Support "git cmd --help" syntax

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Apr 15, 2006, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0604151054380.3701@g5.osdl.org>

The "--help" argument is special, in that it is (along with "--version") in that is taken by the "git" program itself rather than the sub-command, and thus we've had the syntax "git --help cmd".

However, as anybody who has ever used CVS or some similar devil-spawn program, it's confusing as h*ll when options before the sub-command act differently from options after the sub-command, so this quick hack just makes it acceptable to do "git cmd --help" instead, and get the exact same result.

It may be hacky, but it's simple and does the trick.

Of course, this does not help if you use one of the non-builtin commands without using the "git" helper. Ie you won't be getting a man-page just because you do "git-rev-list --help". Don't expect us to be quite _that_ helpful.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 78ed403..13c6d51 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -411,6 +411,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int 
 	};
 	int i;
 
+	/* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
+	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+		argv[1] = argv[0];
+		argv[0] = cmd = "help";
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
 		struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
 		if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))