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1 #include "cache.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 "help.h"
8 #include "command-list.h"
9 #include "string-list.h"
10 #include "column.h"
11 #include "version.h"
12 #include "refs.h"
13 #include "parse-options.h"
15 struct category_description {
16 uint32_t category;
17 const char *desc;
19 static uint32_t common_mask =
20 CAT_init | CAT_worktree | CAT_info |
21 CAT_history | CAT_remote;
22 static struct category_description common_categories[] = {
23 { CAT_init, N_("start a working area (see also: git help tutorial)") },
24 { CAT_worktree, N_("work on the current change (see also: git help everyday)") },
25 { CAT_info, N_("examine the history and state (see also: git help revisions)") },
26 { CAT_history, N_("grow, mark and tweak your common history") },
27 { CAT_remote, N_("collaborate (see also: git help workflows)") },
28 { 0, NULL }
30 static struct category_description main_categories[] = {
31 { CAT_mainporcelain, N_("Main Porcelain Commands") },
32 { CAT_ancillarymanipulators, N_("Ancillary Commands / Manipulators") },
33 { CAT_ancillaryinterrogators, N_("Ancillary Commands / Interrogators") },
34 { CAT_foreignscminterface, N_("Interacting with Others") },
35 { CAT_plumbingmanipulators, N_("Low-level Commands / Manipulators") },
36 { CAT_plumbinginterrogators, N_("Low-level Commands / Interrogators") },
37 { CAT_synchingrepositories, N_("Low-level Commands / Syncing Repositories") },
38 { CAT_purehelpers, N_("Low-level Commands / Internal Helpers") },
39 { 0, NULL }
42 static const char *drop_prefix(const char *name, uint32_t category)
44 const char *new_name;
46 if (skip_prefix(name, "git-", &new_name))
47 return new_name;
48 if (category == CAT_guide && skip_prefix(name, "git", &new_name))
49 return new_name;
50 return name;
54 static void extract_cmds(struct cmdname_help **p_cmds, uint32_t mask)
56 int i, nr = 0;
57 struct cmdname_help *cmds;
59 if (ARRAY_SIZE(command_list) == 0)
60 BUG("empty command_list[] is a sign of broken generate-cmdlist.sh");
62 ALLOC_ARRAY(cmds, ARRAY_SIZE(command_list) + 1);
64 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(command_list); i++) {
65 const struct cmdname_help *cmd = command_list + i;
67 if (!(cmd->category & mask))
68 continue;
70 cmds[nr] = *cmd;
71 cmds[nr].name = drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category);
73 nr++;
75 cmds[nr].name = NULL;
76 *p_cmds = cmds;
79 static void print_command_list(const struct cmdname_help *cmds,
80 uint32_t mask, int longest)
82 int i;
84 for (i = 0; cmds[i].name; i++) {
85 if (cmds[i].category & mask) {
86 size_t len = strlen(cmds[i].name);
87 printf(" %s ", cmds[i].name);
88 if (longest > len)
89 mput_char(' ', longest - len);
90 puts(_(cmds[i].help));
95 static int cmd_name_cmp(const void *elem1, const void *elem2)
97 const struct cmdname_help *e1 = elem1;
98 const struct cmdname_help *e2 = elem2;
100 return strcmp(e1->name, e2->name);
103 static void print_cmd_by_category(const struct category_description *catdesc,
104 int *longest_p)
106 struct cmdname_help *cmds;
107 int longest = 0;
108 int i, nr = 0;
109 uint32_t mask = 0;
111 for (i = 0; catdesc[i].desc; i++)
112 mask |= catdesc[i].category;
114 extract_cmds(&cmds, mask);
116 for (i = 0; cmds[i].name; i++, nr++) {
117 if (longest < strlen(cmds[i].name))
118 longest = strlen(cmds[i].name);
120 QSORT(cmds, nr, cmd_name_cmp);
122 for (i = 0; catdesc[i].desc; i++) {
123 uint32_t mask = catdesc[i].category;
124 const char *desc = catdesc[i].desc;
126 printf("\n%s\n", _(desc));
127 print_command_list(cmds, mask, longest);
129 free(cmds);
130 if (longest_p)
131 *longest_p = longest;
134 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
136 struct cmdname *ent;
137 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(ent, name, name, len);
138 ent->len = len;
140 ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + 1, cmds->alloc);
141 cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = ent;
144 static void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds)
146 int i;
