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1 /*
2 * builtin-help.c
4 * Builtin help command
5 */
6 #include "cache.h"
7 #include "builtin.h"
8 #include "exec_cmd.h"
9 #include "parse-options.h"
10 #include "run-command.h"
11 #include "column.h"
12 #include "help.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 unsigned int colopts;
41 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
42 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
43 OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
44 OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
45 OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
46 OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
47 HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
48 OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"),
49 HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
50 OPT_END(),
53 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
54 N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man|--web|--info] [command]"),
55 NULL
58 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
60 if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
61 return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
62 if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
63 return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
64 if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
65 return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
66 die(_("unrecognized help format '%s'"), format);
69 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
71 struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
73 for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
75 if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
76 return viewer->info;
78 return NULL;
81 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
83 struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
84 struct child_process ec_process;
85 const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
86 int version;
88 /* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
89 memset(&ec_process, 0, sizeof(ec_process));
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 (prefixcmp(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(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
137 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
139 const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
140 if (display && *display) {
141 struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
142 const char *filename = "kfmclient";
144 /* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
145 if (path) {
146 const char *file = strrchr(path, '/');
147 if (file && !strcmp(file + 1, "konqueror")) {
148 char *new = xstrdup(path);
149 char *dest = strrchr(new, '/');
151 /* strlen("konqueror") == strlen("kfmclient") */
152 strcpy(dest + 1, "kfmclient");
153 path = new;
155 if (file)
156 filename = file;
157 } else
158 path = "kfmclient";
159 strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
160 execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
161 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
165 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
167 if (!path)
168 path = "man";
169 execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
170 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
173 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
175 struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
176 strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
177 execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
178 warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), cmd, strerror(errno));
181 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
183 struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
184 size_t len = strlen(name);
186 while (*p)
187 p = &((*p)->next);
188 *p = xcalloc(1, (sizeof(**p) + len + 1));
189 strncpy((*p)->name, name, len);
192 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
194 return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
195 !strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
196 !strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
199 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
200 size_t len,
201 const char *value)
203 struct man_viewer_info_list *new = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new) + len + 1);
205 strncpy(new->name, name, len);
206 new->info = xstrdup(value);
207 new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
208 man_viewer_info_list = new;
211 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
212 size_t len,
213 const char *value)
215 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
216 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
217 else
218 warning(_("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
219 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead."),
220 name);
222 return 0;
225 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
226 size_t len,
227 const char *value)
229 if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
230 warning(_("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
231 "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead."),
232 name);
233 else
234 do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
236 return 0;
239 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
241 const char *name, *subkey;
242 int namelen;
244 if (parse_config_key(var, "man", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0 || !name)
245 return 0;
247 if (!strcmp(subkey, "path")) {
248 if (!value)
249 return config_error_nonbool(var);
250 return add_man_viewer_path(name, namelen, value);
252 if (!strcmp(subkey, "cmd")) {
253 if (!value)
254 return config_error_nonbool(var);
255 return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, namelen, value);
258 return 0;
261 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
263 if (!prefixcmp(var, "column."))
264 return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
265 if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
266 if (!value)
267 return config_error_nonbool(var);
268 help_format = parse_help_format(value);
269 return 0;
271 if (!strcmp(var, "help.htmlpath")) {
272 if (!value)
273 return config_error_nonbool(var);
274 html_path = xstrdup(value);
275 return 0;
277 if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
278 if (!value)
279 return config_error_nonbool(var);
280 add_man_viewer(value);
281 return 0;
283 if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
284 return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
286 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
289 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
291 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
293 return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
294 is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
297 static const char *prepend(const char *prefix, const char *cmd)
299 size_t pre_len = strlen(prefix);
300 size_t cmd_len = strlen(cmd);
301 char *p = xmalloc(pre_len + cmd_len + 1);
302 memcpy(p, prefix, pre_len);
303 strcpy(p + pre_len, cmd);
304 return p;
307 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
309 if (!git_cmd)
310 return "git";
311 else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
312 return git_cmd;
313 else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
314 return prepend("git-", git_cmd);
315 else
316 return prepend("git", git_cmd);
319 static void setup_man_path(void)
321 struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
322 const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
324 /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
325 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
326 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
327 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
328 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
329 strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
330 if (old_path)
331 strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
333 setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
335 strbuf_release(&new_path);
338 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
340 const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
342 if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
343 exec_man_man(info, page);
344 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
345 exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
346 else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
347 exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
348 else if (info)
349 exec_man_cmd(info, page);
350 else
351 warning(_("'%s': unknown man viewer."), name);
354 static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
356 struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
357 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
358 const char *fallback = getenv("GIT_MAN_VIEWER");
360 setup_man_path();
361 for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
363 exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
365 if (fallback)
366 exec_viewer(fallback, page);
367 exec_viewer("man", page);
368 die(_("no man viewer handled the request"));
371 static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
373 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
374 setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
375 execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
376 die(_("no info viewer handled the request"));
379 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
381 struct stat st;
382 if (!html_path)
383 html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH);
385 /* Check that we have a git documentation directory. */
386 if (!strstr(html_path, "://")) {
387 if (stat(mkpath("%s/git.html", html_path), &st)
388 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
389 die("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
392 strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
393 strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
397 * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
398 * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
399 * HTML.
401 #ifndef open_html
402 static void open_html(const char *path)
404 execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
406 #endif
408 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
410 const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
411 struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
413 get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
415 open_html(page_path.buf);
418 static struct {
419 const char *name;
420 const char *help;
421 } common_guides[] = {
422 { "attributes", N_("Defining attributes per path") },
423 { "glossary", N_("A Git glossary") },
424 { "ignore", N_("Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore") },
425 { "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
426 { "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
427 { "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
428 { "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
431 static void list_common_guides_help(void)
433 int i, longest = 0;
435 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
436 if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
437 longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
440 puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
441 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
442 printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
443 mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
444 puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
446 putchar('\n');
449 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
451 int nongit;
452 const char *alias;
453 enum help_format parsed_help_format;
454 load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
456 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
457 builtin_help_usage, 0);
458 parsed_help_format = help_format;
460 if (show_all) {
461 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
462 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
463 list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
466 if (show_guides)
467 list_common_guides_help();
469 if (show_all || show_guides) {
470 printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
472 * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
474 return 0;
477 if (!argv[0]) {
478 printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
479 list_common_cmds_help();
480 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
481 return 0;
484 setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
485 git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
487 if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
488 help_format = parsed_help_format;
489 if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
490 help_format = parse_help_format(DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT);
492 alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
493 if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
494 printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), argv[0], alias);
495 return 0;
498 switch (help_format) {
499 case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
500 case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
501 show_man_page(argv[0]);
502 break;
503 case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
504 show_info_page(argv[0]);
505 break;
506 case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
507 show_html_page(argv[0]);
508 break;
511 return 0;