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1 /*
2 * Builtin help command
3 */
4 #include "cache.h"
5 #include "config.h"
6 #include "builtin.h"
7 #include "exec_cmd.h"
8 #include "parse-options.h"
9 #include "run-command.h"
10 #include "column.h"
11 #include "help.h"
13 #ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
14 #define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
15 #endif
17 static struct man_viewer_list {
18 struct man_viewer_list *next;
19 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
20 } *man_viewer_list;
22 static struct man_viewer_info_list {
23 struct man_viewer_info_list *next;
24 const char *info;
25 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
26 } *man_viewer_info_list;
28 enum help_format {
29 HELP_FORMAT_NONE,
30 HELP_FORMAT_MAN,
31 HELP_FORMAT_INFO,
32 HELP_FORMAT_WEB
35 static const char *html_path;
37 static int show_all = 0;
38 static int show_guides = 0;
39 static unsigned int colopts;
40 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
41 static int exclude_guides;
42 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
43 OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
44 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
45 OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
46 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
47 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
48 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
49 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
50 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
51 OPT_END(),
54 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
55 N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man | --web | --info] [<command>]"),
56 NULL
59 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
61 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
62 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
63 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
64 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
65 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
66 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
67 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
70 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
72 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
74 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
76 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
77 return viewer->info;
79 return NULL;
82 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
84 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
85 struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
86 const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
87 int version;
89 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
90 ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
91 ec_process.err = -1;
92 ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
93 if (start_command(&ec_process))
94 return error(_("Failed to start emacsclient."));
96 strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
97 close(ec_process.err);
100 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
101 * seems to always exits with code 1.
103 finish_command(&ec_process);
105 if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
106 strbuf_release(&buffer);
107 return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
110 strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
111 version = atoi(buffer.buf);
113 if (version < 22) {
114 strbuf_release(&buffer);
115 return error(_("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22)."),
116 version);
119 strbuf_release(&buffer);
120 return 0;
123 static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
125 if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
126 /* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
127 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
129 if (!path)
130 path = "emacsclient";
131 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
132 execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
133 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
134 strbuf_release(&man_page);
138 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
140 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
141 if (display && *display) {
142 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
143 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
145 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
146 if (path) {
147 size_t len;
148 if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
149 path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
150 filename = basename((char *)path);
151 } else
152 path = "kfmclient";
153 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
154 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
155 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
156 strbuf_release(&man_page);
160 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
162 if (!path)
163 path = "man";
164 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
165 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
168 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
170 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
171 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
172 execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
173 warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
174 strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
177 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
179 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
181 while (*p)
182 p = &((*p)->next);
183 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
186 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
188 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
189 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
190 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
193 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
194 size_t len,
195 const char *value)
197 struct man_viewer_info_list *new;
198 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new, name, name, len);
199 new->info = xstrdup(value);
200 new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
201 man_viewer_info_list = new;
204 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
205 size_t len,
206 const char *value)
208 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
209 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
210 else
211 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
212 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
213 name);
215 return 0;
218 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
219 size_t len,
220 const char *value)
222 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
223 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
224 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
225 name);
226 else
227 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
229 return 0;
232 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
234 const char *name, *subkey;
235 int namelen;
237 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
238 return 0;
240 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
241 if (!value)
242 return config_error_nonbool(var);
243 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
245 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
246 if (!value)
247 return config_error_nonbool(var);
248 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
251 return 0;
254 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
256 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
257 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
258 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
259 if (!value)
260 return config_error_nonbool(var);
261 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
262 return 0;
264 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
265 if (!value)
266 return config_error_nonbool(var);
267 html_path = xstrdup(value);
268 return 0;
270 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
271 if (!value)
272 return config_error_nonbool(var);
273 add_man_viewer(value);
274 return 0;
276 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
277 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
279 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
282 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
284 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
286 if (is_builtin(s))
287 return 1;
289 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
290 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
291 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
294 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
296 if (!git_cmd)
297 return "git";
298 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
299 return git_cmd;
300 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
301 return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
302 else
303 return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
306 static void setup_man_path(void)
308 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
309 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
310 char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
312 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
313 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
314 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
315 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
316 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
317 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
318 if (old_path)
319 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
321 free(git_man_path);
322 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
324 strbuf_release(&new_path);
327 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
329 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
331 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
332 exec_man_man(info, page);
333 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
334 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
335 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
336 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
337 else if (info)
338 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
339 else
340 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
343 static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
345 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
346 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
347 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
349 setup_man_path();
350 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
352 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
354 if (fallback)
355 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
356 exec_viewer("man", page);
357 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
360 static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
362 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
363 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
364 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
365 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
368 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
370 struct stat st;
371 char *to_free = NULL;
373 if (!html_path)
374 html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
376 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
377 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
378 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
379 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
380 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
383 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
384 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
385 free(to_free);
388 static void open_html(const char *path)
390 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
393 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
395 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
396 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
398 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
400 open_html(page_path.buf);
403 static struct {
404 const char *name;
405 const char *help;
406 } common_guides[] = {
407 { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
408 { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
409 { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
410 { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
411 { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
412 { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
413 { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
414 { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
417 static void list_common_guides_help(void)
419 int i, longest = 0;
421 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
422 if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
423 longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
426 puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
427 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
428 printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
429 mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
430 puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
432 putchar('\n');
435 static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
437 char *alias;
439 if (is_git_command(cmd))
440 return cmd;
442 alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
443 if (alias) {
444 printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
445 free(alias);
446 exit(0);
449 if (exclude_guides)
450 return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
452 return cmd;
455 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
457 int nongit;
458 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
460 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
461 builtin_help_usage, 0);
462 parsed_help_format = help_format;
464 if (show_all) {
465 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
466 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
467 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
468 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
471 if (show_guides)
472 list_common_guides_help();
474 if (show_all || show_guides) {
475 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
477 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
479 return 0;
482 if (!argv[0]) {
483 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
484 list_common_cmds_help();
485 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
486 return 0;
489 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
490 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
492 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
493 help_format = parsed_help_format;
494 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
495 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
497 argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
499 switch (help_format) {
500 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
501 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
502 show_man_page(argv[0]);
503 break;
504 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
505 show_info_page(argv[0]);
506 break;
507 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
508 show_html_page(argv[0]);
509 break;
512 return 0;