147 for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; ++i)
148 free(cmds->names[i]);
149 free(cmds->names);
150 cmds->cnt = 0;
151 cmds->alloc = 0;
154 static int cmdname_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
156 struct cmdname *a = *(struct cmdname **)a_;
157 struct cmdname *b = *(struct cmdname **)b_;
158 return strcmp(a->name, b->name);
161 static void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
163 int i, j;
165 if (!cmds->cnt)
166 return;
168 for (i = j = 1; i < cmds->cnt; i++) {
169 if (!strcmp(cmds->names[i]->name, cmds->names[j-1]->name))
170 free(cmds->names[i]);
171 else
172 cmds->names[j++] = cmds->names[i];
175 cmds->cnt = j;
178 void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
180 int ci, cj, ei;
181 int cmp;
183 ci = cj = ei = 0;
184 while (ci < cmds->cnt && ei < excludes->cnt) {
185 cmp = strcmp(cmds->names[ci]->name, excludes->names[ei]->name);
186 if (cmp < 0)
187 cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
188 else if (cmp == 0) {
189 ei++;
190 free(cmds->names[ci++]);
191 } else if (cmp > 0)
192 ei++;
195 while (ci < cmds->cnt)
196 cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
198 cmds->cnt = cj;
201 static void pretty_print_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds, unsigned int colopts)
203 struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
204 struct column_options copts;
205 int i;
207 for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; i++)
208 string_list_append(&list, cmds->names[i]->name);
210 * always enable column display, we only consult column.*
211 * about layout strategy and stuff
213 colopts = (colopts & ~COL_ENABLE_MASK) | COL_ENABLED;
214 memset(&copts, 0, sizeof(copts));
215 copts.indent = " ";
216 copts.padding = 2;
217 print_columns(&list, colopts, &copts);
218 string_list_clear(&list, 0);
221 static void list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
222 const char *path,
223 const char *prefix)
225 DIR *dir = opendir(path);
226 struct dirent *de;
227 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
228 int len;
230 if (!dir)
231 return;
232 if (!prefix)
233 prefix = "git-";
235 strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/", path);
236 len = buf.len;
238 while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
239 const char *ent;
240 size_t entlen;
242 if (!skip_prefix(de->d_name, prefix, &ent))
243 continue;
245 strbuf_setlen(&buf, len);
246 strbuf_addstr(&buf, de->d_name);
247 if (!is_executable(buf.buf))
248 continue;
250 entlen = strlen(ent);
251 strip_suffix(ent, ".exe", &entlen);
253 add_cmdname(cmds, ent, entlen);
255 closedir(dir);
256 strbuf_release(&buf);
259 void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
260 struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
261 struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
263 const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
264 const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
266 if (exec_path) {
267 list_commands_in_dir(main_cmds, exec_path, prefix);
268 QSORT(main_cmds->names, main_cmds->cnt, cmdname_compare);
269 uniq(main_cmds);
272 if (env_path) {
273 char *paths, *path, *colon;
274 path = paths = xstrdup(env_path);
275 while (1) {
276 if ((colon = strchr(path, PATH_SEP)))
277 *colon = 0;
278 if (!exec_path || strcmp(path, exec_path))
279 list_commands_in_dir(other_cmds, path, prefix);
281 if (!colon)
282 break;
283 path = colon + 1;
285 free(paths);
287 QSORT(other_cmds->names, other_cmds->cnt, cmdname_compare);
288 uniq(other_cmds);
290 exclude_cmds(other_cmds, main_cmds);
293 void list_commands(unsigned int colopts,
294 struct cmdnames *main_cmds, struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
296 if (main_cmds->cnt) {
297 const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
298 printf_ln(_("available git commands in '%s'"), exec_path);
299 putchar('\n');
300 pretty_print_cmdnames(main_cmds, colopts);
301 putchar('\n');
304 if (other_cmds->cnt) {
305 printf_ln(_("git commands available from elsewhere on your $PATH"));
306 putchar('\n');
