annotate mercurial/help.py @ 40293:c303d65d2e34

help: assigning categories to existing commands

I'm separating this into its own commit so people can bikeshed over the actual
categorization (vs the support for categories). These categories are based on
the help implementation we've been using internally at Google, and have had
zero complaints.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5067

# help.py - help data for mercurial
#
# Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

from __future__ import absolute_import

import itertools
import os
import textwrap

from .i18n import (
    _,
    gettext,
)
from . import (
    cmdutil,
    encoding,
    error,
    extensions,
    fancyopts,
    filemerge,
    fileset,
    minirst,
    pycompat,
    registrar,
    revset,
    templatefilters,
    templatefuncs,
    templatekw,
    util,
)
from .hgweb import (
    webcommands,
)

_exclkeywords = {
    "(ADVANCED)",
    "(DEPRECATED)",
    "(EXPERIMENTAL)",
    # i18n: "(ADVANCED)" is a keyword, must be translated consistently
    _("(ADVANCED)"),
    # i18n: "(DEPRECATED)" is a keyword, must be translated consistently
    _("(DEPRECATED)"),
    # i18n: "(EXPERIMENTAL)" is a keyword, must be translated consistently
    _("(EXPERIMENTAL)"),
}

# The order in which command categories will be displayed.
# Extensions with custom categories should insert them into this list
# after/before the appropriate item, rather than replacing the list or
# assuming absolute positions.
CATEGORY_ORDER = [
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_REPO_CREATION,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_REMOTE_REPO_MANAGEMENT,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_COMMITTING,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_MANAGEMENT,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_ORGANIZATION,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_FILE_CONTENTS,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_NAVIGATION ,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_WORKING_DIRECTORY,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_IMPORT_EXPORT,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_HELP,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_MISC,
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_NONE,
]

# Human-readable category names. These are translated.
# Extensions with custom categories should add their names here.
CATEGORY_NAMES = {
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_REPO_CREATION: 'Repository creation',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_REMOTE_REPO_MANAGEMENT:
        'Remote repository management',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_COMMITTING: 'Change creation',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_NAVIGATION: 'Change navigation',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_MANAGEMENT: 'Change manipulation',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_ORGANIZATION: 'Change organization',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_WORKING_DIRECTORY:
        'Working directory management',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_FILE_CONTENTS: 'File content management',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_IMPORT_EXPORT: 'Change import/export',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE: 'Repository maintenance',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_HELP: 'Help',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_MISC: 'Miscellaneous commands',
    registrar.command.CATEGORY_NONE: 'Uncategorized commands',
}

# Topic categories.
TOPIC_CATEGORY_NONE = 'none'

# The order in which topic categories will be displayed.
# Extensions with custom categories should insert them into this list
# after/before the appropriate item, rather than replacing the list or
# assuming absolute positions.
TOPIC_CATEGORY_ORDER = [
    TOPIC_CATEGORY_NONE,
]

# Human-readable topic category names. These are translated.
TOPIC_CATEGORY_NAMES = {
    TOPIC_CATEGORY_NONE: 'Uncategorized topics',
}

def listexts(header, exts, indent=1, showdeprecated=False):
    '''return a text listing of the given extensions'''
    rst = []
    if exts:
        for name, desc in sorted(exts.iteritems()):
            if not showdeprecated and any(w in desc for w in _exclkeywords):
                continue
            rst.append('%s:%s: %s\n' % (' ' * indent, name, desc))
    if rst:
        rst.insert(0, '\n%s\n\n' % header)
    return rst

def extshelp(ui):
    rst = loaddoc('extensions')(ui).splitlines(True)
    rst.extend(listexts(
        _('enabled extensions:'), extensions.enabled(), showdeprecated=True))
    rst.extend(listexts(_('disabled extensions:'), extensions.disabled(),
                        showdeprecated=ui.verbose))
    doc = ''.join(rst)
    return doc

