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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 const char *file = strrchr(path, '/');
144 if (file && !strcmp(file + 1, "konqueror")) {
145 char *new = xstrdup(path);
146 char *dest = strrchr(new, '/');
148 /* strlen("konqueror") == strlen("kfmclient") */
149 strcpy(dest + 1, "kfmclient");
150 path = new;
152 if (file)
153 filename = file;
154 } else
155 path = "kfmclient";
156 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
157 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
158 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
162 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
164 if (!path)
165 path = "man";
166 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
167 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
170 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
172 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
173 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
174 execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
175 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), cmd, strerror(errno));
178 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
180 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
181 size_t len = strlen(name);
183 while (*p)
184 p = &((*p)->next);
185 *p = xcalloc(1, (sizeof(**p) + len + 1));
186 strncpy((*p)->name, name, len);
189 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
191 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
192 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
193 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
196 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
197 size_t len,
198 const char *value)
200 struct man_viewer_info_list *new = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new) + len + 1);
202 strncpy(new->name, name, len);
203 new->info = xstrdup(value);
204 new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
205 man_viewer_info_list = new;
208 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
209 size_t len,
210 const char *value)
212 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
213 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
214 else
215 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
216 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
217 name);
219 return 0;
222 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
223 size_t len,
224 const char *value)
226 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
227 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
228 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
229 name);
230 else
231 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
233 return 0;
236 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
238 const char *name, *subkey;
239 int namelen;
241 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
242 return 0;
244 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
245 if (!value)
246 return config_error_nonbool(var);
247 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
249 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
250 if (!value)
251 return config_error_nonbool(var);
252 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
255 return 0;
258 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
260 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
261 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
262 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
263 if (!value)
264 return config_error_nonbool(var);
265 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
266 return 0;
268 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
269 if (!value)
270 return config_error_nonbool(var);
271 html_path = xstrdup(value);
272 return 0;
274 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
275 if (!value)
276 return config_error_nonbool(var);
277 add_man_viewer(value);
278 return 0;
280 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
281 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
283 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
286 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
288 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
290 if (is_builtin(s))
291 return 1;
293 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
294 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
295 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
298 static const char *prepend(const char *prefix, const char *cmd)
300 size_t pre_len = strlen(prefix);
301 size_t cmd_len = strlen(cmd);
302 char *p = xmalloc(pre_len + cmd_len + 1);
303 memcpy(p, prefix, pre_len);
304 strcpy(p + pre_len, cmd);
305 return p;
308 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
310 if (!git_cmd)
311 return "git";
312 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
313 return git_cmd;
314 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
315 return prepend("git-", git_cmd);
316 else
317 return prepend("git", git_cmd);
320 static void setup_man_path(void)
322 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
323 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
325 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
326 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
327 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
328 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
329 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
330 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
331 if (old_path)
332 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
334 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
336 strbuf_release(&new_path);
339 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
341 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
343 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
344 exec_man_man(info, page);
345 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
346 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
347 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
348 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
349 else if (info)
350 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
351 else
352 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
355 static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
357 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
358 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
359 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
361 setup_man_path();
362 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
364 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
366 if (fallback)
367 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
368 exec_viewer("man", page);
369 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
372 static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
374 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
375 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
376 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
377 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
380 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
382 struct stat st;
383 if (!html_path)
384 html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
386 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
387 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
388 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
389 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
390 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
393 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
394 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
398 * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
399 * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
400 * HTML.
402 #ifndef open_html
403 static void open_html(const char *path)
405 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
407 #endif
409 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
411 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
412 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
414 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
416 open_html(page_path.buf);
419 static struct {
420 const char *name;
421 const char *help;
422 } common_guides[] = {
423 { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
424 { "everyday", N_("Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So") },
425 { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
426 { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
427 { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
428 { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
429 { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
430 { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
433 static void list_common_guides_help(void)
435 int i, longest = 0;
437 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
438 if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
439 longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
442 puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
443 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
444 printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
445 mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
446 puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
448 putchar('\n');
451 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
453 int nongit;
454 const char *alias;
455 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
457 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
458 builtin_help_usage, 0);
459 parsed_help_format = help_format;
461 if (show_all) {
462 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
463 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
464 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
465 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
468 if (show_guides)
469 list_common_guides_help();
471 if (show_all || show_guides) {
472 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
474 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
476 return 0;
479 if (!argv[0]) {
480 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
481 list_common_cmds_help();
482 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
483 return 0;
486 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
487 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
489 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
490 help_format = parsed_help_format;
491 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
492 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
494 alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
495 if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
496 printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), argv[0], alias);
497 return 0;
500 switch (help_format) {
501 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
502 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
503 show_man_page(argv[0]);
504 break;
505 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
506 show_info_page(argv[0]);
507 break;
508 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
509 show_html_page(argv[0]);
510 break;
513 return 0;