Subject: [PATCH] Add help.autocorrect to enable/disable autocorrecting

From: Alex Riesen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:26:33 +0200

It is off by default, to avoid scaring people unless they asked to.
---
Johannes Schindelin, Tue, Jul 22, 2008 23:08:19 +0200:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Alex Riesen wrote:
> 
> > +	if (autocorrect && (main_cmds.cnt < 2 ||
> > +		best_similarity < similarity(main_cmds.names[1]->name))) {
> >  		if (!*cwd)
> >  			exit(1);
> >  		if (chdir(cwd))
> 
> In that case, you need to put in the "one of these" / "this" conditional 
> again, which I ripped out because I do not need it any more.
> 

Of course, missed it. Like this, then.

 help.c |   20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 480befe..cf6b459 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum help_format {
 	HELP_FORMAT_WEB,
 };
 
+static int autocorrect;
 static int show_all = 0;
 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
@@ -269,6 +270,8 @@ static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	}
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
 		return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
+	if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect"))
+		autocorrect = git_config_bool(var,value);
 
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
@@ -704,9 +707,10 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 
 	if (!main_cmds.cnt)
 		die ("Uh oh.  Your system reports no Git commands at all.");
+	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
 	best_similarity = similarity(main_cmds.names[0]->name);
-	if (main_cmds.cnt < 2 || best_similarity <
-			similarity(main_cmds.names[1]->name)) {
+	if (autocorrect && (main_cmds.cnt < 2 ||
+		best_similarity < similarity(main_cmds.names[1]->name))) {
 		if (!*cwd)
 			exit(1);
 		if (chdir(cwd))
@@ -721,10 +725,14 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
 
 	if (best_similarity < 6) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean one of these?\n");
-
-		for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt && best_similarity ==
-				similarity(main_cmds.names[i]->name); i++)
+		int n = 0;
+		while (n < main_cmds.cnt &&
+			best_similarity == similarity(main_cmds.names[n]->name))
+			++n;
+		fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean %s?\n",
+			n < 2 ? "this": "one of these");
+
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 			fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", main_cmds.names[i]->name);
 	}
 
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