From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
To: Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mars-attacks.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 06:45:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <526CA88E.90802@alum.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382732291-5701-1-git-send-email-boklm@mars-attacks.org>
On 10/25/2013 10:18 PM, Nicolas Vigier wrote:
> Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form
> if available, and with their arguments sticked.
>
> Contrary to the default form (non sticked arguments and short options),
> this can be parsed unambiguously when using options with optional
> arguments :
>
> - in the non sticked form, when an option is taking an optional argument
> you cannot know if the next argument is its optional argument, or the
> next option.
>
> - the long options form allows to differenciate between an empty argument
> '--option=' and an unset argument '--option', which is not possible
> with short options.
Trivial: s/differenciate/differentiate/
Michael
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-27 5:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-15 12:00 [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: fix handling of optional arguments Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-15 22:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-15 23:47 ` Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-15 23:14 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-15 23:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-15 23:57 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-16 7:04 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-10-16 8:53 ` Jeff King
2013-10-16 21:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-16 21:50 ` Jeff King
2013-10-16 10:58 ` Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-16 14:14 ` Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-16 22:33 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-25 20:18 ` [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-25 22:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-25 22:52 ` Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-25 22:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-26 21:55 ` Philip Oakley
2013-10-28 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-31 11:08 ` sticked -> stuck Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-31 11:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] Use the word 'stuck' instead of 'sticked' Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-31 19:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-31 11:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --stuck-long mode Nicolas Vigier
2013-10-27 5:45 ` Michael Haggerty [this message]
2013-10-15 23:53 ` [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: fix handling of optional arguments Nicolas Vigier
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