Merge branch 'ab/sha1dc-maint' into maint
[git] / git.c
1 #include "builtin.h"
2 #include "exec_cmd.h"
3 #include "help.h"
4 #include "run-command.h"
5
6 const char git_usage_string[] =
7         "git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]\n"
8         "           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
9         "           [-p | --paginate | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
10         "           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n"
11         "           <command> [<args>]";
12
13 const char git_more_info_string[] =
14         N_("'git help -a' and 'git help -g' list available subcommands and some\n"
15            "concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>'\n"
16            "to read about a specific subcommand or concept.");
17
18 static int use_pager = -1;
19
20 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
21         switch (use_pager) {
22         case 0:
23                 setenv("GIT_PAGER", "cat", 1);
24                 break;
25         case 1:
26                 setup_pager();
27                 break;
28         default:
29                 break;
30         }
31 }
32
33 static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
34 {
35         const char **orig_argv = *argv;
36
37         while (*argc > 0) {
38                 const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
39                 if (cmd[0] != '-')
40                         break;
41
42                 /*
43                  * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
44                  * commands can be written with "--" prepended
45                  * to make them look like flags.
46                  */
47                 if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version"))
48                         break;
49
50                 /*
51                  * Check remaining flags.
52                  */
53                 if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--exec-path", &cmd)) {
54                         if (*cmd == '=')
55                                 git_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
56                         else {
57                                 puts(git_exec_path());
58                                 exit(0);
59                         }
60                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
61                         puts(system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH));
62                         exit(0);
63                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--man-path")) {
64                         puts(system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
65                         exit(0);
66                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--info-path")) {
67                         puts(system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH));
68                         exit(0);
69                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
70                         use_pager = 1;
71                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
72                         use_pager = 0;
73                         if (envchanged)
74                                 *envchanged = 1;
75                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-replace-objects")) {
76                         check_replace_refs = 0;
77                         setenv(NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
78                         if (envchanged)
79                                 *envchanged = 1;
80                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) {
81                         if (*argc < 2) {
82                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --git-dir.\n" );
83                                 usage(git_usage_string);
84                         }
85                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
86                         if (envchanged)
87                                 *envchanged = 1;
88                         (*argv)++;
89                         (*argc)--;
90                 } else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--git-dir=", &cmd)) {
91                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd, 1);
92                         if (envchanged)
93                                 *envchanged = 1;
94                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--namespace")) {
95                         if (*argc < 2) {
96                                 fprintf(stderr, "No namespace given for --namespace.\n" );
97                                 usage(git_usage_string);
98                         }
99                         setenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
100                         if (envchanged)
101                                 *envchanged = 1;
102                         (*argv)++;
103                         (*argc)--;
104                 } else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--namespace=", &cmd)) {
105                         setenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd, 1);
106                         if (envchanged)
107                                 *envchanged = 1;
108                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--work-tree")) {
109                         if (*argc < 2) {
110                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --work-tree.\n" );
111                                 usage(git_usage_string);
112                         }
113                         setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
114                         if (envchanged)
115                                 *envchanged = 1;
116                         (*argv)++;
117                         (*argc)--;
118                 } else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--work-tree=", &cmd)) {
119                         setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd, 1);
120                         if (envchanged)
121                                 *envchanged = 1;
122                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--super-prefix")) {
123                         if (*argc < 2) {
124                                 fprintf(stderr, "No prefix given for --super-prefix.\n" );
125                                 usage(git_usage_string);
126                         }
127                         setenv(GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
128                         if (envchanged)
129                                 *envchanged = 1;
130                         (*argv)++;
131                         (*argc)--;
132                 } else if (skip_prefix(cmd, "--super-prefix=", &cmd)) {
133                         setenv(GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, cmd, 1);
134                         if (envchanged)
135                                 *envchanged = 1;
