1 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/command.py b/command.py
index 9b1220dc..b972a0be 100644
--- a/command.py
+++ b/command.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import optparse
-import platform
 import re
 import sys
 
@@ -25,6 +24,10 @@ from error import InvalidProjectGroupsError
 import progress
 
 
+# Are we generating man-pages?
+GENERATE_MANPAGES = os.environ.get('_REPO_GENERATE_MANPAGES_') == ' indeed! '
+
+
 # Number of projects to submit to a single worker process at a time.
 # This number represents a tradeoff between the overhead of IPC and finer
 # grained opportunity for parallelism. This particular value was chosen by
@@ -43,15 +46,32 @@ class Command(object):
   """Base class for any command line action in repo.
   """
 
-  common = False
+  # Singleton for all commands to track overall repo command execution and
+  # provide event summary to callers.  Only used by sync subcommand currently.
+  #
+  # NB: This is being replaced by git trace2 events.  See git_trace2_event_log.
   event_log = EventLog()
-  manifest = None
-  _optparse = None
+
+  # Whether this command is a "common" one, i.e. whether the user would commonly
+  # use it or it's a more uncommon command.  This is used by the help command to
+  # show short-vs-full summaries.
+  COMMON = False
 
   # Whether this command supports running in parallel.  If greater than 0,
   # it is the number of parallel jobs to default to.
   PARALLEL_JOBS = None
 
+  def __init__(self, repodir=None, client=None, manifest=None, gitc_manifest=None,
+               git_event_log=None):
+    self.repodir = repodir
+    self.client = client
+    self.manifest = manifest
+    self.gitc_manifest = gitc_manifest
+    self.git_event_log = git_event_log
+
+    # Cache for the OptionParser property.
+    self._optparse = None
+
   def WantPager(self, _opt):
     return False
 
@@ -106,10 +126,14 @@ class Command(object):
                  help='only show errors')
 
     if self.PARALLEL_JOBS is not None:
+      default = 'based on number of CPU cores'
+      if not GENERATE_MANPAGES:
+        # Only include active cpu count if we aren't generating man pages.
+        default = f'%default; {default}'
       p.add_option(
           '-j', '--jobs',
           type=int, default=self.PARALLEL_JOBS,
-          help='number of jobs to run in parallel (default: %s)' % self.PARALLEL_JOBS)
+          help=f'number of jobs to run in parallel (default: {default})')
 
   def _Options(self, p):
     """Initialize the option parser with subcommand-specific options."""