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[git/debian.git] / builtin / help.c
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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 "config-list.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 enum show_config_type {
37 SHOW_CONFIG_HUMAN,
38 SHOW_CONFIG_VARS,
39 SHOW_CONFIG_SECTIONS,
42 static enum help_action {
43 HELP_ACTION_ALL = 1,
44 HELP_ACTION_GUIDES,
45 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG,
46 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_FOR_COMPLETION,
47 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_SECTIONS_FOR_COMPLETION,
48 } cmd_mode;
50 static const char *html_path;
51 static int verbose = 1;
52 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
53 static int exclude_guides;
54 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
55 OPT_CMDMODE('a', "all", &cmd_mode, N_("print all available commands"),
56 HELP_ACTION_ALL),
57 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
58 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
59 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
60 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
61 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
62 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
63 OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")),
65 OPT_CMDMODE('g', "guides", &cmd_mode, N_("print list of useful guides"),
66 HELP_ACTION_GUIDES),
67 OPT_CMDMODE('c', "config", &cmd_mode, N_("print all configuration variable names"),
68 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG),
69 OPT_CMDMODE_F(0, "config-for-completion", &cmd_mode, "",
70 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_FOR_COMPLETION, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
71 OPT_CMDMODE_F(0, "config-sections-for-completion", &cmd_mode, "",
72 HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_SECTIONS_FOR_COMPLETION, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
74 OPT_END(),
77 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
78 N_("git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]]\n"
79 " [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
80 N_("git help [-g|--guides]"),
81 N_("git help [-c|--config]"),
82 NULL
85 struct slot_expansion {
86 const char *prefix;
87 const char *placeholder;
88 void (*fn)(struct string_list *list, const char *prefix);
89 int found;
92 static void list_config_help(enum show_config_type type)
94 struct slot_expansion slot_expansions[] = {
95 { "advice", "*", list_config_advices },
96 { "color.branch", "<slot>", list_config_color_branch_slots },
97 { "color.decorate", "<slot>", list_config_color_decorate_slots },
98 { "color.diff", "<slot>", list_config_color_diff_slots },
99 { "color.grep", "<slot>", list_config_color_grep_slots },
100 { "color.interactive", "<slot>", list_config_color_interactive_slots },
101 { "color.remote", "<slot>", list_config_color_sideband_slots },
102 { "color.status", "<slot>", list_config_color_status_slots },
103 { "fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
104 { "receive.fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
105 { NULL, NULL, NULL }
107 const char **p;
108 struct slot_expansion *e;
109 struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
110 struct string_list keys_uniq = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
111 struct string_list_item *item;
112 int i;
114 for (p = config_name_list; *p; p++) {
115 const char *var = *p;
116 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
118 for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++) {
120 strbuf_reset(&sb);
121 strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s.%s", e->prefix, e->placeholder);
122 if (!strcasecmp(var, sb.buf)) {
123 e->fn(&keys, e->prefix);
124 e->found++;
125 break;
128 strbuf_release(&sb);
129 if (!e->prefix)
130 string_list_append(&keys, var);
133 for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++)
134 if (!e->found)
135 BUG("slot_expansion %s.%s is not used",
136 e->prefix, e->placeholder);
138 string_list_sort(&keys);
139 for (i = 0; i < keys.nr; i++) {
140 const char *var = keys.items[i].string;
141 const char *wildcard, *tag, *cut;
142 const char *dot = NULL;
143 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
145 switch (type) {
146 case SHOW_CONFIG_HUMAN:
147 puts(var);
148 continue;
149 case SHOW_CONFIG_SECTIONS:
150 dot = strchr(var, '.');
151 break;
152 case SHOW_CONFIG_VARS:
153 break;
155 wildcard = strchr(var, '*');
156 tag = strchr(var, '<');
158 if (!dot && !wildcard && !tag) {
159 string_list_append(&keys_uniq, var);
160 continue;
163 if (dot)
164 cut = dot;
165 else if (wildcard && !tag)
166 cut = wildcard;
167 else if (!wildcard && tag)
168 cut = tag;
169 else
170 cut = wildcard < tag ? wildcard : tag;
172 strbuf_add(&sb, var, cut - var);
173 string_list_append(&keys_uniq, sb.buf);
174 strbuf_release(&sb);
177 string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
178 string_list_remove_duplicates(&keys_uniq, 0);
179 for_each_string_list_item(item, &keys_uniq)
180 puts(item->string);
181 string_list_clear(&keys_uniq, 0);
184 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
186 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
187 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
188 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
189 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
190 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
191 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
193 * Please update _git_config() in git-completion.bash when you
194 * add new help formats.
