Merge branch 'jv/merge-nothing-into-void' into maint
[alt-git.git] / builtin / help.c
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1 /*
2 * Builtin help command
3 */
4 #include "cache.h"
5 #include "builtin.h"
6 #include "exec_cmd.h"
7 #include "parse-options.h"
8 #include "run-command.h"
9 #include "column.h"
10 #include "help.h"
12 #ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
13 #define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
14 #endif
16 static struct man_viewer_list {
17 struct man_viewer_list *next;
18 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
19 } *man_viewer_list;
21 static struct man_viewer_info_list {
22 struct man_viewer_info_list *next;
23 const char *info;
24 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
25 } *man_viewer_info_list;
27 enum help_format {
28 HELP_FORMAT_NONE,
29 HELP_FORMAT_MAN,
30 HELP_FORMAT_INFO,
31 HELP_FORMAT_WEB
34 static const char *html_path;
36 static int show_all = 0;
37 static int show_guides = 0;
38 static unsigned int colopts;
39 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
40 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
41 OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
42 OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
43 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
44 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
45 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
46 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
47 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
48 OPT_END(),
51 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
52 N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man | --web | --info] [<command>]"),
53 NULL
56 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
58 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
59 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
60 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
61 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
62 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
63 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
64 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
67 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
69 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
71 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
73 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
74 return viewer->info;
76 return NULL;
79 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
81 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
82 struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
83 const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
84 int version;
86 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
87 ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
88 ec_process.err = -1;
89 ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
90 if (start_command(&ec_process))
91 return error(_("Failed to start emacsclient."));
93 strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
94 close(ec_process.err);
97 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
98 * seems to always exits with code 1.
100 finish_command(&ec_process);
102 if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
103 strbuf_release(&buffer);
104 return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
107 strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
108 version = atoi(buffer.buf);
110 if (version < 22) {
111 strbuf_release(&buffer);
112 return error(_("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22)."),
113 version);
116 strbuf_release(&buffer);
117 return 0;
120 static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
122 if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
123 /* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
124 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
126 if (!path)
127 path = "emacsclient";
128 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
129 execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
130 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
134 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
136 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
137 if (display && *display) {
138 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
139 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
141 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
142 if (path) {
143 size_t len;
144 if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
145 path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
146 filename = basename((char *)path);
147 } else
148 path = "kfmclient";
149 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
150 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
151 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
155 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
157 if (!path)
158 path = "man";
159 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
160 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
163 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
165 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
166 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
167 execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
168 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), cmd, strerror(errno));
171 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
173 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
175 while (*p)
176 p = &((*p)->next);
177 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
180 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
182 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
183 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
184 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
187 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
188 size_t len,
189 const char *value)
191 struct man_viewer_info_list *new;
192 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new, name, name, len);
193 new->info = xstrdup(value);
194 new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
195 man_viewer_info_list = new;
198 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
199 size_t len,
200 const char *value)
202 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
203 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
204 else
205 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
206 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
207 name);
209 return 0;
212 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
213 size_t len,
214 const char *value)
216 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
217 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
218 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
219 name);
220 else
221 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
223 return 0;
226 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
228 const char *name, *subkey;
229 int namelen;
231 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
232 return 0;
234 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
235 if (!value)
236 return config_error_nonbool(var);
237 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
239 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
240 if (!value)
241 return config_error_nonbool(var);
242 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
245 return 0;
248 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
250 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
251 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
252 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
253 if (!value)
254 return config_error_nonbool(var);
255 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
256 return 0;
258 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
259 if (!value)
260 return config_error_nonbool(var);
261 html_path = xstrdup(value);
262 return 0;
264 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
265 if (!value)
266 return config_error_nonbool(var);
267 add_man_viewer(value);
268 return 0;
270 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
271 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
273 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
276 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
278 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
280 if (is_builtin(s))
281 return 1;
283 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
284 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
285 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
288 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
290 if (!git_cmd)
291 return "git";
292 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
293 return git_cmd;
294 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
295 return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
296 else
297 return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
300 static void setup_man_path(void)
302 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
303 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
304 char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
306 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
307 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
308 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
309 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
310 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
311 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
312 if (old_path)
313 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
315 free(git_man_path);
316 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
318 strbuf_release(&new_path);
321 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
323 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
325 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
326 exec_man_man(info, page);
327 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
328 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
329 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
330 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
331 else if (info)
332 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
333 else
334 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
337 static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
339 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
340 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
341 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
343 setup_man_path();
344 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
346 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
348 if (fallback)
349 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
350 exec_viewer("man", page);
351 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
354 static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
356 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
357 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
358 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
359 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
362 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
364 struct stat st;
365 char *to_free = NULL;
367 if (!html_path)
368 html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
370 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
371 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
372 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
373 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
374 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
377 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
378 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
379 free(to_free);
383 * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
384 * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
385 * HTML.
387 #ifndef open_html
388 static void open_html(const char *path)
390 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
392 #endif
394 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
396 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
397 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
399 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
401 open_html(page_path.buf);
404 static struct {
405 const char *name;
406 const char *help;
407 } common_guides[] = {
408 { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
409 { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
410 { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
411 { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
412 { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
413 { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
414 { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
415 { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
418 static void list_common_guides_help(void)
420 int i, longest = 0;
422 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
423 if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
424 longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
427 puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
428 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
429 printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
430 mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
431 puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
433 putchar('\n');
436 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
438 int nongit;
439 char *alias;
440 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
442 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
443 builtin_help_usage, 0);
444 parsed_help_format = help_format;
446 if (show_all) {
447 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
448 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
449 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
450 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
453 if (show_guides)
454 list_common_guides_help();
456 if (show_all || show_guides) {
457 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
459 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
461 return 0;
464 if (!argv[0]) {
465 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
466 list_common_cmds_help();
467 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
468 return 0;
471 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
472 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
474 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
475 help_format = parsed_help_format;
476 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
477 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
479 alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
480 if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
481 printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), argv[0], alias);
482 free(alias);
483 return 0;
486 switch (help_format) {
487 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
488 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
489 show_man_page(argv[0]);
490 break;
491 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
492 show_info_page(argv[0]);
493 break;
494 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
495 show_html_page(argv[0]);
496 break;
499 return 0;