git-help: add -w|--web option to display html man page in a browser.

[git.git] / help.c

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 8217d97787b2ba38a5327c1204797044b2b4cd72..ec0d0155ac79051c3fcfbbbc72db1ea32404e069 100644 (file)
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "common-cmds.h"
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 /* most GUI terminals set COLUMNS (although some don't export it) */
 static int term_columns(void)
@@ -238,27 +237,42 @@ void list_common_cmds_help(void)
                mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_cmds[i].name));
                puts(common_cmds[i].help);
        }
-       puts("(use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)");
 }
 
-static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
+static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *git_cmd)
 {
-       const char *page;
-
-       if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
-               page = git_cmd;
+       if (!git_cmd)
+               return "git";
+       else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
+               return git_cmd;
        else {
                int page_len = strlen(git_cmd) + 4;
                char *p = xmalloc(page_len + 1);
                strcpy(p, "git-");
                strcpy(p + 4, git_cmd);
                p[page_len] = 0;
-               page = p;
+               return p;
        }
+}
 
+static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+       const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
        execlp("man", "man", page, NULL);
 }
 
+static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+       const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
+       execlp("info", "info", page, NULL);
+}
+
+static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
+{
+       const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
+       execl_git_cmd("browse-help", page, NULL);
+}
+
 void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 {
        fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
@@ -273,18 +287,25 @@ int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-       const char *help_cmd = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : NULL;
+       const char *help_cmd = argv[1];
 
-       if (!help_cmd) {
+       if (argc < 2) {
                printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
                list_common_cmds_help();
                exit(0);
        }
 
-       else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--all") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-a")) {
+       if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--all") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-a")) {
                printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
                list_commands();
-               exit(0);
+       }
+
+       else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--web") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-w")) {
+               show_html_page(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL);
+       }
+
+       else if (!strcmp(help_cmd, "--info") || !strcmp(help_cmd, "-i")) {
+               show_info_page(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL);
        }
 
        else