307 pretty_print_cmdnames(other_cmds, colopts);
308 putchar('\n');
312 void list_common_cmds_help(void)
314 puts(_("These are common Git commands used in various situations:"));
315 print_cmd_by_category(common_categories, NULL);
318 void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list)
320 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
321 int i;
323 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
324 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
325 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
327 for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++)
328 string_list_append(list, main_cmds.names[i]->name);
330 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
331 clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
334 void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list)
336 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
337 int i;
339 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
340 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
341 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
343 for (i = 0; i < other_cmds.cnt; i++)
344 string_list_append(list, other_cmds.names[i]->name);
346 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
347 clean_cmdnames(&other_cmds);
350 void list_cmds_by_category(struct string_list *list,
351 const char *cat)
353 int i, n = ARRAY_SIZE(command_list);
354 uint32_t cat_id = 0;
356 for (i = 0; category_names[i]; i++) {
357 if (!strcmp(cat, category_names[i])) {
358 cat_id = 1UL << i;
359 break;
362 if (!cat_id)
363 die(_("unsupported command listing type '%s'"), cat);
365 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
366 struct cmdname_help *cmd = command_list + i;
368 if (!(cmd->category & cat_id))
369 continue;
370 string_list_append(list, drop_prefix(cmd->name, cmd->category));
374 void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
376 const char *cmd_list;
378 if (git_config_get_string_const("completion.commands", &cmd_list))
379 return;
381 string_list_sort(list);
382 string_list_remove_duplicates(list, 0);
384 while (*cmd_list) {
385 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
386 const char *p = strchrnul(cmd_list, ' ');
388 strbuf_add(&sb, cmd_list, p - cmd_list);
389 if (sb.buf[0] == '-')
390 string_list_remove(list, sb.buf + 1, 0);
391 else
392 string_list_insert(list, sb.buf);
393 strbuf_release(&sb);
394 while (*p == ' ')
395 p++;
396 cmd_list = p;
400 void list_common_guides_help(void)
402 struct category_description catdesc[] = {
403 { CAT_guide, N_("The common Git guides are:") },
404 { 0, NULL }
406 print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);
407 putchar('\n');
410 static int get_alias(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
412 struct string_list *list = data;
414 if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &var))
415 string_list_append(list, var)->util = xstrdup(value);
417 return 0;
420 void list_all_cmds_help(void)
422 struct string_list others = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
423 struct string_list alias_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
424 struct cmdname_help *aliases;
425 int i, longest;
427 printf_ln(_("See 'git help <command>' to read about a specific subcommand"));
428 print_cmd_by_category(main_categories, &longest);
430 list_all_other_cmds(&others);
431 if (others.nr)
432 printf("\n%s\n", _("External commands"));
433 for (i = 0; i < others.nr; i++)
434 printf(" %s\n", others.items[i].string);
435 string_list_clear(&others, 0);
437 git_config(get_alias, &alias_list);
438 string_list_sort(&alias_list);
440 for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
441 size_t len = strlen(alias_list.items[i].string);
442 if (longest < len)
443 longest = len;
446 if (alias_list.nr) {
447 printf("\n%s\n", _("Command aliases"));
448 ALLOC_ARRAY(aliases, alias_list.nr + 1);
449 for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
450 aliases[i].name = alias_list.items[i].string;
451 aliases[i].help = alias_list.items[i].util;
452 aliases[i].category = 1;
454 aliases[alias_list.nr].name = NULL;