def optrst(header, options, verbose):
    data = []
    multioccur = False
    for option in options:
        if len(option) == 5:
            shortopt, longopt, default, desc, optlabel = option
        else:
            shortopt, longopt, default, desc = option
            optlabel = _("VALUE") # default label

        if not verbose and any(w in desc for w in _exclkeywords):
            continue

        so = ''
        if shortopt:
            so = '-' + shortopt
        lo = '--' + longopt

        if isinstance(default, fancyopts.customopt):
            default = default.getdefaultvalue()
        if default and not callable(default):
            # default is of unknown type, and in Python 2 we abused
            # the %s-shows-repr property to handle integers etc. To
            # match that behavior on Python 3, we do str(default) and
            # then convert it to bytes.
            desc += _(" (default: %s)") % pycompat.bytestr(default)

        if isinstance(default, list):
            lo += " %s [+]" % optlabel
            multioccur = True
        elif (default is not None) and not isinstance(default, bool):
            lo += " %s" % optlabel

        data.append((so, lo, desc))

    if multioccur:
        header += (_(" ([+] can be repeated)"))

    rst = ['\n%s:\n\n' % header]
    rst.extend(minirst.maketable(data, 1))

    return ''.join(rst)

def indicateomitted(rst, omitted, notomitted=None):
    rst.append('\n\n.. container:: omitted\n\n    %s\n\n' % omitted)
    if notomitted:
        rst.append('\n\n.. container:: notomitted\n\n    %s\n\n' % notomitted)

def filtercmd(ui, cmd, kw, doc):
    if not ui.debugflag and cmd.startswith("debug") and kw != "debug":
        return True
    if not ui.verbose and doc and any(w in doc for w in _exclkeywords):
        return True
    return False

def topicmatch(ui, commands, kw):
    """Return help topics matching kw.

    Returns {'section': [(name, summary), ...], ...} where section is
    one of topics, commands, extensions, or extensioncommands.
    """
    kw = encoding.lower(kw)
    def lowercontains(container):
        return kw in encoding.lower(container)  # translated in helptable
    results = {'topics': [],
               'commands': [],
               'extensions': [],
               'extensioncommands': [],
               }
    for topic in helptable:
        names, header, doc = topic[0:3]
        # Old extensions may use a str as doc.
        if (sum(map(lowercontains, names))
            or lowercontains(header)
            or (callable(doc) and lowercontains(doc(ui)))):
            results['topics'].append((names[0], header))
    for cmd, entry in commands.table.iteritems():
        if len(entry) == 3:
            summary = entry[2]
        else:
            summary = ''
        # translate docs *before* searching there
        docs = _(pycompat.getdoc(entry[0])) or ''
        if kw in cmd or lowercontains(summary) or lowercontains(docs):
            doclines = docs.splitlines()
            if doclines:
                summary = doclines[0]
            cmdname = cmdutil.parsealiases(cmd)[0]
            if filtercmd(ui, cmdname, kw, docs):
                continue
            results['commands'].append((cmdname, summary))
    for name, docs in itertools.chain(
        extensions.enabled(False).iteritems(),
        extensions.disabled().iteritems()):
        if not docs:
            continue
        name = name.rpartition('.')[-1]
        if lowercontains(name) or lowercontains(docs):
            # extension docs are already translated
            results['extensions'].append((name, docs.splitlines()[0]))
        try:
            mod = extensions.load(ui, name, '')
        except ImportError:
            # debug message would be printed in extensions.load()
            continue
        for cmd, entry in getattr(mod, 'cmdtable', {}).iteritems():
            if kw in cmd or (len(entry) > 2 and lowercontains(entry[2])):
                cmdname = cmdutil.parsealiases(cmd)[0]
                cmddoc = pycompat.getdoc(entry[0])
                if cmddoc:
                    cmddoc = gettext(cmddoc).splitlines()[0]
                else:
                    cmddoc = _('(no help text available)')
                if filtercmd(ui, cmdname, kw, cmddoc):
                    continue
                results['extensioncommands'].append((cmdname, cmddoc))
    return results

def loaddoc(topic, subdir=None):
    """Return a delayed loader for help/topic.txt."""

