Merge branch 'ta/user-manual'
[git] / git.c
1 #include "builtin.h"
2 #include "cache.h"
3 #include "exec_cmd.h"
4 #include "help.h"
5 #include "quote.h"
6 #include "run-command.h"
7 #include "commit.h"
8
9 const char git_usage_string[] =
10         "git [--version] [--help] [-c name=value]\n"
11         "           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
12         "           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
13         "           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n"
14         "           <command> [<args>]";
15
16 const char git_more_info_string[] =
17         N_("'git help -a' and 'git help -g' lists available subcommands and some\n"
18            "concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>'\n"
19            "to read about a specific subcommand or concept.");
20
21 static struct startup_info git_startup_info;
22 static int use_pager = -1;
23
24 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
25         switch (use_pager) {
26         case 0:
27                 setenv("GIT_PAGER", "cat", 1);
28                 break;
29         case 1:
30                 setup_pager();
31                 break;
32         default:
33                 break;
34         }
35 }
36
37 static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
38 {
39         const char **orig_argv = *argv;
40
41         while (*argc > 0) {
42                 const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
43                 if (cmd[0] != '-')
44                         break;
45
46                 /*
47                  * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
48                  * commands can be written with "--" prepended
49                  * to make them look like flags.
50                  */
51                 if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version"))
52                         break;
53
54                 /*
55                  * Check remaining flags.
56                  */
57                 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--exec-path")) {
58                         cmd += 11;
59                         if (*cmd == '=')
60                                 git_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
61                         else {
62                                 puts(git_exec_path());
63                                 exit(0);
64                         }
65                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
66                         puts(system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH));
67                         exit(0);
68                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--man-path")) {
69                         puts(system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH));
70                         exit(0);
71                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--info-path")) {
72                         puts(system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH));
73                         exit(0);
74                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
75                         use_pager = 1;
76                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
77                         use_pager = 0;
78                         if (envchanged)
79                                 *envchanged = 1;
80                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-replace-objects")) {
81                         read_replace_refs = 0;
82                         setenv(NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
83                         if (envchanged)
84                                 *envchanged = 1;
85                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) {
86                         if (*argc < 2) {
87                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --git-dir.\n" );
88                                 usage(git_usage_string);
89                         }
90                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
91                         if (envchanged)
92                                 *envchanged = 1;
93                         (*argv)++;
94                         (*argc)--;
95                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--git-dir=")) {
96                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 10, 1);
97                         if (envchanged)
98                                 *envchanged = 1;
99                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--namespace")) {
100                         if (*argc < 2) {
101                                 fprintf(stderr, "No namespace given for --namespace.\n" );
102                                 usage(git_usage_string);
103                         }
104                         setenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
105                         if (envchanged)
106                                 *envchanged = 1;
107                         (*argv)++;
108                         (*argc)--;
109                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--namespace=")) {
110                         setenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 12, 1);
111                         if (envchanged)
112                                 *envchanged = 1;
113                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--work-tree")) {
114                         if (*argc < 2) {
115                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --work-tree.\n" );
116                                 usage(git_usage_string);
117                         }
118                         setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
119                         if (envchanged)
120                                 *envchanged = 1;
121                         (*argv)++;
122                         (*argc)--;
123                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--work-tree=")) {
124                         setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + 12, 1);
125                         if (envchanged)
126                                 *envchanged = 1;
127                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--bare")) {
128                         static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
129                         is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
130                         setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
131                         setenv(GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
132                         if (envchanged)
133                                 *envchanged = 1;
134                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-c")) {
135                         if (*argc < 2) {
136                                 fprintf(stderr, "-c expects a configuration string\n" );
137                                 usage(git_usage_string);
138                         }
139                         git_config_push_parameter((*argv)[1]);
140                         (*argv)++;
141                         (*argc)--;
142                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--literal-pathspecs")) {
143                         setenv(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
144                         if (envchanged)
145                                 *envchanged = 1;
146                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-literal-pathspecs")) {
147                         setenv(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
