From: Wasswa Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Wasswa Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] credential: parse subcommands with OPT_SUBCOMMAND
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 23:22:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104202228.24642-1-edsonwasswa54@gmail.com> (raw)
"git credential" dispatches its four subcommands (fill, approve,
reject, capability) with a strcmp() chain after an argc check,
instead of using the parse-options API used by other builtins.
Convert the dispatch to OPT_SUBCOMMAND(). Besides making the code
shorter and more idiomatic, each subcommand gets its own usage
string, so "git credential <subcommand> -h" shows a targeted help
text, and the subcommand names are reported via
--git-completion-helper.
Since the builtin now uses parse-options, drop NO_PARSEOPT from its
git.c entry so "git --list-cmds=parseopt" includes it.
Two pre-existing inconsistencies are fixed while at it:
- The usage string did not mention "capability" even though it is a
documented subcommand; it now lists all four.
- Documentation/git-credential.adoc marked its SYNOPSIS as a plain
literal block, which t0450 cannot extract; mark it [verse] and drop
"credential" from t0450/adoc-help-mismatches.
Behavior changes are limited to error paths: a missing or unknown
subcommand is reported as such ("need a subcommand" / "unknown
subcommand") before the usage text, instead of only showing the
usage text, and "git credential <subcommand> -h" exits 0 after
showing the subcommand's usage. Exit codes for failures are
unchanged (129).
Signed-off-by: Wasswa Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-credential.adoc | 3 +-
builtin/credential.c | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
git.c | 2 +-
t/t0300-credentials.sh | 18 ++++
t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches | 1 -
5 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.adoc b/Documentation/git-credential.adoc
index e41493292f..e12d429f43 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential.adoc
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ git-credential - Retrieve and store user credentials
SYNOPSIS
--------
-------------------
+[verse]
'git credential' (fill|approve|reject|capability)
-------------------
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/builtin/credential.c b/builtin/credential.c
index a295c80b36..7b398658bf 100644
--- a/builtin/credential.c
+++ b/builtin/credential.c
@@ -5,48 +5,136 @@
#include "builtin.h"
#include "environment.h"
#include "config.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
-static const char usage_msg[] =
- "git credential (fill|approve|reject)";
+static const char * const credential_usage[] = {
+ N_("git credential (fill|approve|reject|capability)"),
+ NULL,
+};
-int cmd_credential(int argc,
- const char **argv,
- const char *prefix UNUSED,
- struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+static const char * const credential_fill_usage[] = {
+ N_("git credential fill"),
+ NULL,
+};
+
+static const char * const credential_approve_usage[] = {
+ N_("git credential approve"),
+ NULL,
+};
+
+static const char * const credential_reject_usage[] = {
+ N_("git credential reject"),
+ NULL,
+};
+
+static const char * const credential_capability_usage[] = {
+ N_("git credential capability"),
+ NULL,
+};
+
+static int cmd_credential_fill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
+ struct repository *repo UNUSED)
{
- const char *op;
+ struct option options[] = { OPT_END() };
struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
- repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+ credential_fill_usage, 0);
+ if (argc)
+ usage_with_options(credential_fill_usage, options);
+
+ if (credential_read(&c, stdin, CREDENTIAL_OP_INITIAL) < 0)
+ die("unable to read credential from stdin");
+
+ credential_fill(the_repository, &c, 0);
+ credential_next_state(&c);
+ credential_write(&c, stdout, CREDENTIAL_OP_RESPONSE);
+
+ credential_clear(&c);
+ return 0;
+}
- show_usage_if_asked(argc, argv, usage_msg);
- if (argc != 2)
- usage(usage_msg);
- op = argv[1];
+static int cmd_credential_approve(int argc, const char **argv,
+ const char *prefix,
+ struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+{
+ struct option options[] = { OPT_END() };
+ struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
- if (!strcmp(op, "capability")) {
- credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_INITIAL);
- credential_announce_capabilities(&c, stdout);
- return 0;