136                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--bare")) {
137                         char *cwd = xgetcwd();
138                         is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
139                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cwd, 0);
140                         free(cwd);
141                         setenv(GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
142                         if (envchanged)
143                                 *envchanged = 1;
144                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-c")) {
145                         if (*argc < 2) {
146                                 fprintf(stderr, "-c expects a configuration string\n" );
147                                 usage(git_usage_string);
148                         }
149                         git_config_push_parameter((*argv)[1]);
150                         (*argv)++;
151                         (*argc)--;
152                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--literal-pathspecs")) {
153                         setenv(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
154                         if (envchanged)
155                                 *envchanged = 1;
156                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-literal-pathspecs")) {
157                         setenv(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
158                         if (envchanged)
159                                 *envchanged = 1;
160                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--glob-pathspecs")) {
161                         setenv(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
162                         if (envchanged)
163                                 *envchanged = 1;
164                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--noglob-pathspecs")) {
165                         setenv(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
166                         if (envchanged)
167                                 *envchanged = 1;
168                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--icase-pathspecs")) {
169                         setenv(GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
170                         if (envchanged)
171                                 *envchanged = 1;
172                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--shallow-file")) {
173                         (*argv)++;
174                         (*argc)--;
175                         set_alternate_shallow_file((*argv)[0], 1);
176                         if (envchanged)
177                                 *envchanged = 1;
178                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-C")) {
179                         if (*argc < 2) {
180                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for -C.\n" );
181                                 usage(git_usage_string);
182                         }
183                         if ((*argv)[1][0]) {
184                                 if (chdir((*argv)[1]))
185                                         die_errno("Cannot change to '%s'", (*argv)[1]);
186                                 if (envchanged)
187                                         *envchanged = 1;
188                         }
189                         (*argv)++;
190                         (*argc)--;
191                 } else {
192                         fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
193                         usage(git_usage_string);
194                 }
195
196                 (*argv)++;
197                 (*argc)--;
198         }
199         return (*argv) - orig_argv;
200 }
201
202 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
203 {
204         int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
205         int count, option_count;
206         const char **new_argv;
207         const char *alias_command;
208         char *alias_string;
209
210         alias_command = (*argv)[0];
211         alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
212         if (alias_string) {
213                 if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
214                         struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
215                         int nongit_ok;
216
217                         /* Aliases expect GIT_PREFIX, GIT_DIR etc to be set */
218                         setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
219
220                         commit_pager_choice();
221
222                         child.use_shell = 1;
223                         argv_array_push(&child.args, alias_string + 1);
224                         argv_array_pushv(&child.args, (*argv) + 1);
225
226                         ret = run_command(&child);
227                         if (ret >= 0)   /* normal exit */
228                                 exit(ret);
229
230                         die_errno("While expanding alias '%s': '%s'",
231                             alias_command, alias_string + 1);
232                 }
233                 count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
234                 if (count < 0)
235                         die("Bad alias.%s string: %s", alias_command,
236                             split_cmdline_strerror(count));
237                 option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
238                 if (envchanged)
239                         die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
240                                  "You can use '!git' in the alias to do this.",
241                                  alias_command);
242                 memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
243                                 count * sizeof(char *));
244                 new_argv -= option_count;
245
246                 if (count < 1)
247                         die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
248
249                 if (!strcmp(alias_command, new_argv[0]))
250                         die("recursive alias: %s", alias_command);
251
252                 trace_argv_printf(new_argv,
253                                   "trace: alias expansion: %s =>",
254                                   alias_command);
255
256                 REALLOC_ARRAY(new_argv, count + *argcp);
257                 /* insert after command name */
258                 memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char *) * *argcp);
259
260                 *argv = new_argv;
261                 *argcp += count - 1;
262
263                 ret = 1;
264         }
265
266         errno = saved_errno;
267
268         return ret;
269 }
270
271 #define RUN_SETUP               (1<<0)
272 #define RUN_SETUP_GENTLY        (1<<1)
273 #define USE_PAGER               (1<<2)
274 /*
275  * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
276  * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
277  */
278 #define NEED_WORK_TREE          (1<<3)
