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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"
12 #include "alias.h"
14 #ifndef DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT
15 #define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT "man"
16 #endif
18 static struct man_viewer_list {
19 struct man_viewer_list *next;
20 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
21 } *man_viewer_list;
23 static struct man_viewer_info_list {
24 struct man_viewer_info_list *next;
25 const char *info;
26 char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
27 } *man_viewer_info_list;
29 enum help_format {
30 HELP_FORMAT_NONE,
31 HELP_FORMAT_MAN,
32 HELP_FORMAT_INFO,
33 HELP_FORMAT_WEB
36 static const char *html_path;
38 static int show_all = 0;
39 static int show_guides = 0;
40 static int verbose;
41 static unsigned int colopts;
42 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
43 static int exclude_guides;
44 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
45 OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
46 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
47 OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
48 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
49 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
50 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
51 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
52 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
53 OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")),
54 OPT_END(),
57 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
58 N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man | --web | --info] [<command>]"),
59 NULL
62 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
64 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
65 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
66 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
67 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
68 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
69 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
70 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
73 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
75 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
77 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
79 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
80 return viewer->info;
82 return NULL;
85 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
87 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
88 struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
89 const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
90 int version;
92 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
93 ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
94 ec_process.err = -1;
95 ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
96 if (start_command(&ec_process))
97 return error(_("Failed to start emacsclient."));
99 strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
100 close(ec_process.err);
103 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
104 * seems to always exits with code 1.
106 finish_command(&ec_process);
108 if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
109 strbuf_release(&buffer);
110 return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
113 strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
114 version = atoi(buffer.buf);
116 if (version < 22) {
117 strbuf_release(&buffer);
118 return error(_("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22)."),
119 version);
122 strbuf_release(&buffer);
123 return 0;
126 static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
128 if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
129 /* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
130 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
132 if (!path)
133 path = "emacsclient";
134 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
135 execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
136 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
137 strbuf_release(&man_page);
141 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
143 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
144 if (display && *display) {
145 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
146 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
148 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
149 if (path) {
150 size_t len;
151 if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
152 path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
153 filename = basename((char *)path);
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_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
159 strbuf_release(&man_page);
163 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
165 if (!path)
166 path = "man";
167 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
168 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
171 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
173 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
174 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
175 execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
176 warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
177 strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
180 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
182 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
184 while (*p)
185 p = &((*p)->next);
186 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
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_man_viewer;
201 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new_man_viewer, name, name, len);
202 new_man_viewer->info = xstrdup(value);
203 new_man_viewer->next = man_viewer_info_list;
204 man_viewer_info_list = new_man_viewer;
207 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
208 size_t len,
209 const char *value)
211 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
212 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
213 else
214 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
215 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
216 name);
218 return 0;
221 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
222 size_t len,
223 const char *value)
225 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
226 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
227 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
228 name);
229 else
230 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
232 return 0;
235 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
237 const char *name, *subkey;
238 int namelen;
240 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
241 return 0;
243 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
244 if (!value)
245 return config_error_nonbool(var);
246 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
248 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
249 if (!value)
250 return config_error_nonbool(var);
251 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
254 return 0;
257 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
259 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
260 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
261 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
262 if (!value)
263 return config_error_nonbool(var);
264 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
265 return 0;
267 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
268 if (!value)
269 return config_error_nonbool(var);
270 html_path = xstrdup(value);
271 return 0;
273 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
274 if (!value)
275 return config_error_nonbool(var);
276 add_man_viewer(value);
277 return 0;
279 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
280 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
282 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
285 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
287 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
289 if (is_builtin(s))
290 return 1;
292 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
293 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
294 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
297 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
299 if (!git_cmd)
300 return "git";
301 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
302 return git_cmd;
303 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
304 return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
305 else
306 return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
309 static void setup_man_path(void)
311 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
312 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
313 char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
315 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
316 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
317 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
318 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
319 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
320 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
321 if (old_path)
322 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
324 free(git_man_path);
325 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
327 strbuf_release(&new_path);
330 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
332 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
334 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
335 exec_man_man(info, page);
336 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
337 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
338 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
339 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
340 else if (info)
341 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
342 else
343 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
346 static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
348 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
349 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
350 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
352 setup_man_path();
353 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
355 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
357 if (fallback)
358 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
359 exec_viewer("man", page);
360 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
363 static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
365 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
366 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
367 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
368 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
371 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
373 struct stat st;
374 char *to_free = NULL;
376 if (!html_path)
377 html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
379 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
380 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
381 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
382 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
383 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
386 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
387 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
388 free(to_free);
391 static void open_html(const char *path)
393 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
396 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
398 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
399 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
401 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
403 open_html(page_path.buf);
406 static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
408 char *alias;
410 if (is_git_command(cmd))
411 return cmd;
413 alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
414 if (alias) {
415 printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
416 free(alias);
417 exit(0);
420 if (exclude_guides)
421 return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
423 return cmd;
426 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
428 int nongit;
429 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
431 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
432 builtin_help_usage, 0);
433 parsed_help_format = help_format;
435 if (show_all) {
436 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
437 if (verbose) {
438 setup_pager();
439 list_all_cmds_help();
440 return 0;
442 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
443 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
444 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
447 if (show_guides)
448 list_common_guides_help();
450 if (show_all || show_guides) {
451 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
453 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
455 return 0;
458 if (!argv[0]) {
459 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
460 list_common_cmds_help();
461 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
462 return 0;
465 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
466 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
468 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
469 help_format = parsed_help_format;
470 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
471 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
473 argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
475 switch (help_format) {
476 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
477 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
478 show_man_page(argv[0]);
479 break;
480 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
481 show_info_page(argv[0]);
482 break;
483 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
484 show_html_page(argv[0]);
485 break;
488 return 0;