148                         if (envchanged)
149                                 *envchanged = 1;
150                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--glob-pathspecs")) {
151                         setenv(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
152                         if (envchanged)
153                                 *envchanged = 1;
154                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--noglob-pathspecs")) {
155                         setenv(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
156                         if (envchanged)
157                                 *envchanged = 1;
158                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--icase-pathspecs")) {
159                         setenv(GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 1);
160                         if (envchanged)
161                                 *envchanged = 1;
162                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--shallow-file")) {
163                         (*argv)++;
164                         (*argc)--;
165                         set_alternate_shallow_file((*argv)[0]);
166                         if (envchanged)
167                                 *envchanged = 1;
168                 } else {
169                         fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
170                         usage(git_usage_string);
171                 }
172
173                 (*argv)++;
174                 (*argc)--;
175         }
176         return (*argv) - orig_argv;
177 }
178
179 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
180 {
181         int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
182         const char *subdir;
183         int count, option_count;
184         const char **new_argv;
185         const char *alias_command;
186         char *alias_string;
187         int unused_nongit;
188
189         subdir = setup_git_directory_gently(&unused_nongit);
190
191         alias_command = (*argv)[0];
192         alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
193         if (alias_string) {
194                 if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
195                         const char **alias_argv;
196                         int argc = *argcp, i;
197
198                         commit_pager_choice();
199
200                         /* build alias_argv */
201                         alias_argv = xmalloc(sizeof(*alias_argv) * (argc + 1));
202                         alias_argv[0] = alias_string + 1;
203                         for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
204                                 alias_argv[i] = (*argv)[i];
205                         alias_argv[argc] = NULL;
206
207                         ret = run_command_v_opt(alias_argv, RUN_USING_SHELL);
208                         if (ret >= 0)   /* normal exit */
209                                 exit(ret);
210
211                         die_errno("While expanding alias '%s': '%s'",
212                             alias_command, alias_string + 1);
213                 }
214                 count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
215                 if (count < 0)
216                         die("Bad alias.%s string: %s", alias_command,
217                             split_cmdline_strerror(count));
218                 option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
219                 if (envchanged)
220                         die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
221                                  "You can use '!git' in the alias to do this.",
222                                  alias_command);
223                 memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
224                                 count * sizeof(char *));
225                 new_argv -= option_count;
226
227                 if (count < 1)
228                         die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
229
230                 if (!strcmp(alias_command, new_argv[0]))
231                         die("recursive alias: %s", alias_command);
232
233                 trace_argv_printf(new_argv,
234                                   "trace: alias expansion: %s =>",
235                                   alias_command);
236
237                 new_argv = xrealloc(new_argv, sizeof(char *) *
238                                     (count + *argcp));
239                 /* insert after command name */
240                 memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char *) * *argcp);
241
242                 *argv = new_argv;
243                 *argcp += count - 1;
244
245                 ret = 1;
246         }
247
248         if (subdir && chdir(subdir))
249                 die_errno("Cannot change to '%s'", subdir);
250
251         errno = saved_errno;
252
253         return ret;
254 }
255
256 #define RUN_SETUP               (1<<0)
257 #define RUN_SETUP_GENTLY        (1<<1)
258 #define USE_PAGER               (1<<2)
259 /*
260  * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
261  * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
262  */
263 #define NEED_WORK_TREE          (1<<3)
264
265 struct cmd_struct {
266         const char *cmd;
267         int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
268         int option;
269 };
270
271 static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
272 {
273         int status, help;
274         struct stat st;
275         const char *prefix;
276
277         prefix = NULL;
278         help = argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h");
279         if (!help) {
280                 if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
281                         prefix = setup_git_directory();
282                 if (p->option & RUN_SETUP_GENTLY) {
283                         int nongit_ok;
284                         prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
285                 }
286
287                 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY))
288                         use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
289                 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
290                         use_pager = 1;
291
292                 if ((p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY)) &&
293                     startup_info->have_repository) /* get_git_dir() may set up repo, avoid that */
294                         trace_repo_setup(prefix);
295         }
296         commit_pager_choice();
297
298         if (!help && p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE)
299                 setup_work_tree();
300
301         trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: built-in: git");
302
303         status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
304         if (status)
305                 return status;
306
307         /* Somebody closed stdout? */
308         if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
309                 return 0;
310         /* Ignore write errors for pipes and sockets.. */
311         if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
312                 return 0;
313
314         /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
315         if (fflush(stdout))
316                 die_errno("write failure on standard output");
317         if (ferror(stdout))
318                 die("unknown write failure on standard output");
319         if (fclose(stdout))
320                 die_errno("close failed on standard output");
