diff mercurial/help.py @ 22162:7ada34676db8

help: provide help of bad alias without executing aliascmd()

The output is slightly changed because of minirst formatting.  Previously,
ui.pushbuffer() had no effect because "badalias" message was written to stderr.

"if not unknowncmd" should no longer be needed because there's no call loop.

--- a/mercurial/help.py	Wed Aug 13 19:28:42 2014 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/help.py	Wed Aug 13 19:38:47 2014 +0900
@@ -236,10 +236,12 @@
 
         # check if it's an invalid alias and display its error if it is
         if getattr(entry[0], 'badalias', None):
-            if not unknowncmd:
-                ui.pushbuffer()
-                entry[0](ui)
-                rst.append(ui.popbuffer())
+            rst.append(entry[0].badalias + '\n')
+            if entry[0].unknowncmd:
+                try:
+                    rst.extend(helpextcmd(entry[0].cmdname))
+                except error.UnknownCommand:
+                    pass
             return rst
 
         # synopsis