git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH 2/7] checkout-index -h: show usage even in an invalid repository

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2010, 06:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20101022064400.GC6081@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20101022063837.GA6081@burratino>
From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>

checkout-index loads the index before parsing options. Erroring out is counterproductive at that point if the operator is hunting for a command to recover useful data from the broken repository.

[jn: new commit message, tests]
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/checkout-index.c        |    3 +++
 t/t2006-checkout-index-basic.sh |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t2006-checkout-index-basic.sh
diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index a7a5ee1..3bf3422 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
+	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+		usage_with_options(builtin_checkout_index_usage,
+				   builtin_checkout_index_options);
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	state.base_dir = "";
 	prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
diff --git a/t/t2006-checkout-index-basic.sh b/t/t2006-checkout-index-basic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b855983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2006-checkout-index-basic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='basic checkout-index tests
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout-index --gobbledegook' '
+	test_expect_code 129 git checkout-index --gobbledegook 2>err &&
+	grep "[Uu]sage" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout-index -h in broken repository' '
+	mkdir broken &&
+	(
+		cd broken &&
+		git init &&
+		>.git/index &&
+		test_expect_code 129 git checkout-index -h >usage 2>&1
+	) &&
+	grep "[Uu]sage" broken/usage
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
1.7.2.3
Previous: Jonathan NiederNext: Jonathan Nieder
Message 36 of 45 in “setup_git_env: print the true $GIT_DIR for debugging”
  1. 1/4 setup_git_env: print the true $GIT_DIR for debuggingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 20, 2010
  2. 2/4 run_builtin(): save "-h" detection result for later useNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 20, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2010
  5. 3/4 builtins: utilize startup_info->help where possibleNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 20, 2010
  6. 4/4 builtins: check for startup_info->help, print and exit earlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 20, 2010
  7. 0/7 Jonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  8. 1/7 branch -h: show usage even in an invalid repositoryJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederOct 24, 2010
  11. 0/4 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Oct 24, 2010
  12. 1/4 parse-options: allow git commands to invent new option typesJonathan Nieder, Oct 24, 2010
  13. Stephen BoydOct 25, 2010
  14. Jonathan NiederNov 29, 2010
  15. 2/4 parse-options: make resuming easier after PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTIONJonathan Nieder, Oct 24, 2010
  16. 3/4 setup: save prefix (original cwd relative to toplevel) in startup_infoJonathan Nieder, Oct 24, 2010
  17. 4/4 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Oct 24, 2010
  18. Stephen BoydOct 25, 2010
  19. Jonathan NiederNov 30, 2010
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 24, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2010
  22. 0/6 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  23. 1/6 parse-options: sanity check PARSE_OPT_NOARG flagJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  24. Stephen BoydNov 30, 2010
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2010
  26. Stephen BoydDec 3, 2010
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2010
  28. 2/6 parse-options: do not infer PARSE_OPT_NOARG from option typeJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  29. Stephen BoydNov 30, 2010
  30. 3/6 parse-options: allow git commands to invent new option typesJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  31. 4/6 parse-options: make resuming easier after PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTIONJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  32. 5/6 setup: save prefix (original cwd relative to toplevel) in startup_infoJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  33. 6/6 update-index: migrate to parse-options APIJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  34. Stephen BoydNov 30, 2010
  35. parse-options: always show arghelp when LITERAL_ARGHELP is setJonathan Nieder, Nov 30, 2010
  36. 2/7 checkout-index -h: show usage even in an invalid repositoryJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  37. 3/7 commit/status -h: show usage even with broken configurationJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  38. 4/7 gc -h: show usage even with broken configurationJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  39. 5/7 ls-files -h: show usage even with corrupt indexJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  40. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2010
  41. 6/7 merge -h: show usage even with corrupt indexJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  42. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2010
  43. 7/7 update-index -h: show usage even with corrupt indexJonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  44. 0/7 avoid repository access during "git <foo> -h"Jonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  45. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2010

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.