
506 aliases[i].help = alias_list.items[i].util;
507 aliases[i].category = 1;
509 aliases[alias_list.nr].name = NULL;
510 print_command_list(aliases, 1, longest);
511 free(aliases);
513 string_list_clear(&alias_list, 1);
516 void list_all_cmds_help(int show_external_commands, int show_aliases)
518 int longest;
520 puts(_("See 'git help <command>' to read about a specific subcommand"));
521 putchar('\n');
522 print_cmd_by_category(main_categories, &longest);
524 if (show_external_commands)
525 list_all_cmds_help_external_commands();
526 if (show_aliases)
527 list_all_cmds_help_aliases(longest);
530 int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
532 int i;
533 for (i = 0; i < c->cnt; i++)
534 if (!strcmp(s, c->names[i]->name))
535 return 1;
536 return 0;
539 static int autocorrect;
540 static struct cmdnames aliases;
542 #define AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT (-3)
543 #define AUTOCORRECT_NEVER (-2)
544 #define AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY (-1)
546 static int git_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value,
547 const struct config_context *ctx,
548 void *cb UNUSED)
550 const char *p;
552 if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect")) {
553 if (!value)
554 return config_error_nonbool(var);
555 if (!strcmp(value, "never")) {
556 autocorrect = AUTOCORRECT_NEVER;
557 } else if (!strcmp(value, "immediate")) {
558 autocorrect = AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY;
559 } else if (!strcmp(value, "prompt")) {
560 autocorrect = AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT;
561 } else {
562 int v = git_config_int(var, value, ctx->kvi);
563 autocorrect = (v < 0)
564 ? AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY : v;
567 /* Also use aliases for command lookup */
568 if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &p))
569 add_cmdname(&aliases, p, strlen(p));
571 return 0;
574 static int levenshtein_compare(const void *p1, const void *p2)
576 const struct cmdname *const *c1 = p1, *const *c2 = p2;
577 const char *s1 = (*c1)->name, *s2 = (*c2)->name;
578 int l1 = (*c1)->len;
579 int l2 = (*c2)->len;
580 return l1 != l2 ? l1 - l2 : strcmp(s1, s2);
583 static void add_cmd_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *old)
585 int i;
586 ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + old->cnt, cmds->alloc);
588 for (i = 0; i < old->cnt; i++)
589 cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = old->names[i];
590 FREE_AND_NULL(old->names);
591 old->cnt = 0;
594 /* An empirically derived magic number */
595 #define SIMILARITY_FLOOR 7
596 #define SIMILAR_ENOUGH(x) ((x) < SIMILARITY_FLOOR)
598 static const char bad_interpreter_advice[] =
599 N_("'%s' appears to be a git command, but we were not\n"
600 "able to execute it. Maybe git-%s is broken?");
602 const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
604 int i, n, best_similarity = 0;
605 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
606 struct cmdname_help *common_cmds;
608 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
609 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
610 memset(&aliases, 0, sizeof(aliases));
612 read_early_config(git_unknown_cmd_config, NULL);
615 * Disable autocorrection prompt in a non-interactive session
617 if ((autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT) && (!isatty(0) || !isatty(2)))
618 autocorrect = AUTOCORRECT_NEVER;
620 if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_NEVER) {
621 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'."), cmd);
622 exit(1);
625 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
627 add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &aliases);
628 add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &other_cmds);
629 QSORT(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt, cmdname_compare);
630 uniq(&main_cmds);
632 extract_cmds(&common_cmds, common_mask);
634 /* This abuses cmdname->len for levenshtein distance */
635 for (i = 0, n = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++) {
636 int cmp = 0; /* avoid compiler stupidity */
637 const char *candidate = main_cmds.names[i]->name;
640 * An exact match means we have the command, but
641 * for some reason exec'ing it gave us ENOENT; probably
642 * it's a bad interpreter in the #! line.