    def loader(ui):
        docdir = os.path.join(util.datapath, 'help')
        if subdir:
            docdir = os.path.join(docdir, subdir)
        path = os.path.join(docdir, topic + ".txt")
        doc = gettext(util.readfile(path))
        for rewriter in helphooks.get(topic, []):
            doc = rewriter(ui, topic, doc)
        return doc

    return loader

internalstable = sorted([
    (['bundle2'], _('Bundle2'),
     loaddoc('bundle2', subdir='internals')),
    (['bundles'], _('Bundles'),
     loaddoc('bundles', subdir='internals')),
    (['cbor'], _('CBOR'),
     loaddoc('cbor', subdir='internals')),
    (['censor'], _('Censor'),
     loaddoc('censor', subdir='internals')),
    (['changegroups'], _('Changegroups'),
     loaddoc('changegroups', subdir='internals')),
    (['config'], _('Config Registrar'),
     loaddoc('config', subdir='internals')),
    (['requirements'], _('Repository Requirements'),
     loaddoc('requirements', subdir='internals')),
    (['revlogs'], _('Revision Logs'),
     loaddoc('revlogs', subdir='internals')),
    (['wireprotocol'], _('Wire Protocol'),
     loaddoc('wireprotocol', subdir='internals')),
    (['wireprotocolrpc'], _('Wire Protocol RPC'),
     loaddoc('wireprotocolrpc', subdir='internals')),
    (['wireprotocolv2'], _('Wire Protocol Version 2'),
     loaddoc('wireprotocolv2', subdir='internals')),
])

def internalshelp(ui):
    """Generate the index for the "internals" topic."""
    lines = ['To access a subtopic, use "hg help internals.{subtopic-name}"\n',
             '\n']
    for names, header, doc in internalstable:
        lines.append(' :%s: %s\n' % (names[0], header))

    return ''.join(lines)

helptable = sorted([
    (['bundlespec'], _("Bundle File Formats"), loaddoc('bundlespec')),
    (['color'], _("Colorizing Outputs"), loaddoc('color')),
    (["config", "hgrc"], _("Configuration Files"), loaddoc('config')),
    (['deprecated'], _("Deprecated Features"), loaddoc('deprecated')),
    (["dates"], _("Date Formats"), loaddoc('dates')),
    (["flags"], _("Command-line flags"), loaddoc('flags')),
    (["patterns"], _("File Name Patterns"), loaddoc('patterns')),
    (['environment', 'env'], _('Environment Variables'),
     loaddoc('environment')),
    (['revisions', 'revs', 'revsets', 'revset', 'multirevs', 'mrevs'],
      _('Specifying Revisions'), loaddoc('revisions')),
    (['filesets', 'fileset'], _("Specifying File Sets"), loaddoc('filesets')),
    (['diffs'], _('Diff Formats'), loaddoc('diffs')),
    (['merge-tools', 'mergetools', 'mergetool'], _('Merge Tools'),
     loaddoc('merge-tools')),
    (['templating', 'templates', 'template', 'style'], _('Template Usage'),
     loaddoc('templates')),
    (['urls'], _('URL Paths'), loaddoc('urls')),
    (["extensions"], _("Using Additional Features"), extshelp),
    (["subrepos", "subrepo"], _("Subrepositories"), loaddoc('subrepos')),
    (["hgweb"], _("Configuring hgweb"), loaddoc('hgweb')),
    (["glossary"], _("Glossary"), loaddoc('glossary')),
    (["hgignore", "ignore"], _("Syntax for Mercurial Ignore Files"),
     loaddoc('hgignore')),
    (["phases"], _("Working with Phases"), loaddoc('phases')),
    (['scripting'], _('Using Mercurial from scripts and automation'),
     loaddoc('scripting')),
    (['internals'], _("Technical implementation topics"),
     internalshelp),
    (['pager'], _("Pager Support"), loaddoc('pager')),
])