279 #define SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX    (1<<4)
280
281 struct cmd_struct {
282         const char *cmd;
283         int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
284         int option;
285 };
286
287 static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
288 {
289         int status, help;
290         struct stat st;
291         const char *prefix;
292
293         prefix = NULL;
294         help = argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h");
295         if (!help) {
296                 if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
297                         prefix = setup_git_directory();
298                 else if (p->option & RUN_SETUP_GENTLY) {
299                         int nongit_ok;
300                         prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
301                 }
302
303                 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY))
304                         use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
305                 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
306                         use_pager = 1;
307
308                 if ((p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY)) &&
309                     startup_info->have_repository) /* get_git_dir() may set up repo, avoid that */
310                         trace_repo_setup(prefix);
311         }
312         commit_pager_choice();
313
314         if (!help && get_super_prefix()) {
315                 if (!(p->option & SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX))
316                         die("%s doesn't support --super-prefix", p->cmd);
317         }
318
319         if (!help && p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE)
320                 setup_work_tree();
321
322         trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: built-in: git");
323
324         status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
325         if (status)
326                 return status;
327
328         /* Somebody closed stdout? */
329         if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
330                 return 0;
331         /* Ignore write errors for pipes and sockets.. */
332         if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
333                 return 0;
334
335         /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
336         if (fflush(stdout))
337                 die_errno("write failure on standard output");
338         if (ferror(stdout))
339                 die("unknown write failure on standard output");
340         if (fclose(stdout))
341                 die_errno("close failed on standard output");
342         return 0;
343 }
344
345 static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
346         { "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
347         { "am", cmd_am, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
348         { "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP },
349         { "apply", cmd_apply, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
350         { "archive", cmd_archive, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
351         { "bisect--helper", cmd_bisect__helper, RUN_SETUP },
352         { "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
353         { "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
354         { "bundle", cmd_bundle, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
355         { "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP },
356         { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
357         { "check-ignore", cmd_check_ignore, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
358         { "check-mailmap", cmd_check_mailmap, RUN_SETUP },
359         { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
360         { "checkout", cmd_checkout, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
361         { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
362                 RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
363         { "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
364         { "cherry-pick", cmd_cherry_pick, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
365         { "clean", cmd_clean, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
366         { "clone", cmd_clone },
367         { "column", cmd_column, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
368         { "commit", cmd_commit, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
369         { "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
370         { "config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
371         { "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
372         { "credential", cmd_credential, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
373         { "describe", cmd_describe, RUN_SETUP },
374         { "diff", cmd_diff },
375         { "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
376         { "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP },
377         { "diff-tree", cmd_diff_tree, RUN_SETUP },
378         { "difftool", cmd_difftool, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
379         { "fast-export", cmd_fast_export, RUN_SETUP },
380         { "fetch", cmd_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
381         { "fetch-pack", cmd_fetch_pack, RUN_SETUP },
382         { "fmt-merge-msg", cmd_fmt_merge_msg, RUN_SETUP },
383         { "for-each-ref", cmd_for_each_ref, RUN_SETUP },
384         { "format-patch", cmd_format_patch, RUN_SETUP },
385         { "fsck", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
386         { "fsck-objects", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
387         { "gc", cmd_gc, RUN_SETUP },
388         { "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
389         { "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX },
390         { "hash-object", cmd_hash_object },
391         { "help", cmd_help },
392         { "index-pack", cmd_index_pack, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
393         { "init", cmd_init_db },
394         { "init-db", cmd_init_db },
395         { "interpret-trailers", cmd_interpret_trailers, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
396         { "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP },
397         { "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP | SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX },
398         { "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
399         { "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
400         { "mailinfo", cmd_mailinfo, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
401         { "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
402         { "merge", cmd_merge, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
403         { "merge-base", cmd_merge_base, RUN_SETUP },
404         { "merge-file", cmd_merge_file, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
405         { "merge-index", cmd_merge_index, RUN_SETUP },
406         { "merge-ours", cmd_merge_ours, RUN_SETUP },
407         { "merge-recursive", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
408         { "merge-recursive-ours", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
409         { "merge-recursive-theirs", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
410         { "merge-subtree", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
411         { "merge-tree", cmd_merge_tree, RUN_SETUP },
412         { "mktag", cmd_mktag, RUN_SETUP },
413         { "mktree", cmd_mktree, RUN_SETUP },
414         { "mv", cmd_mv, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
415         { "name-rev", cmd_name_rev, RUN_SETUP },
416         { "notes", cmd_notes, RUN_SETUP },
417         { "pack-objects", cmd_pack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
418         { "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP },
419         { "pack-refs", cmd_pack_refs, RUN_SETUP },
420         { "patch-id", cmd_patch_id, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
421         { "pickaxe", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
422         { "prune", cmd_prune, RUN_SETUP },
423         { "prune-packed", cmd_prune_packed, RUN_SETUP },
424         { "pull", cmd_pull, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
425         { "push", cmd_push, RUN_SETUP },
426         { "read-tree", cmd_read_tree, RUN_SETUP | SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
427         { "rebase--helper", cmd_rebase__helper, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
428         { "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
429         { "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
430         { "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
431         { "remote-ext", cmd_remote_ext },
432         { "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd },
433         { "repack", cmd_repack, RUN_SETUP },
434         { "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
435         { "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },
436         { "reset", cmd_reset, RUN_SETUP },
437         { "rev-list", cmd_rev_list, RUN_SETUP },
438         { "rev-parse", cmd_rev_parse },
439         { "revert", cmd_revert, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
440         { "rm", cmd_rm, RUN_SETUP },
441         { "send-pack", cmd_send_pack, RUN_SETUP },
442         { "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | USE_PAGER },
443         { "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP },
444         { "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
445         { "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },
446         { "stage", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
447         { "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
448         { "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },
449         { "submodule--helper", cmd_submodule__helper, RUN_SETUP | SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
450         { "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP },
451         { "tag", cmd_tag, RUN_SETUP },
452         { "unpack-file", cmd_unpack_file, RUN_SETUP },
453         { "unpack-objects", cmd_unpack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
454         { "update-index", cmd_update_index, RUN_SETUP },
455         { "update-ref", cmd_update_ref, RUN_SETUP },
456         { "update-server-info", cmd_update_server_info, RUN_SETUP },
457         { "upload-archive", cmd_upload_archive },
458         { "upload-archive--writer", cmd_upload_archive_writer },
459         { "var", cmd_var, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
460         { "verify-commit", cmd_verify_commit, RUN_SETUP },
461         { "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
462         { "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
463         { "version", cmd_version },
464         { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP },
465         { "worktree", cmd_worktree, RUN_SETUP },
466         { "write-tree", cmd_write_tree, RUN_SETUP },
467 };
468
469 static struct cmd_struct *get_builtin(const char *s)
470 {
471         int i;
472         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
473                 struct cmd_struct *p = commands + i;
474                 if (!strcmp(s, p->cmd))
475                         return p;
476         }
477         return NULL;
478 }
479
480 int is_builtin(const char *s)
481 {
482         return !!get_builtin(s);
483 }
484
485 #ifdef STRIP_EXTENSION
486 static void strip_extension(const char **argv)
487 {
488         size_t len;
489
490         if (strip_suffix(argv[0], STRIP_EXTENSION, &len))
491                 argv[0] = xmemdupz(argv[0], len);
492 }
493 #else
494 #define strip_extension(cmd)
495 #endif
496
497 static void handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv)
498 {
499         struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
500         const char *cmd;
501         struct cmd_struct *builtin;
502
503         strip_extension(argv);
504         cmd = argv[0];
505
506         /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help --exclude-guides cmd" */
507         if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
508                 int i;
509
510                 argv[1] = argv[0];
511                 argv[0] = cmd = "help";
512
513                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
514                         argv_array_push(&args, argv[i]);
515                         if (!i)
516                                 argv_array_push(&args, "--exclude-guides");
517                 }
518
519                 argc++;
520                 argv = args.argv;
521         }
522
523         builtin = get_builtin(cmd);
524         if (builtin)
525                 exit(run_builtin(builtin, argc, argv));
526         argv_array_clear(&args);
527 }
528
529 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
530 {
531         struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
532         int status;
533
534         if (get_super_prefix())
535                 die("%s doesn't support --super-prefix", argv[0]);
536
537         if (use_pager == -1)
538                 use_pager = check_pager_config(argv[0]);
539         commit_pager_choice();
540
541         argv_array_pushf(&cmd.args, "git-%s", argv[0]);
542         argv_array_pushv(&cmd.args, argv + 1);
543         cmd.clean_on_exit = 1;
544         cmd.wait_after_clean = 1;
545         cmd.silent_exec_failure = 1;
546
547         trace_argv_printf(cmd.args.argv, "trace: exec:");
548
549         /*
550          * If we fail because the command is not found, it is
551          * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code,
552          * or our usual generic code if we were not even able to exec
553          * the program.