644 if (!strcmp(candidate, cmd))
645 die(_(bad_interpreter_advice), cmd, cmd);
647 /* Does the candidate appear in common_cmds list? */
648 while (common_cmds[n].name &&
649 (cmp = strcmp(common_cmds[n].name, candidate)) < 0)
650 n++;
651 if (common_cmds[n].name && !cmp) {
652 /* Yes, this is one of the common commands */
653 n++; /* use the entry from common_cmds[] */
654 if (starts_with(candidate, cmd)) {
655 /* Give prefix match a very good score */
656 main_cmds.names[i]->len = 0;
657 continue;
661 main_cmds.names[i]->len =
662 levenshtein(cmd, candidate, 0, 2, 1, 3) + 1;
664 FREE_AND_NULL(common_cmds);
666 QSORT(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt, levenshtein_compare);
668 if (!main_cmds.cnt)
669 die(_("Uh oh. Your system reports no Git commands at all."));
671 /* skip and count prefix matches */
672 for (n = 0; n < main_cmds.cnt && !main_cmds.names[n]->len; n++)
673 ; /* still counting */
675 if (main_cmds.cnt <= n) {
676 /* prefix matches with everything? that is too ambiguous */
677 best_similarity = SIMILARITY_FLOOR + 1;
678 } else {
679 /* count all the most similar ones */
680 for (best_similarity = main_cmds.names[n++]->len;
681 (n < main_cmds.cnt &&
682 best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len);
683 n++)
684 ; /* still counting */
686 if (autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
687 const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
688 main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
689 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
690 fprintf_ln(stderr,
691 _("WARNING: You called a Git command named '%s', "
692 "which does not exist."),
693 cmd);
694 if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_IMMEDIATELY)
695 fprintf_ln(stderr,
696 _("Continuing under the assumption that "
697 "you meant '%s'."),
698 assumed);
699 else if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT) {
700 char *answer;
701 struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
702 strbuf_addf(&msg, _("Run '%s' instead [y/N]? "), assumed);
703 answer = git_prompt(msg.buf, PROMPT_ECHO);
704 strbuf_release(&msg);
705 if (!(starts_with(answer, "y") ||
706 starts_with(answer, "Y")))
707 exit(1);
708 } else {
709 fprintf_ln(stderr,
710 _("Continuing in %0.1f seconds, "
711 "assuming that you meant '%s'."),
712 (float)autocorrect/10.0, assumed);
713 sleep_millisec(autocorrect * 100);
715 return assumed;
718 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'."), cmd);
720 if (SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
721 fprintf_ln(stderr,
722 Q_("\nThe most similar command is",
723 "\nThe most similar commands are",
724 n));
726 for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
727 fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", main_cmds.names[i]->name);
730 exit(1);
733 void get_version_info(struct strbuf *buf, int show_build_options)
736 * The format of this string should be kept stable for compatibility
737 * with external projects that rely on the output of "git version".
739 * Always show the version, even if other options are given.
741 strbuf_addf(buf, "git version %s\n", git_version_string);
743 if (show_build_options) {
744 strbuf_addf(buf, "cpu: %s\n", GIT_HOST_CPU);
745 if (git_built_from_commit_string[0])
746 strbuf_addf(buf, "built from commit: %s\n",
747 git_built_from_commit_string);
748 else
749 strbuf_addstr(buf, "no commit associated with this build\n");
750 strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-long: %d\n", (int)sizeof(long));
751 strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-size_t: %d\n", (int)sizeof(size_t));
752 strbuf_addf(buf, "shell-path: %s\n", SHELL_PATH);
753 /* NEEDSWORK: also save and output GIT-BUILD_OPTIONS? */
755 if (fsmonitor_ipc__is_supported())
756 strbuf_addstr(buf, "feature: fsmonitor--daemon\n");
760 int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
762 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
763 int build_options = 0;
764 const char * const usage[] = {
765 N_("git version [--build-options]"),
766 NULL
768 struct option options[] = {
769 OPT_BOOL(0, "build-options", &build_options,
770 "also print build options"),
771 OPT_END()
774 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
776 get_version_info(&buf, build_options);
777 printf("%s", buf.buf);
779 strbuf_release(&buf);
781 return 0;
784 struct similar_ref_cb {
785 const char *base_ref;
786 struct string_list *similar_refs;
789 static int append_similar_ref(const char *refname,
790 const struct object_id *oid UNUSED,
791 int flags UNUSED, void *cb_data)
793 struct similar_ref_cb *cb = (struct similar_ref_cb *)(cb_data);
794 char *branch = strrchr(refname, '/') + 1;
796 /* A remote branch of the same name is deemed similar */
797 if (starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") &&
798 !strcmp(branch, cb->base_ref))
799 string_list_append_nodup(cb->similar_refs,
800 shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, 1));
801 return 0;
804 static struct string_list guess_refs(const char *ref)
806 struct similar_ref_cb ref_cb;
807 struct string_list similar_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
809 ref_cb.base_ref = ref;
810 ref_cb.similar_refs = &similar_refs;
811 for_each_ref(append_similar_ref, &ref_cb);
812 return similar_refs;
815 NORETURN void help_unknown_ref(const char *ref, const char *cmd,
816 const char *error)
818 int i;
819 struct string_list suggested_refs = guess_refs(ref);
821 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("%s: %s - %s"), cmd, ref, error);
823 if (suggested_refs.nr > 0) {
824 fprintf_ln(stderr,
825 Q_("\nDid you mean this?",
826 "\nDid you mean one of these?",
827 suggested_refs.nr));
828 for (i = 0; i < suggested_refs.nr; i++)
829 fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", suggested_refs.items[i].string);
832 string_list_clear(&suggested_refs, 0);
833 exit(1);