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[PATCH] help: Do not unnecessarily look for a repository

From
David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 1, 2009, 19:27 UTC
Message-ID
<1259695654-3182-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com>

Although 'git help' actually doesn't need to be run inside a git repository and uses no repository-specific information, it looks for a git directory. Searching for a git directory can be annoying in auto-mount environments. With this commit, 'git help' no longer searches for a repository when run without any options.

7c3baa9 originally modified 'git help -a' to not require a repository. This applies the same fix for 'git help'.

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-help.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-help.c b/builtin-help.c
index ca08519..09ad4b0 100644
--- a/builtin-help.c
+++ b/builtin-help.c
@@ -427,9 +427,6 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
-
 	if (!argv[0]) {
 		printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
 		list_common_cmds_help();
@@ -437,6 +434,9 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+
 	alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
 	if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
 		printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);
-- 
1.6.5.3
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  1. help: Do not unnecessarily look for a repositoryDavid Aguilar, Dec 1, 2009

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