455 print_command_list(aliases, 1, longest);
456 free(aliases);
458 string_list_clear(&alias_list, 1);
461 int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
463 int i;
464 for (i = 0; i < c->cnt; i++)
465 if (!strcmp(s, c->names[i]->name))
466 return 1;
467 return 0;
470 static int autocorrect;
471 static struct cmdnames aliases;
473 static int git_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
475 const char *p;
477 if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect"))
478 autocorrect = git_config_int(var,value);
479 /* Also use aliases for command lookup */
480 if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &p))
481 add_cmdname(&aliases, p, strlen(p));
483 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
486 static int levenshtein_compare(const void *p1, const void *p2)
488 const struct cmdname *const *c1 = p1, *const *c2 = p2;
489 const char *s1 = (*c1)->name, *s2 = (*c2)->name;
490 int l1 = (*c1)->len;
491 int l2 = (*c2)->len;
492 return l1 != l2 ? l1 - l2 : strcmp(s1, s2);
495 static void add_cmd_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *old)
497 int i;
498 ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + old->cnt, cmds->alloc);
500 for (i = 0; i < old->cnt; i++)
501 cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = old->names[i];
502 FREE_AND_NULL(old->names);
503 old->cnt = 0;
506 /* An empirically derived magic number */
507 #define SIMILARITY_FLOOR 7
508 #define SIMILAR_ENOUGH(x) ((x) < SIMILARITY_FLOOR)
510 static const char bad_interpreter_advice[] =
511 N_("'%s' appears to be a git command, but we were not\n"
512 "able to execute it. Maybe git-%s is broken?");
514 const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
516 int i, n, best_similarity = 0;
517 struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
518 struct cmdname_help *common_cmds;
520 memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
521 memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(other_cmds));
522 memset(&aliases, 0, sizeof(aliases));
524 read_early_config(git_unknown_cmd_config, NULL);
526 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
528 add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &aliases);
529 add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &other_cmds);
530 QSORT(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt, cmdname_compare);
531 uniq(&main_cmds);
533 extract_cmds(&common_cmds, common_mask);
535 /* This abuses cmdname->len for levenshtein distance */
536 for (i = 0, n = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; i++) {
537 int cmp = 0; /* avoid compiler stupidity */
538 const char *candidate = main_cmds.names[i]->name;
541 * An exact match means we have the command, but
542 * for some reason exec'ing it gave us ENOENT; probably
543 * it's a bad interpreter in the #! line.
545 if (!strcmp(candidate, cmd))
546 die(_(bad_interpreter_advice), cmd, cmd);
548 /* Does the candidate appear in common_cmds list? */
549 while (common_cmds[n].name &&
550 (cmp = strcmp(common_cmds[n].name, candidate)) < 0)
551 n++;
552 if (common_cmds[n].name && !cmp) {
553 /* Yes, this is one of the common commands */
554 n++; /* use the entry from common_cmds[] */
555 if (starts_with(candidate, cmd)) {
556 /* Give prefix match a very good score */
557 main_cmds.names[i]->len = 0;
558 continue;
562 main_cmds.names[i]->len =
563 levenshtein(cmd, candidate, 0, 2, 1, 3) + 1;
565 FREE_AND_NULL(common_cmds);
567 QSORT(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt, levenshtein_compare);
569 if (!main_cmds.cnt)
570 die(_("Uh oh. Your system reports no Git commands at all."));
572 /* skip and count prefix matches */
573 for (n = 0; n < main_cmds.cnt && !main_cmds.names[n]->len; n++)
574 ; /* still counting */
576 if (main_cmds.cnt <= n) {
577 /* prefix matches with everything? that is too ambiguous */
578 best_similarity = SIMILARITY_FLOOR + 1;
579 } else {
580 /* count all the most similar ones */
581 for (best_similarity = main_cmds.names[n++]->len;
582 (n < main_cmds.cnt &&
583 best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len);
