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authorVikrant Varma <vikrant.varma94@gmail.com>2013-05-04 05:34:19 +0530
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-05-08 15:31:54 -0700
commite56181060e1117d458b854c34e63206117dab8b6 (patch)
tree8251763d9b8200bf2232d8d611af2da31f3e12f0 /help.c
parent9b795193a6a7e963db62d9cd8e86752a40940520 (diff)
downloadgit-e56181060e1117d458b854c34e63206117dab8b6.tar.gz
help: add help_unknown_ref()
When the user gives an unknown string to a command that expects to get a ref, we could be more helpful than just saying "that's not a ref" and die. Add helper function help_unknown_ref() to take care of displaying an error message along with a list of suggested refs the user might have meant. An interaction with "git merge" might go like this: $ git merge foo merge: foo - not something we can merge Did you mean one of these? origin/foo upstream/foo Signed-off-by: Vikrant Varma <vikrant.varma94@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 02ba043319..bebfce96e6 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include "string-list.h"
#include "column.h"
#include "version.h"
+#include "refs.h"
void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
{
@@ -404,3 +405,52 @@ int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
printf("git version %s\n", git_version_string);
return 0;
}
+
+struct similar_ref_cb {
+ const char *base_ref;
+ struct string_list *similar_refs;
+};
+
+static int append_similar_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
+ int flags, void *cb_data)
+{
+ struct similar_ref_cb *cb = (struct similar_ref_cb *)(cb_data);
+ char *branch = strrchr(refname, '/') + 1;
+ /* A remote branch of the same name is deemed similar */
+ if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/") &&
+ !strcmp(branch, cb->base_ref))
+ string_list_append(cb->similar_refs,
+ refname + strlen("refs/remotes/"));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct string_list guess_refs(const char *ref)
+{
+ struct similar_ref_cb ref_cb;
+ struct string_list similar_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+
+ ref_cb.base_ref = ref;
+ ref_cb.similar_refs = &similar_refs;
+ for_each_ref(append_similar_ref, &ref_cb);
+ return similar_refs;
+}
+
+void help_unknown_ref(const char *ref, const char *cmd, const char *error)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct string_list suggested_refs = guess_refs(ref);
+
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("%s: %s - %s"), cmd, ref, error);
+
+ if (suggested_refs.nr > 0) {
+ fprintf_ln(stderr,
+ Q_("\nDid you mean this?",
+ "\nDid you mean one of these?",
+ suggested_refs.nr));
+ for (i = 0; i < suggested_refs.nr; i++)
+ fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", suggested_refs.items[i].string);
+ }
+
+ string_list_clear(&suggested_refs, 0);
+ exit(1);
+}