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built-in add -i: support ? (prompt help)
With this change, we print out the same colored help text that the Perl-based `git add -i` prints in the main loop when question mark is entered. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
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add-interactive.c

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct add_i_state {
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struct repository *r;
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int use_color;
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char header_color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
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char help_color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
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};
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static void init_color(struct repository *r, struct add_i_state *s,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ static int init_add_i_state(struct repository *r, struct add_i_state *s)
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s->use_color = want_color(s->use_color);
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init_color(r, s, "header", s->header_color, GIT_COLOR_BOLD);
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init_color(r, s, "help", s->help_color, GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED);
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return 0;
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}
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ struct list_and_choose_options {
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struct list_options list_opts;
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const char *prompt;
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void (*print_help)(struct add_i_state *s);
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};
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#define LIST_AND_CHOOSE_ERROR (-1)
@@ -144,6 +147,11 @@ static ssize_t list_and_choose(struct prefix_item **items, size_t nr,
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if (!input.len)
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break;
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if (!strcmp(input.buf, "?")) {
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opts->print_help(s);
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continue;
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}
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p = input.buf;
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for (;;) {
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size_t sep = strcspn(p, " \t\r\n,");
@@ -430,12 +438,24 @@ struct command_item {
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struct file_list *files, struct list_options *opts);
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};
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static void command_prompt_help(struct add_i_state *s)
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{
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const char *help_color = s->help_color;
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color_fprintf_ln(stdout, help_color, "%s", _("Prompt help:"));
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color_fprintf_ln(stdout, help_color, "1 - %s",
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_("select a numbered item"));
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color_fprintf_ln(stdout, help_color, "foo - %s",
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_("select item based on unique prefix"));
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color_fprintf_ln(stdout, help_color, " - %s",
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_("(empty) select nothing"));
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}
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int run_add_i(struct repository *r, const struct pathspec *ps)
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{
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struct add_i_state s = { NULL };
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struct list_and_choose_options main_loop_opts = {
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{ 4, N_("*** Commands ***"), print_command_item, NULL },
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N_("What now")
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N_("What now"), command_prompt_help
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};
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struct command_item
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status = { { "status" }, run_status };

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