584 n++)
585 ; /* still counting */
587 if (autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
588 const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
589 main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
590 clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
591 fprintf_ln(stderr,
592 _("WARNING: You called a Git command named '%s', "
593 "which does not exist."),
594 cmd);
595 if (autocorrect < 0)
596 fprintf_ln(stderr,
597 _("Continuing under the assumption that "
598 "you meant '%s'."),
599 assumed);
600 else {
601 fprintf_ln(stderr,
602 _("Continuing in %0.1f seconds, "
603 "assuming that you meant '%s'."),
604 (float)autocorrect/10.0, assumed);
605 sleep_millisec(autocorrect * 100);
607 return assumed;
610 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'."), cmd);
612 if (SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
613 fprintf_ln(stderr,
614 Q_("\nThe most similar command is",
615 "\nThe most similar commands are",
616 n));
618 for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
619 fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", main_cmds.names[i]->name);
622 exit(1);
625 void get_version_info(struct strbuf *buf, int show_build_options)
628 * The format of this string should be kept stable for compatibility
629 * with external projects that rely on the output of "git version".
631 * Always show the version, even if other options are given.
633 strbuf_addf(buf, "git version %s\n", git_version_string);
635 if (show_build_options) {
636 strbuf_addf(buf, "cpu: %s\n", GIT_HOST_CPU);
637 if (git_built_from_commit_string[0])
638 strbuf_addf(buf, "built from commit: %s\n",
639 git_built_from_commit_string);
640 else
641 strbuf_addstr(buf, "no commit associated with this build\n");
642 strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-long: %d\n", (int)sizeof(long));
643 strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-size_t: %d\n", (int)sizeof(size_t));
644 /* NEEDSWORK: also save and output GIT-BUILD_OPTIONS? */
648 int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
650 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
651 int build_options = 0;
652 const char * const usage[] = {
653 N_("git version [<options>]"),
654 NULL
656 struct option options[] = {
657 OPT_BOOL(0, "build-options", &build_options,
658 "also print build options"),
659 OPT_END()
662 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
664 get_version_info(&buf, build_options);
665 printf("%s", buf.buf);
667 strbuf_release(&buf);
669 return 0;
672 struct similar_ref_cb {
673 const char *base_ref;
674 struct string_list *similar_refs;
677 static int append_similar_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
678 int flags, void *cb_data)
680 struct similar_ref_cb *cb = (struct similar_ref_cb *)(cb_data);
681 char *branch = strrchr(refname, '/') + 1;
683 /* A remote branch of the same name is deemed similar */
684 if (starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") &&
685 !strcmp(branch, cb->base_ref))
686 string_list_append_nodup(cb->similar_refs,
687 shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, 1));
688 return 0;
691 static struct string_list guess_refs(const char *ref)
693 struct similar_ref_cb ref_cb;
694 struct string_list similar_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
696 ref_cb.base_ref = ref;
697 ref_cb.similar_refs = &similar_refs;
698 for_each_ref(append_similar_ref, &ref_cb);
699 return similar_refs;
702 NORETURN void help_unknown_ref(const char *ref, const char *cmd,
703 const char *error)
705 int i;
706 struct string_list suggested_refs = guess_refs(ref);
708 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("%s: %s - %s"), cmd, ref, error);
710 if (suggested_refs.nr > 0) {
711 fprintf_ln(stderr,
712 Q_("\nDid you mean this?",
713 "\nDid you mean one of these?",
714 suggested_refs.nr));
715 for (i = 0; i < suggested_refs.nr; i++)
716 fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", suggested_refs.items[i].string);
719 string_list_clear(&suggested_refs, 0);
720 exit(1);