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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] help: introduce option --exclude-guides

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2016, 19:42 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Let's hide this option from command help of "git help" itself, drop
> the short-and-sweet "-e", not command-line complete it, and leave it
> not-mentioned here.
> ...
> Unless there is a good reason you MUST do so, avoid quoting the test
> body with double quotes, as it invites mistakes [*1*].
>
> Also, how about using something like:
> ...
> instead?  That way, you can ensure that "git help status" attempts
> to call git-status.html with the expected path, not gitstatus.html
> or status.html, or somesuch, immediately after running "git help
> status" in the next test by inspecting test-browser.log ...

Taking all of these together, I'll queue this as a proposed fix-up directly on top of yours.

 Documentation/git-help.txt             |  6 +-----
 builtin/help.c                         |  2 +-
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  2 +-
 t/t0012-help.sh                        | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index eeb1950..40d328a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-help - Display help information about Git
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git help' [-a|--all] [-e|--exclude-guides] [-g|--guide]
+'git help' [-a|--all] [-g|--guide]
 	   [-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ OPTIONS
 	Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
 	option overrides any given command or guide name.
 
--e::
---exclude-guides::
-	Do not show help for guides.
-
 -g::
 --guides::
 	Prints a list of useful guides on the standard output. This
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 40901a9..49f7a07 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
 static int exclude_guides;
 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
-	OPT_BOOL('e', "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
+	OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
 	OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
 	OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
 	OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 63cccb9..bd25b0a 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ _git_help ()
 {
 	case "$cur" in
 	--*)
-		__gitcomp "--all --exclude-guides --guides --info --man --web"
+		__gitcomp "--all --guides --info --man --web"
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
diff --git a/t/t0012-help.sh b/t/t0012-help.sh
index f91088b..9d99812 100755
--- a/t/t0012-help.sh
+++ b/t/t0012-help.sh
@@ -7,27 +7,30 @@ test_description='help'
 configure_help () {
 	test_config help.format html &&
 	test_config help.htmlpath test://html &&
-	test_config help.browser firefox
+	test_config browser.test.cmd ./test-browser &&
+	test_config help.browser test
 }
 
-test_expect_success "setup" "
-	write_script firefox <<-\EOF
-	exit 0
+test_expect_success "setup" '
+	write_script test-browser <<-\EOF
+	echo "$*" >test-browser.log
 	EOF
-"
+'
 
-test_expect_success "works for commands and guides by default" "
+test_expect_success "works for commands and guides by default" '
 	configure_help &&
 	git help status &&
-	git help revisions
-"
+	echo "test://html/git-status.html" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect test-browser.log &&
+	git help revisions &&
+	echo "test://html/gitrevisions.html" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect test-browser.log
+'
 
-test_expect_success "--exclude-guides does not work for guides" "
-	cat <<-EOF >expected &&
-		git: 'revisions' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
-	EOF
-	test_must_fail git help --exclude-guides revisions 2>actual &&
-	test_i18ncmp expected actual
-"
+test_expect_success "--exclude-guides does not work for guides" '
+	>test-browser.log &&
+	test_must_fail git help --exclude-guides revisions &&
+	test_must_be_empty test-browser.log
+'
 
 test_done
-- 
2.10.0-rc1-260-gbdd1a2a
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  3. Lars SchneiderAug 12, 2016
  4. Joseph MusserAug 12, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2016
  6. Jacob KellerAug 12, 2016
  7. help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 12, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2016
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2016
  10. Philip OakleyAug 13, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2016
  12. help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 15, 2016
  13. Philip OakleyAug 15, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2016
  15. Philip OakleyAug 15, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2016
  17. John KeepingAug 16, 2016
  18. help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 16, 2016
  19. John KeepingAug 16, 2016
  20. Ralf ThielowAug 16, 2016
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2016
  22. Ralf ThielowAug 16, 2016
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2016
  24. 0/2 help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 18, 2016
  25. 1/2 help: introduce option --command-onlyRalf Thielow, Aug 18, 2016
  26. Philip OakleyAug 18, 2016
  27. 2/2 help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 18, 2016
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2016
  29. Ralf ThielowAug 23, 2016
  30. Remi Galan AlfonsoAug 19, 2016
  31. Ralf ThielowAug 23, 2016
  32. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2016
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2016
  34. Ralf ThielowAug 23, 2016
  35. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2016
  36. 0/3 help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 26, 2016
  37. 1/3 Revert "display HTML in default browser using Windows' shell API"Ralf Thielow, Aug 26, 2016
  38. 3/3 help: make option --help open man pages only for Git commandsRalf Thielow, Aug 26, 2016
  39. 2/3 help: introduce option --exclude-guidesRalf Thielow, Aug 26, 2016
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2016
  41. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2016
  42. Ralf ThielowAug 26, 2016
  43. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2016
  44. Ralf ThielowAug 26, 2016
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