# Maps topics with sub-topics to a list of their sub-topics.
subtopics = {
    'internals': internalstable,
}

# Map topics to lists of callable taking the current topic help and
# returning the updated version
helphooks = {}

def addtopichook(topic, rewriter):
    helphooks.setdefault(topic, []).append(rewriter)

def makeitemsdoc(ui, topic, doc, marker, items, dedent=False):
    """Extract docstring from the items key to function mapping, build a
    single documentation block and use it to overwrite the marker in doc.
    """
    entries = []
    for name in sorted(items):
        text = (pycompat.getdoc(items[name]) or '').rstrip()
        if (not text
            or not ui.verbose and any(w in text for w in _exclkeywords)):
            continue
        text = gettext(text)
        if dedent:
            # Abuse latin1 to use textwrap.dedent() on bytes.
            text = textwrap.dedent(text.decode('latin1')).encode('latin1')
        lines = text.splitlines()
        doclines = [(lines[0])]
        for l in lines[1:]:
            # Stop once we find some Python doctest
            if l.strip().startswith('>>>'):
                break
            if dedent:
                doclines.append(l.rstrip())
            else:
                doclines.append('  ' + l.strip())
        entries.append('\n'.join(doclines))
    entries = '\n\n'.join(entries)
    return doc.replace(marker, entries)

def addtopicsymbols(topic, marker, symbols, dedent=False):
    def add(ui, topic, doc):
        return makeitemsdoc(ui, topic, doc, marker, symbols, dedent=dedent)
    addtopichook(topic, add)

addtopicsymbols('bundlespec', '.. bundlecompressionmarker',
                util.bundlecompressiontopics())
addtopicsymbols('filesets', '.. predicatesmarker', fileset.symbols)
addtopicsymbols('merge-tools', '.. internaltoolsmarker',
                filemerge.internalsdoc)
addtopicsymbols('revisions', '.. predicatesmarker', revset.symbols)
addtopicsymbols('templates', '.. keywordsmarker', templatekw.keywords)
addtopicsymbols('templates', '.. filtersmarker', templatefilters.filters)
addtopicsymbols('templates', '.. functionsmarker', templatefuncs.funcs)
addtopicsymbols('hgweb', '.. webcommandsmarker', webcommands.commands,
                dedent=True)

def help_(ui, commands, name, unknowncmd=False, full=True, subtopic=None,
          **opts):
    '''
    Generate the help for 'name' as unformatted restructured text. If
    'name' is None, describe the commands available.
    '''

    opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)

    def helpcmd(name, subtopic=None):
        try:
            aliases, entry = cmdutil.findcmd(name, commands.table,
                                             strict=unknowncmd)
        except error.AmbiguousCommand as inst:
            # py3 fix: except vars can't be used outside the scope of the
            # except block, nor can be used inside a lambda. python issue4617
            prefix = inst.args[0]
            select = lambda c: cmdutil.parsealiases(c)[0].startswith(prefix)
            rst = helplist(select)
            return rst

        rst = []

        # check if it's an invalid alias and display its error if it is
        if getattr(entry[0], 'badalias', None):
            rst.append(entry[0].badalias + '\n')
            if entry[0].unknowncmd:
                try:
                    rst.extend(helpextcmd(entry[0].cmdname))
                except error.UnknownCommand:
                    pass
            return rst

        # synopsis
        if len(entry) > 2:
            if entry[2].startswith('hg'):
                rst.append("%s\n" % entry[2])
            else:
                rst.append('hg %s %s\n' % (aliases[0], entry[2]))
        else:
            rst.append('hg %s\n' % aliases[0])
        # aliases
        if full and not ui.quiet and len(aliases) > 1:
            rst.append(_("\naliases: %s\n") % ', '.join(aliases[1:]))
        rst.append('\n')

