From df8b1cba47fc29d045efceec8cbb43b9182acbbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:59:20 -0400 Subject: man: make output system independent The current help output might change based on the number of CPU cores available (since it reflects the dynamic --jobs logic). This is good for users running repo locally, but not good for shipping static man pages. Hook the help output to have it generate the same output all the time. Change-Id: I3098ceddc0ad914b0b8e3b25d660b5a264cb41ee Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/312882 Reviewed-by: Roger Shimizu Reviewed-by: Mike Frysinger Tested-by: Mike Frysinger --- release/update-manpages | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'release/update-manpages') diff --git a/release/update-manpages b/release/update-manpages index f841f306..6ef3ec11 100755 --- a/release/update-manpages +++ b/release/update-manpages @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ def main(argv): if not shutil.which('help2man'): sys.exit('Please install help2man to continue.') + # Let repo know we're generating man pages so it can avoid some dynamic + # behavior (like probing active number of CPUs). We use a weird name & + # value to make it less likely for users to set this var themselves. + os.environ['_REPO_GENERATE_MANPAGES_'] = ' indeed! ' + # "repo branch" is an alias for "repo branches". del subcmds.all_commands['branch'] (MANDIR / 'repo-branch.1').write_text('.so man1/repo-branches.1') -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf