# [PATCH] Add --help to cogito 0.8

3 messages from 2005-05-02 to 2005-05-02. Participants: Alexander Beyn, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/424

## Alexander Beyn, 2005-05-02 00:00

Subject: [PATCH] Add --help to cogito 0.8
Message-ID: <20050502000019.GA1644@fatelectrons.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050502000019.GA1644%40fatelectrons.org

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This patch adds -h and --help to all the cg- commands. It also moves the
detailed help printing from cg-help into cg-Xlib.

I created it because I could never remember if cg-log or cg-diff requires 
the -r before the revs.

Alexander


Index: cg-Xlib
===================================================================
--- c3aa1e6b53cc59d5fbe261f3f859584904ae3a63/cg-Xlib  (mode:100755 sha1:940d27851019940d20d2a6b141977d1c9a5debc0)
+++ d8f4221f90207b6c472dd4a2de0bf5e4d131f745/cg-Xlib  (mode:100755 sha1:09668c5c9a02ff9df9957ce656db3358c8c1ca7f)
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 	$(which mktemp) $dirarg $prefix"$1"
 }
 
+print_help () {
+	which "cg-$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+	cat $(which cg-$1) | sed -n '3,/^$/s/^# *//p'
+	exit
+}
+
+for option in "$@"; do
+	if [ "$option" = "-h" -o "$option" = "--help" ]; then
+		print_help ${_cg_cmd##cg-}
+	fi
+done
 
 # Compatibility hacks:
 # 2005-04-26
Index: cg-help
===================================================================
--- c3aa1e6b53cc59d5fbe261f3f859584904ae3a63/cg-help  (mode:100755 sha1:d16446c005c4698f408bf651afd718d95f5a9cfe)
+++ d8f4221f90207b6c472dd4a2de0bf5e4d131f745/cg-help  (mode:100755 sha1:0ea78197b1c255540a35bd389c48f9a67431e556)
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" ]; then
 	cmd=$(echo "$1" | sed 's/^cg-//')
-	which "cg-$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
-	cat $(which cg-$cmd) | sed -n '3,/^$/s/^# *//p'
-	exit
+	print_help $cmd
 fi

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## Petr Baudis, 2005-05-02 00:04

Subject: cg-log -r?
Message-ID: <20050502000447.GF974@pasky.ji.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050502000447.GF974%40pasky.ji.cz
In-Reply-To: <20050502000019.GA1644@fatelectrons.org>

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Dear diary, on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 02:00:19AM CEST, I got a letter
where Alexander Beyn <malex-git@fatelectrons.org> told me that...
> I created it because I could never remember if cg-log or cg-diff requires 
> the -r before the revs.

Actually, would you people hate me / Cogito / Richard Stallman if I
added -r to cg-log and cg-mkpatch, for the sake of consistency?
Extending cg-log to work on individual files would be then obvious.


P.S.: Yes, I'm back and hope to catch with the rest of you during tomorrow.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor

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## Alexander Beyn, 2005-05-02 00:16

Subject: Re: cg-log -r?
Message-ID: <20050502001618.GA2035@fatelectrons.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050502001618.GA2035%40fatelectrons.org
In-Reply-To: <20050502000447.GF974@pasky.ji.cz>

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On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 02:04:47AM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Dear diary, on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 02:00:19AM CEST, I got a letter
> where Alexander Beyn <malex-git@fatelectrons.org> told me that...
> > I created it because I could never remember if cg-log or cg-diff requires 
> > the -r before the revs.
> 
> Actually, would you people hate me / Cogito / Richard Stallman if I
> added -r to cg-log and cg-mkpatch, for the sake of consistency?
> Extending cg-log to work on individual files would be then obvious.
> 

I'd welcome this change, but I still like the ubiquitous -h and --help
on all the commands

Alexander

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