        # description
        doc = gettext(pycompat.getdoc(entry[0]))
        if not doc:
            doc = _("(no help text available)")
        if util.safehasattr(entry[0], 'definition'):  # aliased command
            source = entry[0].source
            if entry[0].definition.startswith('!'):  # shell alias
                doc = (_('shell alias for: %s\n\n%s\n\ndefined by: %s\n') %
                       (entry[0].definition[1:], doc, source))
            else:
                doc = (_('alias for: hg %s\n\n%s\n\ndefined by: %s\n') %
                       (entry[0].definition, doc, source))
        doc = doc.splitlines(True)
        if ui.quiet or not full:
            rst.append(doc[0])
        else:
            rst.extend(doc)
        rst.append('\n')

        # check if this command shadows a non-trivial (multi-line)
        # extension help text
        try:
            mod = extensions.find(name)
            doc = gettext(pycompat.getdoc(mod)) or ''
            if '\n' in doc.strip():
                msg = _("(use 'hg help -e %s' to show help for "
                        "the %s extension)") % (name, name)
                rst.append('\n%s\n' % msg)
        except KeyError:
            pass

        # options
        if not ui.quiet and entry[1]:
            rst.append(optrst(_("options"), entry[1], ui.verbose))

        if ui.verbose:
            rst.append(optrst(_("global options"),
                              commands.globalopts, ui.verbose))

        if not ui.verbose:
            if not full:
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg %s -h' to show more help)\n")
                           % name)
            elif not ui.quiet:
                rst.append(_('\n(some details hidden, use --verbose '
                               'to show complete help)'))

        return rst

    def helplist(select=None, **opts):
        # Category -> list of commands
        cats = {}
        # Command -> short description
        h = {}
        # Command -> string showing synonyms
        syns = {}
        for c, e in commands.table.iteritems():
            fs = cmdutil.parsealiases(c)
            f = fs[0]
            syns[f] = ', '.join(fs)
            func = e[0]
            p = ''
            if c.startswith("^"):
                p = '^'
            if select and not select(p + f):
                continue
            if (not select and name != 'shortlist' and
                func.__module__ != commands.__name__):
                continue
            if name == "shortlist" and not p:
                continue
            doc = pycompat.getdoc(func)
            if filtercmd(ui, f, name, doc):
                continue
            doc = gettext(doc)
            if not doc:
                doc = _("(no help text available)")
            h[f] = doc.splitlines()[0].rstrip()

            cat = getattr(func, 'helpcategory', None) or (
                registrar.command.CATEGORY_NONE)
            cats.setdefault(cat, []).append(f)

        rst = []
        if not h:
            if not ui.quiet:
                rst.append(_('no commands defined\n'))
            return rst

        # Output top header.
        if not ui.quiet:
            if name == "shortlist":
                rst.append(_('basic commands:\n\n'))
            elif name == "debug":
                rst.append(_('debug commands (internal and unsupported):\n\n'))
            else:
                rst.append(_('list of commands:\n'))

        def appendcmds(cmds):
            cmds = sorted(cmds)
            for c in cmds:
                if ui.verbose:
                    rst.append(" :%s: %s\n" % (syns[c], h[c]))
                else:
                    rst.append(' :%s: %s\n' % (c, h[c]))

        if name in ('shortlist', 'debug'):
            # List without categories.
            appendcmds(h)
        else:
            # Check that all categories have an order.
            missing_order = set(cats.keys()) - set(CATEGORY_ORDER)
            if missing_order:
                ui.develwarn('help categories missing from CATEGORY_ORDER: %s' %
                             missing_order)

