From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug] duplicated long-form options go unnoticed
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:13:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5x7jujqb.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
If you make this stupid change to builtin/cat-file.c, rebuild your
git and run "git cat-file --batch-check", without anybody helping
you notice that your change to add a duplicated long command to the
options table is a nonsense. There should be some way to help the
developer.
The most expensive would be a run-time check in parse_options_check(),
which is not very advisable, but it may be OK to have one hidden behind
a conditional debugging option (like exporting GIT_PARSEOPT_PARFNOID
variable).
builtin/cat-file.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git i/builtin/cat-file.c w/builtin/cat-file.c
index b6f12f41d6..eaa53b2b29 100644
--- i/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ w/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc,
N_("like --batch, but don't emit <contents>"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
batch_option_callback),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "batch-check", &batch, N_("batch")),
OPT_BOOL_F('z', NULL, &input_nul_terminated, N_("stdin is NUL-terminated"),
PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
OPT_BOOL('Z', NULL, &nul_terminated, N_("stdin and stdout is NUL-terminated")),
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-27 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-27 0:13 Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-27 19:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] pack-objects: remove duplicate --stdin-packs definition René Scharfe
2026-02-27 19:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] parseopt: check for duplicate long names and numerical options René Scharfe
2026-02-27 22:50 ` Jeff King
2026-02-27 23:08 ` Jeff King
2026-02-27 23:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-28 9:19 ` René Scharfe
2026-02-28 9:19 ` [PATCH v2 " René Scharfe
2026-02-28 10:58 ` Jeff King
2026-02-28 11:28 ` René Scharfe
2026-03-02 18:24 ` Jeff King
2026-03-01 14:33 ` Junio C Hamano
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