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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.email>,
	"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/9] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides"
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:40:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <patch-v3-2.9-e24ab59bc94-20210921T223223Z-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover-v3-0.9-00000000000-20210921T223223Z-avarab@gmail.com>

As noted in 65f98358c0c (builtin/help.c: add --guide option,
2013-04-02) and a133737b809 (doc: include --guide option description
for "git help", 2013-04-02) which introduced the --guide option, it
cannot be combined with e.g. <command>.

Change the command and the "SYNOPSIS" section to reflect that desired
behavior. Now that we assert this in code we don't need to
exhaustively describe the previous confusing behavior in the
documentation either, instead of silently ignoring the provided
argument we'll now error out.

The "We're done. Ignore any remaining args" comment added in
15f7d494380 (builtin/help.c: split "-a" processing into two,
2013-04-02) can now be removed, it's obvious that we're asserting the
behavior with the check of "argc".

The "--config" option is still missing from the synopsis, it will be
added in a subsequent commit where we'll fix bugs in its
implementation.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-help.txt |  6 +++---
 builtin/help.c             | 11 +++++++----
 t/t0012-help.sh            |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 568a0b606f3..cb8e3d4da9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-help - Display help information about Git
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] [-g|--guides]
+'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]]
 	   [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
+'git help' [-g|--guides]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -58,8 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -g::
 --guides::
-	Prints a list of the Git concept guides on the standard output. This
-	option overrides any given command or guide name.
+	Prints a list of the Git concept guides on the standard output.
 
 -i::
 --info::
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 44ea2798cda..51b18c291d8 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
-	N_("git help [-a|--all] [-g|--guides] [--[no-]verbose]]\n"
+	N_("git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]]\n"
 	   "         [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
+	N_("git help [-g|--guides]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -552,6 +553,11 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			builtin_help_usage, 0);
 	parsed_help_format = help_format;
 
+	/* Options that take no further arguments */
+	if (argc && show_guides)
+		usage_msg_opt(_("--guides cannot be combined with other options"),
+			      builtin_help_usage, builtin_help_options);
+
 	if (show_all) {
 		git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
 		if (verbose) {
@@ -582,9 +588,6 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (show_all || show_guides) {
 		printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
-		/*
-		* We're done. Ignore any remaining args
-		*/
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t0012-help.sh b/t/t0012-help.sh
index 5679e29c624..0525ec3ee58 100755
--- a/t/t0012-help.sh
+++ b/t/t0012-help.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ test_expect_success 'basic help commands' '
 	git help -a >/dev/null
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'invalid usage' '
+	test_expect_code 129 git help -g add
+'
+
 test_expect_success "works for commands and guides by default" '
 	configure_help &&
 	git help status &&
-- 
2.33.0.1098.gf02a64c1a2d


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-09-21 22:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-08 15:24 [PATCH 0/6] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 1/6] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 2/6] help: correct usage string for "git help --guides" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 3/6] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 4/6] help: refactor "for_human" control flow in cmd_help() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 16:41   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-08 17:02     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-08 19:36       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 5/6] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 16:39   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-08 19:37     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10  8:08       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-10 11:09         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 6/6] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11  1:12     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-11  2:34       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 18:15     ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-10 18:21       ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-21 13:49         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 14:20           ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-11  1:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-10 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11  1:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-11  2:25       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-13 19:21     ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-10 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 23:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-10 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11  1:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40   ` [PATCH v3 0/9] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 1/9] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-09-23 18:05       ` [PATCH v3 2/9] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides" Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 3/9] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 4/9] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 5/9] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --guides Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 6/9] help: simplify by moving to OPT_CMDMODE() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-23 18:03       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-23 18:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 7/9] help tests: test --config-for-completion option & output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 8/9] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40     ` [PATCH v3 9/9] help: move column config discovery to help.c library Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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