            # List per category.
            for cat in CATEGORY_ORDER:
                catfns = cats.get(cat, [])
                if catfns:
                    if len(cats) > 1:
                        catname = gettext(CATEGORY_NAMES[cat])
                        rst.append("\n%s:\n" % catname)
                    rst.append("\n")
                    appendcmds(catfns)

        ex = opts.get
        anyopts = (ex(r'keyword') or not (ex(r'command') or ex(r'extension')))
        if not name and anyopts:
            exts = listexts(_('enabled extensions:'), extensions.enabled())
            if exts:
                rst.append('\n')
                rst.extend(exts)

            rst.append(_("\nadditional help topics:\n"))
            # Group commands by category.
            topiccats = {}
            for topic in helptable:
                names, header, doc = topic[0:3]
                if len(topic) > 3 and topic[3]:
                    category = topic[3]
                else:
                    category = TOPIC_CATEGORY_NONE

                topiccats.setdefault(category, []).append((names[0], header))

            # Check that all categories have an order.
            missing_order = set(topiccats.keys()) - set(TOPIC_CATEGORY_ORDER)
            if missing_order:
                ui.develwarn(
                    'help categories missing from TOPIC_CATEGORY_ORDER: %s' %
                    missing_order)

            # Output topics per category.
            for cat in TOPIC_CATEGORY_ORDER:
                topics = topiccats.get(cat, [])
                if topics:
                    if len(topiccats) > 1:
                        catname = gettext(TOPIC_CATEGORY_NAMES[cat])
                        rst.append("\n%s:\n" % catname)
                    rst.append("\n")
                    for t, desc in topics:
                        rst.append(" :%s: %s\n" % (t, desc))

        if ui.quiet:
            pass
        elif ui.verbose:
            rst.append('\n%s\n' % optrst(_("global options"),
                                         commands.globalopts, ui.verbose))
            if name == 'shortlist':
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg help' for the full list "
                             "of commands)\n"))
        else:
            if name == 'shortlist':
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg help' for the full list of commands "
                             "or 'hg -v' for details)\n"))
            elif name and not full:
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg help %s' to show the full help "
                             "text)\n") % name)
            elif name and syns and name in syns.keys():
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg help -v -e %s' to show built-in "
                             "aliases and global options)\n") % name)
            else:
                rst.append(_("\n(use 'hg help -v%s' to show built-in aliases "
                             "and global options)\n")
                           % (name and " " + name or ""))
        return rst

    def helptopic(name, subtopic=None):
        # Look for sub-topic entry first.
        header, doc = None, None
        if subtopic and name in subtopics:
            for names, header, doc in subtopics[name]:
                if subtopic in names:
                    break

        if not header:
            for topic in helptable:
                names, header, doc = topic[0:3]
                if name in names:
                    break
            else:
                raise error.UnknownCommand(name)

        rst = [minirst.section(header)]

        # description
        if not doc:
            rst.append("    %s\n" % _("(no help text available)"))
        if callable(doc):
            rst += ["    %s\n" % l for l in doc(ui).splitlines()]

        if not ui.verbose:
            omitted = _('(some details hidden, use --verbose'
                         ' to show complete help)')
            indicateomitted(rst, omitted)

        try:
            cmdutil.findcmd(name, commands.table)
            rst.append(_("\nuse 'hg help -c %s' to see help for "
                       "the %s command\n") % (name, name))
        except error.UnknownCommand:
            pass
        return rst

    def helpext(name, subtopic=None):
        try:
            mod = extensions.find(name)
            doc = gettext(pycompat.getdoc(mod)) or _('no help text available')
        except KeyError:
            mod = None
            doc = extensions.disabledext(name)
            if not doc:
                raise error.UnknownCommand(name)

        if '\n' not in doc:
            head, tail = doc, ""
        else:
            head, tail = doc.split('\n', 1)
        rst = [_('%s extension - %s\n\n') % (name.rpartition('.')[-1], head)]
        if tail:
            rst.extend(tail.splitlines(True))
            rst.append('\n')

        if not ui.verbose:
            omitted = _('(some details hidden, use --verbose'
                         ' to show complete help)')
            indicateomitted(rst, omitted)

        if mod:
            try:
                ct = mod.cmdtable
            except AttributeError:
                ct = {}
            modcmds = set([c.partition('|')[0] for c in ct])
            rst.extend(helplist(modcmds.__contains__))
        else:
            rst.append(_("(use 'hg help extensions' for information on enabling"
                       " extensions)\n"))
        return rst