321         return 0;
322 }
323
324 static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
325 {
326         const char *cmd = argv[0];
327         static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
328                 { "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
329                 { "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP },
330                 { "apply", cmd_apply, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
331                 { "archive", cmd_archive },
332                 { "bisect--helper", cmd_bisect__helper, RUN_SETUP },
333                 { "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
334                 { "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
335                 { "bundle", cmd_bundle, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
336                 { "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP },
337                 { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
338                 { "check-ignore", cmd_check_ignore, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
339                 { "check-mailmap", cmd_check_mailmap, RUN_SETUP },
340                 { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
341                 { "checkout", cmd_checkout, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
342                 { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
343                         RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
344                 { "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
345                 { "cherry-pick", cmd_cherry_pick, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
346                 { "clean", cmd_clean, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
347                 { "clone", cmd_clone },
348                 { "column", cmd_column, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
349                 { "commit", cmd_commit, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
350                 { "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
351                 { "config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
352                 { "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
353                 { "credential", cmd_credential, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
354                 { "describe", cmd_describe, RUN_SETUP },
355                 { "diff", cmd_diff },
356                 { "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
357                 { "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP },
358                 { "diff-tree", cmd_diff_tree, RUN_SETUP },
359                 { "fast-export", cmd_fast_export, RUN_SETUP },
360                 { "fetch", cmd_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
361                 { "fetch-pack", cmd_fetch_pack, RUN_SETUP },
362                 { "fmt-merge-msg", cmd_fmt_merge_msg, RUN_SETUP },
363                 { "for-each-ref", cmd_for_each_ref, RUN_SETUP },
364                 { "format-patch", cmd_format_patch, RUN_SETUP },
365                 { "fsck", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
366                 { "fsck-objects", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
367                 { "gc", cmd_gc, RUN_SETUP },
368                 { "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
369                 { "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
370                 { "hash-object", cmd_hash_object },
371                 { "help", cmd_help },
372                 { "index-pack", cmd_index_pack, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
373                 { "init", cmd_init_db },
374                 { "init-db", cmd_init_db },
375                 { "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP },
376                 { "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP },
377                 { "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
378                 { "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
379                 { "mailinfo", cmd_mailinfo },
380                 { "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
381                 { "merge", cmd_merge, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
382                 { "merge-base", cmd_merge_base, RUN_SETUP },
383                 { "merge-file", cmd_merge_file, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
384                 { "merge-index", cmd_merge_index, RUN_SETUP },
385                 { "merge-ours", cmd_merge_ours, RUN_SETUP },
386                 { "merge-recursive", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
387                 { "merge-recursive-ours", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
388                 { "merge-recursive-theirs", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
389                 { "merge-subtree", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
390                 { "merge-tree", cmd_merge_tree, RUN_SETUP },
391                 { "mktag", cmd_mktag, RUN_SETUP },
392                 { "mktree", cmd_mktree, RUN_SETUP },
393                 { "mv", cmd_mv, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
394                 { "name-rev", cmd_name_rev, RUN_SETUP },
395                 { "notes", cmd_notes, RUN_SETUP },
396                 { "pack-objects", cmd_pack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
397                 { "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP },
398                 { "pack-refs", cmd_pack_refs, RUN_SETUP },
399                 { "patch-id", cmd_patch_id },
400                 { "peek-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
401                 { "pickaxe", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
402                 { "prune", cmd_prune, RUN_SETUP },
403                 { "prune-packed", cmd_prune_packed, RUN_SETUP },
404                 { "push", cmd_push, RUN_SETUP },
405                 { "read-tree", cmd_read_tree, RUN_SETUP },
406                 { "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
407                 { "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
408                 { "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
409                 { "remote-ext", cmd_remote_ext },
410                 { "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd },
411                 { "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
412                 { "repo-config", cmd_repo_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
413                 { "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },
414                 { "reset", cmd_reset, RUN_SETUP },
415                 { "rev-list", cmd_rev_list, RUN_SETUP },
416                 { "rev-parse", cmd_rev_parse },
417                 { "revert", cmd_revert, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
418                 { "rm", cmd_rm, RUN_SETUP },
419                 { "send-pack", cmd_send_pack, RUN_SETUP },
420                 { "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | USE_PAGER },
421                 { "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP },
422                 { "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
423                 { "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },
424                 { "stage", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
425                 { "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
426                 { "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },
427                 { "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP },
428                 { "tag", cmd_tag, RUN_SETUP },
429                 { "tar-tree", cmd_tar_tree },
430                 { "unpack-file", cmd_unpack_file, RUN_SETUP },
431                 { "unpack-objects", cmd_unpack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
432                 { "update-index", cmd_update_index, RUN_SETUP },
433                 { "update-ref", cmd_update_ref, RUN_SETUP },
434                 { "update-server-info", cmd_update_server_info, RUN_SETUP },
435                 { "upload-archive", cmd_upload_archive },
436                 { "upload-archive--writer", cmd_upload_archive_writer },
437                 { "var", cmd_var, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
438                 { "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
439                 { "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
440                 { "version", cmd_version },
441                 { "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP },
442                 { "write-tree", cmd_write_tree, RUN_SETUP },
443         };
444         int i;
445         static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;
446
447         if (sizeof(ext) > 1) {
448                 i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(ext);
449                 if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, ext)) {
450                         char *argv0 = xstrdup(argv[0]);
451                         argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
452                         argv0[i] = '\0';
453                 }
454         }
455
456         /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
457         if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
458                 argv[1] = argv[0];
459                 argv[0] = cmd = "help";
460         }
461
462         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
463                 struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
464                 if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))
465                         continue;
466                 exit(run_builtin(p, argc, argv));
467         }
468 }
469
470 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
471 {
472         struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
473         const char *tmp;
474         int status;
475
476         if (use_pager == -1)
477                 use_pager = check_pager_config(argv[0]);
478         commit_pager_choice();
479
480         strbuf_addf(&cmd, "git-%s", argv[0]);
481
482         /*
483          * argv[0] must be the git command, but the argv array
484          * belongs to the caller, and may be reused in
485          * subsequent loop iterations. Save argv[0] and
486          * restore it on error.
487          */
488         tmp = argv[0];
489         argv[0] = cmd.buf;
490
491         trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: exec:");
492
493         /*
494          * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
495          * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
496          */
497         status = run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE | RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT);
498         if (status >= 0 || errno != ENOENT)
499                 exit(status);
500
501         argv[0] = tmp;
502
503         strbuf_release(&cmd);
504 }
505
506 static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
507 {
508         int done_alias = 0;
509
510         while (1) {
511                 /* See if it's an internal command */
512                 handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
513
514                 /* .. then try the external ones */
515                 execv_dashed_external(*argv);
516
517                 /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
518                  * of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having
519                  * alias.log = show
520                  */
521                 if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
522                         break;
523                 done_alias = 1;
524         }
525
526         return done_alias;
527 }
528
529
530 int main(int argc, char **av)
531 {
532         const char **argv = (const char **) av;
533         const char *cmd;
534
535         startup_info = &git_startup_info;
536
537         cmd = git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
538         if (!cmd)
539                 cmd = "git-help";
540
541         /*
542          * Always open file descriptors 0/1/2 to avoid clobbering files
543          * in die().  It also avoids messing up when the pipes are dup'ed
544          * onto stdin/stdout/stderr in the child processes we spawn.
545          */
546         sanitize_stdfds();
547
548         git_setup_gettext();
549
550         /*
551          * "git-xxxx" is the same as "git xxxx", but we obviously:
552          *
553          *  - cannot take flags in between the "git" and the "xxxx".
554          *  - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
555          *    the same thing over again)
556          *
557          * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
558          * die if that one cannot handle it.
559          */
560         if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "git-")) {
561                 cmd += 4;
562                 argv[0] = cmd;
563                 handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
564                 die("cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
565         }
566
567         /* Look for flags.. */
568         argv++;
569         argc--;
570         handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
571         if (argc > 0) {
572                 if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
573                         argv[0] += 2;
574         } else {
575                 /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
576                 commit_pager_choice();
577                 printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
578                 list_common_cmds_help();
579                 printf("\n%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
580                 exit(1);
581         }
582         cmd = argv[0];
583
584         /*
585          * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher
586          * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH
587          * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build
588          * time.
589          */
590         setup_path();
591
592         while (1) {
593                 static int done_help = 0;
594                 static int was_alias = 0;
595                 was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
596                 if (errno != ENOENT)
597                         break;
598                 if (was_alias) {
599                         fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
600                                 "'%s' is not a git command\n",
601                                 cmd, argv[0]);
602                         exit(1);
603                 }
604                 if (!done_help) {
605                         cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
606                         done_help = 1;
607                 } else
608                         break;
609         }
610
611         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
612                 cmd, strerror(errno));
613
614         return 1;
615 }