- }
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+ credential_approve_usage, 0);
+ if (argc)
+ usage_with_options(credential_approve_usage, options);
if (credential_read(&c, stdin, CREDENTIAL_OP_INITIAL) < 0)
die("unable to read credential from stdin");
- if (!strcmp(op, "fill")) {
- credential_fill(the_repository, &c, 0);
- credential_next_state(&c);
- credential_write(&c, stdout, CREDENTIAL_OP_RESPONSE);
- } else if (!strcmp(op, "approve")) {
- credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER);
- credential_approve(the_repository, &c);
- } else if (!strcmp(op, "reject")) {
- credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER);
- credential_reject(the_repository, &c);
- } else {
- usage(usage_msg);
- }
+ credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER);
+ credential_approve(the_repository, &c);
credential_clear(&c);
return 0;
}
+
+static int cmd_credential_reject(int argc, const char **argv,
+ const char *prefix,
+ struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+{
+ struct option options[] = { OPT_END() };
+ struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+ credential_reject_usage, 0);
+ if (argc)
+ usage_with_options(credential_reject_usage, options);
+
+ if (credential_read(&c, stdin, CREDENTIAL_OP_INITIAL) < 0)
+ die("unable to read credential from stdin");
+
+ credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER);
+ credential_reject(the_repository, &c);
+
+ credential_clear(&c);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int cmd_credential_capability(int argc, const char **argv,
+ const char *prefix,
+ struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+{
+ struct option options[] = { OPT_END() };
+ struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+ credential_capability_usage, 0);
+ if (argc)
+ usage_with_options(credential_capability_usage, options);
+
+ credential_set_all_capabilities(&c, CREDENTIAL_OP_INITIAL);
+ credential_announce_capabilities(&c, stdout);
+
+ credential_clear(&c);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int cmd_credential(int argc,
+ const char **argv,
+ const char *prefix,
+ struct repository *repo)
+{
+ parse_opt_subcommand_fn *fn = NULL;
+ struct option options[] = {
+ OPT_SUBCOMMAND("fill", &fn, cmd_credential_fill),
+ OPT_SUBCOMMAND("approve", &fn, cmd_credential_approve),
+ OPT_SUBCOMMAND("reject", &fn, cmd_credential_reject),
+ OPT_SUBCOMMAND("capability", &fn, cmd_credential_capability),
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+
+ repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, credential_usage, 0);
+
+ return fn(argc, argv, prefix, repo);
+}
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index d7b5f88e52..da370902ab 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
{ "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
{ "config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | DELAY_PAGER_CONFIG },
{ "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
- { "credential", cmd_credential, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | NO_PARSEOPT },
+ { "credential", cmd_credential, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
{ "credential-cache", cmd_credential_cache },
{ "credential-cache--daemon", cmd_credential_cache_daemon },
{ "credential-store", cmd_credential_store },
diff --git a/t/t0300-credentials.sh b/t/t0300-credentials.sh
index ea11cdb4dc..ce230caff1 100755
--- a/t/t0300-credentials.sh
+++ b/t/t0300-credentials.sh
@@ -1056,4 +1056,22 @@ test_expect_success 'interactive prompt is sanitized' '
EOF
'
+test_expect_success 'credential subcommands -h show subcommand usage' '
+ for sub in fill approve reject capability
+ do
+ git credential $sub -h >out &&
+ test_grep "^usage: git credential $sub" out || return 1
+ done
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'credential requires a subcommand' '
+ test_expect_code 129 git credential 2>err &&
+ test_grep "need a subcommand" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'credential rejects unknown subcommand' '
+ test_expect_code 129 git credential foo 2>err &&
+ test_grep "unknown subcommand" err
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches b/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
index baf3b1d809..939e47bf3a 100644
--- a/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
+++ b/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ checkout
checkout-index
clone
column
-credential
credential-cache
credential-store
fetch-pack
--
2.53.0
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