All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: edsonwasswa54@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v3] builtin/diff-files: convert ad hoc option parsing to parse-options API
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:26:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028192647.976-1-edsonwasswa54@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028170432.3524465-1-gitster@pobox.com>

From: Wasswa Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>

The cmd_diff_files() function manually parses --base, --ours, --theirs,
and -q options using a hand-rolled loop with strcmp() calls. This is
inconsistent with the rest of Git's codebase and lacks features provided
by the parse-options API such as auto-generated help text, git completion
support, and option abbreviation.

Convert this to use the parse-options API by:
- Adding option definitions using OPT_* macros
- Removing the manual parsing loop
- Using parse_options() for consistent argument handling

The --base, --ours, and --theirs options use PARSE_OPT_NONEG to prevent
negated forms (--no-base, etc.) which are not meaningful for merge stage
selection. This follows the pattern used in builtin/checkout.c for similar
stage selection options.

This makes the code more maintainable and brings it in line with Git's
coding standards.

Signed-off-by: Wasswa Edson <edsonwasswa54@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/diff-files.c | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/diff-files.c b/builtin/diff-files.c
index ea91347ce2..bd761443b9 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-files.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-files.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "preload-index.h"
 #include "revision.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char diff_files_usage[] =
 "git diff-files [-q] [-0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -c | --cc] [<common-diff-options>] [<path>...]"
@@ -48,19 +49,20 @@ int cmd_diff_files(int argc,
 	prefix = precompose_argv_prefix(argc, argv, prefix);
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
-	while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--base"))
-			rev.max_count = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--ours"))
-			rev.max_count = 2;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--theirs"))
-			rev.max_count = 3;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-q"))
-			options |= DIFF_SILENT_ON_REMOVED;
-		else
-			usage(diff_files_usage);
-		argv++; argc--;
-	}
+
+	struct option diff_files_options[] = {
+		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "base", &rev.max_count,
+			      N_("show base version"), 1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
+		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "ours", &rev.max_count,
+			      N_("show our version"), 2, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
+		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "theirs", &rev.max_count,
+			      N_("show their version"), 3, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
+		OPT_BIT('q', NULL, &options,
+		       N_("be quiet"), DIFF_SILENT_ON_REMOVED),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, diff_files_options,
+			     diff_files_usage, 0);
 	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
 		rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_RAW;
 	rev.diffopt.rotate_to_strict = 1;
-- 
2.46.0.windows.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20261028170432.3524465-1-gitster@pobox.com>
2026-10-28 19:14 ` [PATCH v2] builtin/diff-files: convert ad hoc option parsing to parse-options API Edson
2026-10-28 19:26 ` Edson [this message]
2026-10-28 22:24   ` [PATCH v3] " Junio C Hamano
2026-10-29 20:39 ` [PATCH v4] " Edson
2026-10-29 21:40   ` Junio C Hamano

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20261028192647.976-1-edsonwasswa54@gmail.com \
    --to=edsonwasswa54@gmail.com \
    --cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.