    def helpextcmd(name, subtopic=None):
        cmd, ext, doc = extensions.disabledcmd(ui, name,
                                               ui.configbool('ui', 'strict'))
        doc = doc.splitlines()[0]

        rst = listexts(_("'%s' is provided by the following "
                              "extension:") % cmd, {ext: doc}, indent=4,
                       showdeprecated=True)
        rst.append('\n')
        rst.append(_("(use 'hg help extensions' for information on enabling "
                   "extensions)\n"))
        return rst


    rst = []
    kw = opts.get('keyword')
    if kw or name is None and any(opts[o] for o in opts):
        matches = topicmatch(ui, commands, name or '')
        helpareas = []
        if opts.get('extension'):
            helpareas += [('extensions', _('Extensions'))]
        if opts.get('command'):
            helpareas += [('commands', _('Commands'))]
        if not helpareas:
            helpareas = [('topics', _('Topics')),
                         ('commands', _('Commands')),
                         ('extensions', _('Extensions')),
                         ('extensioncommands', _('Extension Commands'))]
        for t, title in helpareas:
            if matches[t]:
                rst.append('%s:\n\n' % title)
                rst.extend(minirst.maketable(sorted(matches[t]), 1))
                rst.append('\n')
        if not rst:
            msg = _('no matches')
            hint = _("try 'hg help' for a list of topics")
            raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
    elif name and name != 'shortlist':
        queries = []
        if unknowncmd:
            queries += [helpextcmd]
        if opts.get('extension'):
            queries += [helpext]
        if opts.get('command'):
            queries += [helpcmd]
        if not queries:
            queries = (helptopic, helpcmd, helpext, helpextcmd)
        for f in queries:
            try:
                rst = f(name, subtopic)
                break
            except error.UnknownCommand:
                pass
        else:
            if unknowncmd:
                raise error.UnknownCommand(name)
            else:
                msg = _('no such help topic: %s') % name
                hint = _("try 'hg help --keyword %s'") % name
                raise error.Abort(msg, hint=hint)
    else:
        # program name
        if not ui.quiet:
            rst = [_("Mercurial Distributed SCM\n"), '\n']
        rst.extend(helplist(None, **pycompat.strkwargs(opts)))

    return ''.join(rst)

def formattedhelp(ui, commands, fullname, keep=None, unknowncmd=False,
                  full=True, **opts):
    """get help for a given topic (as a dotted name) as rendered rst

    Either returns the rendered help text or raises an exception.
    """
    if keep is None:
        keep = []
    else:
        keep = list(keep) # make a copy so we can mutate this later

    # <fullname> := <name>[.<subtopic][.<section>]
    name = subtopic = section = None
    if fullname is not None:
        nameparts = fullname.split('.')
        name = nameparts.pop(0)
        if nameparts and name in subtopics:
            subtopic = nameparts.pop(0)
        if nameparts:
            section = encoding.lower('.'.join(nameparts))

    textwidth = ui.configint('ui', 'textwidth')
    termwidth = ui.termwidth() - 2
    if textwidth <= 0 or termwidth < textwidth:
        textwidth = termwidth
    text = help_(ui, commands, name,
                 subtopic=subtopic, unknowncmd=unknowncmd, full=full, **opts)

    blocks, pruned = minirst.parse(text, keep=keep)
    if 'verbose' in pruned:
        keep.append('omitted')
    else:
        keep.append('notomitted')
    blocks, pruned = minirst.parse(text, keep=keep)
    if section:
        blocks = minirst.filtersections(blocks, section)

    # We could have been given a weird ".foo" section without a name
    # to look for, or we could have simply failed to found "foo.bar"
    # because bar isn't a section of foo
    if section and not (blocks and name):
        raise error.Abort(_("help section not found: %s") % fullname)

    return minirst.formatplain(blocks, textwidth)