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[PATCH 1/7] Make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-help

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jul 26, 2008, 11:54 UTC
Message-ID
<f311372167c02868ccf5aa4dc03c97b7f956d855.1217037178.git.vmiklos@frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1217037178.git.vmiklos@frugalware.org>

Other builtins may want to check if a given command is a valid git command or not as well. Additionally add a new parameter that specifies a custom prefix, so that the "git-" prefix is no longer hardwired. Useful for example to limit the search for "git-merge-*".

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 Makefile |    1 +
 help.c   |   25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 help.h   |    6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 help.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b01cf1c..85e79f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ LIB_H += git-compat-util.h
 LIB_H += graph.h
 LIB_H += grep.h
 LIB_H += hash.h
+LIB_H += help.h
 LIB_H += list-objects.h
 LIB_H += ll-merge.h
 LIB_H += log-tree.h
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index bfc84ae..fb93df0 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -418,17 +418,20 @@ static int is_executable(const char *name)
 }
 
 static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
-					 const char *path)
+					 const char *path,
+					 const char *prefix)
 {
 	unsigned int longest = 0;
-	const char *prefix = "git-";
-	int prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+	int prefix_len;
 	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
 	struct dirent *de;
 
 	if (!dir || chdir(path))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!prefix)
+		prefix = "git-";
+       	prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		int entlen;
 
@@ -452,7 +455,7 @@ static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
 	return longest;
 }
 
-static unsigned int load_command_list(void)
+static unsigned int load_command_list(const char *prefix)
 {
 	unsigned int longest = 0;
 	unsigned int len;
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ static unsigned int load_command_list(void)
 	const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
 
 	if (exec_path)
-		longest = list_commands_in_dir(&main_cmds, exec_path);
+		longest = list_commands_in_dir(&main_cmds, exec_path, prefix);
 
 	if (!env_path) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "PATH not set\n");
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ static unsigned int load_command_list(void)
 		if ((colon = strchr(path, PATH_SEP)))
 			*colon = 0;
 
-		len = list_commands_in_dir(&other_cmds, path);
+		len = list_commands_in_dir(&other_cmds, path, prefix);
 		if (len > longest)
 			longest = len;
 
@@ -497,7 +500,7 @@ static unsigned int load_command_list(void)
 
 static void list_commands(void)
 {
-	unsigned int longest = load_command_list();
+	unsigned int longest = load_command_list(NULL);
 	const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
 
 	if (main_cmds.cnt) {
@@ -543,9 +546,9 @@ static int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int is_git_command(const char *s)
+int is_git_command(const char *s, const char *prefix)
 {
-	load_command_list();
+	load_command_list(prefix);
 	return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
 		is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
 }
@@ -566,7 +569,7 @@ static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
 		return "git";
 	else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
 		return git_cmd;
-	else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
+	else if (is_git_command(git_cmd, NULL))
 		return prepend("git-", git_cmd);
 	else
 		return prepend("git", git_cmd);
@@ -704,7 +707,7 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
-	if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
+	if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0], NULL)) {
 		printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/help.h b/help.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73da8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef HELP_H
+#define HELP_H
+
+int is_git_command(const char *s, const char *prefix);
+
+#endif /* HELP_H */
-- 
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  1. 0/7 Allow custom merge strategiesMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  2. 1/7 Make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-helpMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  3. t7601: extend the 'merge picks up the best result' testMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  4. 2/7 builtin-help: change the current directory back in list_commands_in_dir()Miklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  5. 3/7 builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more genericMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  6. 4/7 builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  7. 5/7 Add a new test for using a custom merge strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  8. 6/7 builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands()Miklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  9. 7/7 builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error messageMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  11. Miklos VajnaJul 26, 2008
  12. 7/7 builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error messageMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  14. Miklos VajnaJul 26, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  16. builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error messageMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  17. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2008
  18. 3/7 builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more genericMiklos Vajna, Jul 26, 2008
  19. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2008
  21. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2008
  22. Avoid chdir() in list_commands_in_dir()Johannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2008
  23. Miklos VajnaJul 26, 2008
  24. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2008
  25. Miklos VajnaJul 28, 2008
  26. 0/6 Allow custom merge strategies, take 2Miklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  27. 1/6 builtin-help: make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-helpMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  28. 2/6 builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more genericMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  29. 3/6 builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands()Miklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  30. 4/6 builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  31. 5/6 builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error messageMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  32. 6/6 Add a new test for using a custom merge strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  33. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  34. 6/6 Add a new test for using a custom merge strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  35. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  36. Miklos VajnaJul 28, 2008
  37. Miklos VajnaJul 29, 2008
  38. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  39. builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategyMiklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008
  40. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  41. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  42. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  43. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  44. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  45. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  46. 3/6 builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands()Miklos Vajna, Jul 28, 2008

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