196 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
199 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
201 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
203 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
205 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
206 return viewer->info;
208 return NULL;
211 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
213 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
214 struct child_process ec_process = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
215 int version;
217 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
218 strvec_pushl(&ec_process.args, "emacsclient", "--version", NULL);
219 ec_process.err = -1;
220 ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
221 if (start_command(&ec_process))
222 return error(_("Failed to start emacsclient."));
224 strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
225 close(ec_process.err);
228 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
229 * seems to always exits with code 1.
231 finish_command(&ec_process);
233 if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
234 strbuf_release(&buffer);
235 return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
238 strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
239 version = atoi(buffer.buf);
241 if (version < 22) {
242 strbuf_release(&buffer);
243 return error(_("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22)."),
244 version);
247 strbuf_release(&buffer);
248 return 0;
251 static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
253 if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
254 /* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
255 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
257 if (!path)
258 path = "emacsclient";
259 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
260 execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
261 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
262 strbuf_release(&man_page);
266 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
268 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
269 if (display && *display) {
270 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
271 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
273 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
274 if (path) {
275 size_t len;
276 if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
277 path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
278 filename = basename((char *)path);
279 } else
280 path = "kfmclient";
281 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
282 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
283 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
284 strbuf_release(&man_page);
288 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
290 if (!path)
291 path = "man";
292 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
293 warning_errno(_("failed to exec '%s'"), path);
296 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
298 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
299 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
300 execl(SHELL_PATH, SHELL_PATH, "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
301 warning(_("failed to exec '%s'"), cmd);
302 strbuf_release(&shell_cmd);
305 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
307 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
309 while (*p)
310 p = &((*p)->next);
311 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(*p, name, name);
314 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
316 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
317 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
318 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
321 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
322 size_t len,
323 const char *value)
325 struct man_viewer_info_list *new_man_viewer;
326 FLEX_ALLOC_MEM(new_man_viewer, name, name, len);
327 new_man_viewer->info = xstrdup(value);
328 new_man_viewer->next = man_viewer_info_list;
329 man_viewer_info_list = new_man_viewer;
332 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
333 size_t len,
334 const char *value)
336 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
337 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
338 else
339 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
340 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
341 name);
343 return 0;
346 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
347 size_t len,
348 const char *value)
350 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
351 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
352 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
353 name);
354 else
355 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
357 return 0;
360 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
362 const char *name, *subkey;
363 size_t namelen;
365 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
366 return 0;
368 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
369 if (!value)
370 return config_error_nonbool(var);
371 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
373 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
374 if (!value)
375 return config_error_nonbool(var);
376 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
379 return 0;
382 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
384 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
385 if (!value)
386 return config_error_nonbool(var);
387 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
388 return 0;
390 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
391 if (!value)
392 return config_error_nonbool(var);
393 html_path = xstrdup(value);
394 return 0;
396 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
397 if (!value)
398 return config_error_nonbool(var);
399 add_man_viewer(value);
400 return 0;
402 if (starts_with(var, "man."))
