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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-08-14 23:19:27 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-08-14 23:19:28 -0700
commitc0f6dd49f19b6a5c74863c42c2677aade3a142ec (patch)
tree0992ce81ac210d0a45499c9597eeb54a77ec8413 /builtin/help.c
parent3adacc2817bf4644928b9430c7c6ed1ca2ef2655 (diff)
parent1e2320161d27684205f55ffa91f7f481d32863d5 (diff)
downloadgit-c0f6dd49f19b6a5c74863c42c2677aade3a142ec.tar.gz
Merge branch 'ab/tech-docs-to-help'
Expose a lot of "tech docs" via "git help" interface. * ab/tech-docs-to-help: docs: move http-protocol docs to man section 5 docs: move cruft pack docs to gitformat-pack docs: move pack format docs to man section 5 docs: move signature docs to man section 5 docs: move index format docs to man section 5 docs: move protocol-related docs to man section 5 docs: move commit-graph format docs to man section 5 git docs: add a category for file formats, protocols and interfaces git docs: add a category for user-facing file, repo and command UX git help doc: use "<doc>" instead of "<guide>" help.c: remove common category behavior from drop_prefix() behavior help.c: refactor drop_prefix() to use a "switch" statement"
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 222f994f86..09ac4289f1 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ static enum help_action {
HELP_ACTION_ALL = 1,
HELP_ACTION_GUIDES,
HELP_ACTION_CONFIG,
+ HELP_ACTION_USER_INTERFACES,
+ HELP_ACTION_DEVELOPER_INTERFACES,
HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_FOR_COMPLETION,
HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_SECTIONS_FOR_COMPLETION,
} cmd_mode;
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
OPT_CMDMODE('g', "guides", &cmd_mode, N_("print list of useful guides"),
HELP_ACTION_GUIDES),
+ OPT_CMDMODE(0, "user-interfaces", &cmd_mode,
+ N_("print list of user-facing repository, command and file interfaces"),
+ HELP_ACTION_USER_INTERFACES),
+ OPT_CMDMODE(0, "developer-interfaces", &cmd_mode,
+ N_("print list of file formats, protocols and other developer interfaces"),
+ HELP_ACTION_DEVELOPER_INTERFACES),
OPT_CMDMODE('c', "config", &cmd_mode, N_("print all configuration variable names"),
HELP_ACTION_CONFIG),
OPT_CMDMODE_F(0, "config-for-completion", &cmd_mode, "",
@@ -81,9 +89,11 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
"git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]] [--[no-]external-commands] [--[no-]aliases]",
- N_("git help [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
+ N_("git help [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<doc>]"),
"git help [-g|--guides]",
"git help [-c|--config]",
+ "git help [--user-interfaces]",
+ "git help [--developer-interfaces]",
NULL
};
@@ -654,6 +664,14 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opt_mode_usage(argc, "--config-for-completion", help_format);
list_config_help(SHOW_CONFIG_VARS);
return 0;
+ case HELP_ACTION_USER_INTERFACES:
+ opt_mode_usage(argc, "--user-interfaces", help_format);
+ list_user_interfaces_help();
+ return 0;
+ case HELP_ACTION_DEVELOPER_INTERFACES:
+ opt_mode_usage(argc, "--developer-interfaces", help_format);
+ list_developer_interfaces_help();
+ return 0;
case HELP_ACTION_CONFIG_SECTIONS_FOR_COMPLETION:
opt_mode_usage(argc, "--config-sections-for-completion",
help_format);