fix(help): repair 'help config' wrapper for Fish 4.x embedded help

Fish 4.x ships the native `help` function embedded in the binary
(embedded:functions/help.fish) with no on-disk file. The old
functions/help.fish tried to `source $__fish_data_dir/functions/help.fish`
to back up the native help before shadowing it — that path no longer exists,
so the first `help config ...` call errored:

    source: No such file or directory
    functions: Function 'help' does not exist

The backup cannot happen from functions/help.fish at all: an autoload shadow
of that name makes `help` resolve to our own wrapper (or nothing, mid-load),
so `functions -c help` can never capture the embedded original.

Move the wrapper to conf.d/help.fish, sourced at startup before any shadow
exists, where `functions -c help __original_help` copies the embedded native
help. Behavior is otherwise unchanged: 'help config' delegates to config-help,
all other topics fall through to __original_help, and the C1 opinionated guard
still applies. Delete the obsolete functions/help.fish.
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parent 0a83bd425c
commit 7afb470a42
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# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
#
# ╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
# │ help config wrapper │
# ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
#
# SYNOPSIS
# help [topic] [sub-topic...]
# help config [section] [-w|--html] [-m|--man] [-h|--help]
#
# DESCRIPTION
# Wraps the built-in Fish help command. Intercepts the specific topic
# "config" and forwards any subsequent sub-topics/arguments straight to the
# custom 'config-help' utility. For all other topics, it forwards the
# arguments intact to the original, built-in system help utility.
#
# When the first argument is "config", the following flags are recognized
# and delegated to 'config-help':
# -w, --html Open the offline HTML docs in the default browser
# -m, --man Open the compiled man page via man -l
# -h, --help Print config-help usage reference
#
# Flags that appear WITHOUT a leading "config" argument — including
# -h/--help — are forwarded unchanged to the native Fish help command, so
# built-in behavior is never overridden for non-config topics.
#
# NOTES
# To prevent infinite recursion, the wrapper backs up the native help
# function as '__original_help' before shadowing it. This MUST happen from
# conf.d, not functions/help.fish: as of Fish 4.x the native help is
# embedded in the binary (embedded:functions/help.fish) with no on-disk
# file to source, and a functions/help.fish autoload shadow makes the name
# 'help' resolve to our own wrapper (or nothing, mid-autoload) — so the
# backup could never capture the real help. Sourced here at startup, before
# any shadow exists, `functions -c help` copies the embedded original.
#
# EXAMPLE
# help config keys # → config-help keys
# help config --html # opens the offline HTML docs in the browser
# help config keys --man # opens the compiled man page via man -l
# help string # forwards to native fish docs for 'string'
# --- Initialization & Backup ---
# Copy the native (embedded) help to __original_help before we shadow it.
if not functions -q __original_help
functions -c help __original_help
end
# --- Wrapper Definition ---
function help --wraps help --description "Custom wrapper to intercept 'help config'"
# Opinionated guard (C1): fall back to the native fish help when disabled.
if not __fish_config_op_enabled __fish_config_op_aliases
__original_help $argv
return $status
end
if test "$argv[1]" = config
# All arguments after 'config' — including flags (-w/--html, -m/--man,
# -h/--help) and section keywords — are forwarded to config-help.
# Flags are only intercepted here when 'config' is the first argument,
# so native fish help flags are never shadowed for other topics.
config-help $argv[2..]
else
__original_help $argv
end
end
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# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# SYNOPSIS
# help [topic] [sub-topic...]
# help config [section] [-w|--html] [-m|--man] [-h|--help]
#
# DESCRIPTION
# Wraps the built-in Fish help command. Intercepts the specific topic "config"
# and forwards any subsequent sub-topics/arguments straight to the custom
# 'config-help' utility. For all other topics, it forwards the arguments
# intact to the original, built-in system help utility.
#
# When the first argument is "config", the following flags are recognized
# and delegated to 'config-help':
# -w, --html Open the offline HTML docs in the default browser
# -m, --man Open the compiled man page via man -l
# -h, --help Print config-help usage reference
#
# Flags that appear WITHOUT a leading "config" argument — including -h/--help —
# are forwarded unchanged to the native Fish help command, so built-in
# behavior is never overridden for non-config topics.
#
# ARGUMENTS
# topic Optional primary help subject (e.g., "config").
# sub-topic Optional additional arguments passed to 'config-help'.
# section Keyword to jump to a section (only when topic is "config").
# -w, --html Open HTML docs (only when topic is "config").
# -m, --man Open man page (only when topic is "config").
# -h, --help Print config-help usage (only when topic is "config");
# otherwise forwarded to the native Fish help.
#
# RETURNS
# 0 Successful execution of config-help or the original system help command.
# >0 Failure status returned by the underlying help utilities.
#
# NOTES
# To prevent infinite recursion, the wrapper must backup the native system function
# on the first run. Because Fish lazy-loads functions dynamically, we explicitly
# source the system file and clone it to '__original_help' if it doesn't already exist.
#
# EXAMPLE
# help config keys
# # Executes: config-help keys
#
# help config --html
# # Opens the offline HTML docs in the default browser
#
# help config keys --man
# # Opens the compiled man page via man -l
#
# help config --help
# # Prints the config-help usage reference
#
# help string
# # Forwards to the standard fish documentation for 'string'
#
# help --help
# # Forwards to the native Fish help command (not intercepted)
# --- Initialization & Backup ---
if not functions -q __original_help
source $__fish_data_dir/functions/help.fish
functions -c help __original_help
end
# --- Wrapper Definition ---
function help --wraps help --description "Custom wrapper to intercept 'help config'"
# Opinionated guard (C1): fall back to the native fish help when disabled.
if not __fish_config_op_enabled __fish_config_op_aliases
__original_help $argv
return $status
end
if test "$argv[1]" = config
# All arguments after 'config' — including flags (-w/--html, -m/--man,
# -h/--help) and section keywords — are forwarded to config-help.
# Flags are only intercepted here when 'config' is the first argument,
# so native fish help flags are never shadowed for other topics.
config-help $argv[2..]
else
__original_help $argv
end
end