403 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
405 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
408 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
410 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
412 if (is_builtin(s))
413 return 1;
415 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
416 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
417 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
420 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
422 if (!git_cmd)
423 return "git";
424 else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
425 return git_cmd;
426 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
427 return xstrfmt("git-%s", git_cmd);
428 else
429 return xstrfmt("git%s", git_cmd);
432 static void setup_man_path(void)
434 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
435 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
436 char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH);
438 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
439 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
440 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
441 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
442 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, git_man_path);
443 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
444 if (old_path)
445 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
447 free(git_man_path);
448 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
450 strbuf_release(&new_path);
453 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
455 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
457 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
458 exec_man_man(info, page);
459 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
460 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
461 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
462 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
463 else if (info)
464 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
465 else
466 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
469 static void show_man_page(const char *page)
471 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
472 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
474 setup_man_path();
475 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
477 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
479 if (fallback)
480 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
481 exec_viewer("man", page);
482 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
485 static void show_info_page(const char *page)
487 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
488 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
489 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
492 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
494 struct stat st;
495 char *to_free = NULL;
497 if (!html_path)
498 html_path = to_free = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
501 * Check that the page we're looking for exists.
503 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
504 if (stat(mkpath("%s/%s.html", html_path, page), &st)
505 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
506 die("'%s/%s.html': documentation file not found.",
507 html_path, page);
510 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
511 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
512 free(to_free);
515 static void open_html(const char *path)
517 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
520 static void show_html_page(const char *page)
522 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
524 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
526 open_html(page_path.buf);
529 static const char *check_git_cmd(const char* cmd)
531 char *alias;
533 if (is_git_command(cmd))
534 return cmd;
536 alias = alias_lookup(cmd);
537 if (alias) {
538 const char **argv;
539 int count;
542 * handle_builtin() in git.c rewrites "git cmd --help"
543 * to "git help --exclude-guides cmd", so we can use
544 * exclude_guides to distinguish "git cmd --help" from
545 * "git help cmd". In the latter case, or if cmd is an
546 * alias for a shell command, just print the alias
547 * definition.
549 if (!exclude_guides || alias[0] == '!') {
550 printf_ln(_("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
551 free(alias);
552 exit(0);
555 * Otherwise, we pretend that the command was "git
556 * word0 --help". We use split_cmdline() to get the
557 * first word of the alias, to ensure that we use the
558 * same rules as when the alias is actually
559 * used. split_cmdline() modifies alias in-place.
561 fprintf_ln(stderr, _("'%s' is aliased to '%s'"), cmd, alias);
562 count = split_cmdline(alias, &argv);
563 if (count < 0)
564 die(_("bad alias.%s string: %s"), cmd,
565 split_cmdline_strerror(count));
566 free(argv);
567 UNLEAK(alias);
568 return alias;
571 if (exclude_guides)
572 return help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
574 return cmd;
577 static void no_extra_argc(int argc)
579 if (argc)
580 usage_msg_opt(_("this option doesn't take any other arguments"),
581 builtin_help_usage, builtin_help_options);
584 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
586 int nongit;
587 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
588 const char *page;
590 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
591 builtin_help_usage, 0);
592 parsed_help_format = help_format;
594 switch (cmd_mode) {
595 case HELP_ACTION_ALL:
596 if (verbose) {
597 setup_pager();
598 list_all_cmds_help();
599 return 0;
601 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
602 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
603 list_commands(&main_cmds, &other_cmds);
604 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
605 break;
606 case HELP_ACTION_GUIDES:
607 no_extra_argc(argc);
608 list_guides_help();
609 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
610 return 0;
611 case HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_FOR_COMPLETION:
612 no_extra_argc(argc);
613 list_config_help(SHOW_CONFIG_VARS);
614 return 0;
615 case HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_SECTIONS_FOR_COMPLETION:
616 no_extra_argc(argc);
617 list_config_help(SHOW_CONFIG_SECTIONS);
618 return 0;
619 case HELP_ACTION_CONFIG:
620 no_extra_argc(argc);
621 setup_pager();
622 list_config_help(SHOW_CONFIG_HUMAN);
623 printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
624 return 0;
627 if (!argv[0]) {
628 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
629 list_common_cmds_help();
630 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
631 return 0;
634 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
635 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
637 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
638 help_format = parsed_help_format;
639 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
640 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
642 argv[0] = check_git_cmd(argv[0]);
644 page = cmd_to_page(argv[0]);
645 switch (help_format) {
646 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
647 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
648 show_man_page(page);
649 break;
650 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
651 show_info_page(page);
652 break;
653 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
654 show_html_page(page);
655 break;
658 return 0;