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[TopGit PATCH] Check for help invocation before setup

From
MKmartin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>
Date
Nov 19, 2008, 16:03 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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The user ought to be able to call `tg help` from anywhere in the filesystem, not just Git repositories, so the help parsing has to happen before the calls to git git binary.

Debian bug: #501982
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>
---
 tg.sh |   17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tg.sh b/tg.sh
index 2961106..40c4ab7 100644
--- a/tg.sh
+++ b/tg.sh
@@ -235,6 +235,20 @@ do_help()
 	fi
 }
 
+## Startup
+
+args_saved="$@"
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+	help|--help|-h)
+		shift
+		do_help "$1"
+		exit 1;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+set -- $args_saved
+unset args_saved
 
 ## Initial setup
 
@@ -268,9 +282,6 @@ cmd="$1"
 shift
 
 case "$cmd" in
-help|--help|-h)
-	do_help "$1"
-	exit 1;;
 --hooks-path)
 	# Internal command
 	echo "@hooksdir@";;
-- 
1.6.0.2
Previous: martin f. krafftNext: martin f. krafft
Message 2 of 16 in “[TopGit] Improve help output”
  1. martin f. krafftNov 19, 2008
  2. Check for help invocation before setupmartin f. krafft, Nov 19, 2008
  3. Change tg help exit code to 0martin f. krafft, Nov 19, 2008
  4. Check for cmddir earliermartin f. krafft, Nov 19, 2008
  5. Print help output when no command is givenmartin f. krafft, Nov 19, 2008
  6. Petr BaudisNov 19, 2008
  7. martin f krafftNov 19, 2008
  8. Petr BaudisNov 19, 2008
  9. martin f krafftNov 20, 2008
  10. Bert WesargNov 21, 2008
  11. TopGit: ensure worktree (was: [TopGit PATCH] Check for help invocation before setup)martin f krafft, Nov 21, 2008
  12. Ensure we are inside a Git worktreemartin f. krafft, Nov 21, 2008
  13. Bert WesargNov 21, 2008
  14. Bert WesargNov 21, 2008
  15. martin f krafftNov 21, 2008
  16. martin f krafftNov 21, 2008

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