1 files changed, 86 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index e5590d7..1c5f2b9 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "column.h"
+#include "config-list.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "alias.h"
 
@@ -62,6 +63,91 @@ static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+struct slot_expansion {
+	const char *prefix;
+	const char *placeholder;
+	void (*fn)(struct string_list *list, const char *prefix);
+	int found;
+};
+
+static void list_config_help(int for_human)
+{
+	struct slot_expansion slot_expansions[] = {
+		{ "advice", "*", list_config_advices },
+		{ "color.branch", "<slot>", list_config_color_branch_slots },
+		{ "color.decorate", "<slot>", list_config_color_decorate_slots },
+		{ "color.diff", "<slot>", list_config_color_diff_slots },
+		{ "color.grep", "<slot>", list_config_color_grep_slots },
+		{ "color.interactive", "<slot>", list_config_color_interactive_slots },
+		{ "color.remote", "<slot>", list_config_color_sideband_slots },
+		{ "color.status", "<slot>", list_config_color_status_slots },
+		{ "fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+		{ "receive.fsck", "<msg-id>", list_config_fsck_msg_ids },
+		{ NULL, NULL, NULL }
+	};
+	const char **p;
+	struct slot_expansion *e;
+	struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	int i;
+
+	for (p = config_name_list; *p; p++) {
+		const char *var = *p;
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++) {
+
+			strbuf_reset(&sb);
+			strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s.%s", e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+			if (!strcasecmp(var, sb.buf)) {
+				e->fn(&keys, e->prefix);
+				e->found++;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		if (!e->prefix)
+			string_list_append(&keys, var);
+	}
+
+	for (e = slot_expansions; e->prefix; e++)
+		if (!e->found)
+			BUG("slot_expansion %s.%s is not used",
+			    e->prefix, e->placeholder);
+
+	string_list_sort(&keys);
+	for (i = 0; i < keys.nr; i++) {
+		const char *var = keys.items[i].string;
+		const char *wildcard, *tag, *cut;
+
+		if (for_human) {
+			puts(var);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		wildcard = strchr(var, '*');
+		tag = strchr(var, '<');
+
+		if (!wildcard && !tag) {
+			puts(var);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (wildcard && !tag)
+			cut = wildcard;
+		else if (!wildcard && tag)
+			cut = tag;
+		else
+			cut = wildcard < tag ? wildcard : tag;
+
+		/*
+		 * We may produce duplicates, but that's up to
+		 * git-completion.bash to handle
+		 */
+		printf("%.*s\n", (int)(cut - var), var);
+	}
+	string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
+}
+
 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(format, "man"))