Re: [PATCH] parse-options: Allow abbreviated options when unambiguous

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> When there is an option "--amend", the option parser now recognizes 
> "--am" for that option, provided that there is no other option beginning 
> with "--am".

And an amend for ultra-abbreviated options (as you noticed on IRC):

diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index afc6c89..acabb98 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ is_abbreviated:
 				abbrev_flags = flags;
 				continue;
 			}
+			/* negated and abbreviated very much? */
+			if (!prefixcmp("no-", arg)) {
+				flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+				goto is_abbreviated;
+			}
 			/* negated? */
 			if (strncmp(arg, "no-", 3))
 				continue;