List all guides in git(1)

Documentation/Makefile

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ MAN1_TXT += git.txt
 MAN1_TXT += gitk.txt
 MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt
 
+# man5 / man7 guides (note: new guides should also be added to command-list.txt)
 MAN5_TXT += gitattributes.txt
 MAN5_TXT += githooks.txt
 MAN5_TXT += gitignore.txt
@@ -294,14 +295,15 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
 	cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt \
 	cmds-synchingrepositories.txt \
 	cmds-synchelpers.txt \
+	cmds-guide.txt \
 	cmds-purehelpers.txt \
 	cmds-foreignscminterface.txt
 
 $(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
 
 cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
-	$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
+	$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(cmds_txt) $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
 	date >$@
 
 mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt

Documentation/cmd-list.perl

@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ sub format_one {
 	my ($out, $nameattr) = @_;
 	my ($name, $attr) = @$nameattr;
 	my ($state, $description);
+	my $mansection;
 	$state = 0;
 	open I, '<', "$name.txt" or die "No such file $name.txt";
 	while (<I>) {
+		if (/^git[a-z0-9-]*\(([0-9])\)$/) {
+			$mansection = $1;
+			next;
+		}
 		if (/^NAME$/) {
 			$state = 1;
 			next;
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ sub format_one {
 		die "No description found in $name.txt";
 	}
 	if (my ($verify_name, $text) = ($description =~ /^($name) - (.*)/)) {
-		print $out "linkgit:$name\[1\]::\n\t";
+		print $out "linkgit:$name\[$mansection\]::\n\t";
 		if ($attr =~ / deprecated /) {
 			print $out "(deprecated) ";
 		}
@@ -38,30 +43,26 @@ sub format_one {
 	}
 }
 
-while (<>) {
+my ($input, @categories) = @ARGV;
+
+open IN, "<$input";
+while (<IN>) {
 	last if /^### command list/;
 }
 
 my %cmds = ();
-for (sort <>) {
+for (sort <IN>) {
 	next if /^#/;
 
 	chomp;
 	my ($name, $cat, $attr) = /^(\S+)\s+(.*?)(?:\s+(.*))?$/;
 	$attr = '' unless defined $attr;
 	push @{$cmds{$cat}}, [$name, " $attr "];
 }
+close IN;
 
-for my $cat (qw(ancillaryinterrogators
-		ancillarymanipulators
-		mainporcelain
-		plumbinginterrogators
-		plumbingmanipulators
-		synchingrepositories
-		foreignscminterface
-		purehelpers
-		synchelpers)) {
-	my $out = "cmds-$cat.txt";
+for my $out (@categories) {
+	my ($cat) = $out =~ /^cmds-(.*)\.txt$/;
 	open O, '>', "$out+" or die "Cannot open output file $out+";
 	for (@{$cmds{$cat}}) {
 		format_one(\*O, $_);

Documentation/git-help.txt

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ on the standard output.
 If the option `--all` or `-a` is given, all available commands are
 printed on the standard output.
 
-If the option `--guides` or `-g` is given, a list of the useful
-Git guides is also printed on the standard output.
+If the option `--guides` or `-g` is given, a list of the
+Git concept guides is also printed on the standard output.
 
 If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or
 guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -g::
 --guides::
-	Prints a list of useful guides on the standard output. This
+	Prints a list of the Git concept guides on the standard output. This
 	option overrides any given command or guide name.
 
 -i::

Documentation/git.txt

@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ users typically do not use them directly.
 
 include::cmds-purehelpers.txt[]
 
+Guides
+------
+
+The following documentation pages are guides about Git concepts.
+
+include::cmds-guide.txt[]
+
 
 Configuration Mechanism
 -----------------------

Documentation/gitcredentials.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitcredentials(7)
 
 NAME
 ----
-gitcredentials - providing usernames and passwords to Git
+gitcredentials - Providing usernames and passwords to Git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

builtin/help.c

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (show_guides)
-		list_common_guides_help();
+		list_guides_help();
 
 	if (show_all || show_guides) {
 		printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));

command-list.txt

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ git-write-tree                          plumbingmanipulators
 gitattributes                           guide
 gitcli                                  guide
 gitcore-tutorial                        guide
+gitcredentials                          guide
 gitcvs-migration                        guide
 gitdiffcore                             guide
 giteveryday                             guide
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ githooks                                guide
 gitignore                               guide
 gitmodules                              guide
 gitnamespaces                           guide
+gitremote-helpers                       guide
 gitrepository-layout                    guide
 gitrevisions                            guide
 gitsubmodules                           guide

help.c

@@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
 	}
 }
 
-void list_common_guides_help(void)
+void list_guides_help(void)
 {
 	struct category_description catdesc[] = {
-		{ CAT_guide, N_("The common Git guides are:") },
+		{ CAT_guide, N_("The Git concept guides are:") },
 		{ 0, NULL }
 	};
 	print_cmd_by_category(catdesc, NULL);

help.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static inline void mput_char(char c, unsigned int num)
 
 void list_common_cmds_help(void);
 void list_all_cmds_help(void);
-void list_common_guides_help(void);
+void list_guides_help(void);
 
 void list_all_main_cmds(struct string_list *list);
 void list_all_other_cmds(struct string_list *list);