554          */
555         status = run_command(&cmd);
556         if (status >= 0)
557                 exit(status);
558         else if (errno != ENOENT)
559                 exit(128);
560 }
561
562 static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
563 {
564         int done_alias = 0;
565
566         while (1) {
567                 /*
568                  * If we tried alias and futzed with our environment,
569                  * it no longer is safe to invoke builtins directly in
570                  * general.  We have to spawn them as dashed externals.
571                  *
572                  * NEEDSWORK: if we can figure out cases
573                  * where it is safe to do, we can avoid spawning a new
574                  * process.
575                  */
576                 if (!done_alias)
577                         handle_builtin(*argcp, *argv);
578
579                 /* .. then try the external ones */
580                 execv_dashed_external(*argv);
581
582                 /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
583                  * of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having
584                  * alias.log = show
585                  */
586                 if (done_alias)
587                         break;
588                 if (!handle_alias(argcp, argv))
589                         break;
590                 done_alias = 1;
591         }
592
593         return done_alias;
594 }
595
596 int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
597 {
598         const char *cmd;
599         int done_help = 0;
600
601         cmd = argv[0];
602         if (!cmd)
603                 cmd = "git-help";
604         else {
605                 const char *slash = find_last_dir_sep(cmd);
606                 if (slash)
607                         cmd = slash + 1;
608         }
609
610         trace_command_performance(argv);
611
612         /*
613          * "git-xxxx" is the same as "git xxxx", but we obviously:
614          *
615          *  - cannot take flags in between the "git" and the "xxxx".
616          *  - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
617          *    the same thing over again)
618          *
619          * So we just directly call the builtin handler, and die if
620          * that one cannot handle it.
621          */
622         if (skip_prefix(cmd, "git-", &cmd)) {
623                 argv[0] = cmd;
624                 handle_builtin(argc, argv);
625                 die("cannot handle %s as a builtin", cmd);
626         }
627
628         /* Look for flags.. */
629         argv++;
630         argc--;
631         handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
632         if (argc > 0) {
633                 /* translate --help and --version into commands */
634                 skip_prefix(argv[0], "--", &argv[0]);
635         } else {
636                 /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
637                 commit_pager_choice();
638                 printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
639                 list_common_cmds_help();
640                 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
641                 exit(1);
642         }
643         cmd = argv[0];
644
645         /*
646          * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher
647          * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
648          * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build
649          * time.
650          */
651         setup_path();
652
653         while (1) {
654                 int was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
655                 if (errno != ENOENT)
656                         break;
657                 if (was_alias) {
658                         fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
659                                 "'%s' is not a git command\n",
660                                 cmd, argv[0]);
661                         exit(1);
662                 }
663                 if (!done_help) {
664                         cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
665                         done_help = 1;
666                 } else
667                         break;
668         }
669
670         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
671                 cmd, strerror(errno));
672
673         return 1;
674 }