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Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:077<title>parse-options API</title>
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Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22190
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54208
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54270
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54305
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22306.footnote, .footnoteref {
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Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10341
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11350#toctitle {
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417
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11418
419/*
420 * xhtml11 specific
421 *
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424div.tableblock {
425 margin-top: 1.0em;
426 margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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429 border: 3px solid #527bbd;
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54432 font-weight: bold;
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11433 color: #527bbd;
434}
435p.table {
436 margin-top: 0;
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440 border-style: none;
441}
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447 border-top-style: none;
448 border-bottom-style: none;
Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54449}
450
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11451
452/*
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454 *
455 * */
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11482table.tableblock.frame-topbot {
483 border-left-style: hidden;
484 border-right-style: hidden;
485}
486table.tableblock.frame-sides {
487 border-top-style: hidden;
488 border-bottom-style: hidden;
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11504th.tableblock.valign-top, td.tableblock.valign-top {
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Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07506}
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11507th.tableblock.valign-middle, td.tableblock.valign-middle {
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54512}
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11514
515/*
516 * manpage specific
517 *
518 * */
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520body.manpage h1 {
521 padding-top: 0.5em;
522 padding-bottom: 0.5em;
523 border-top: 2px solid silver;
524 border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
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526body.manpage h2 {
527 border-style: none;
528}
529body.manpage div.sectionbody {
530 margin-left: 3em;
Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54531}
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10532
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11533@media print {
534 body.manpage div#toc { display: none; }
535}
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53536
537
Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54538</style>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22539<script type="text/javascript">
540/*<![CDATA[*/
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22541var asciidoc = { // Namespace.
542
543/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
544// Table Of Contents generator
545/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
546
547/* Author: Mihai Bazon, September 2002
548 * http://students.infoiasi.ro/~mishoo
549 *
550 * Table Of Content generator
551 * Version: 0.4
552 *
553 * Feel free to use this script under the terms of the GNU General Public
554 * License, as long as you do not remove or alter this notice.
555 */
556
557 /* modified by Troy D. Hanson, September 2006. License: GPL */
558 /* modified by Stuart Rackham, 2006, 2009. License: GPL */
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560// toclevels = 1..4.
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Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53582 var re = new RegExp('[hH]([1-'+(toclevels+1)+'])');
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22583 // Function that scans the DOM tree for header elements (the DOM2
584 // nodeIterator API would be a better technique but not supported by all
585 // browsers).
586 var iterate = function (el) {
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591 result[result.length] = new TocEntry(i, getText(i), mo[1]-1);
592 }
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594 }
595 }
596 }
597 iterate(el);
598 return result;
599 }
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Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54735<div id="header">
736<h1>parse-options API</h1>
737</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22738<div id="content">
Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54739<div id="preamble">
740<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:21741<div class="paragraph"><p>The parse-options API is used to parse and massage options in Git
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10742and to provide a usage help with consistent look.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano3dac5042007-12-15 08:40:54743</div>
744</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11745<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10746<h2 id="_basics">Basics</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08747<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53748<div class="paragraph"><p>The argument vector <code>argv[]</code> may usually contain mandatory or optional
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08749<em>non-option arguments</em>, e.g. a filename or a branch, and <em>options</em>.
750Options are optional arguments that start with a dash and
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10751that allow to change the behavior of a command.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07752<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08753<li>
754<p>
755There are basically three types of options:
756 <em>boolean</em> options,
757 options with (mandatory) <em>arguments</em> and
758 options with <em>optional arguments</em>
759 (i.e. a boolean option that can be adjusted).
760</p>
761</li>
762<li>
763<p>
764There are basically two forms of options:
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53765 <em>Short options</em> consist of one dash (<code>-</code>) and one alphanumeric
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08766 character.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53767 <em>Long options</em> begin with two dashes (<code>--</code>) and some
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08768 alphanumeric characters.
769</p>
770</li>
771<li>
772<p>
773Options are case-sensitive.
774 Please define <em>lower-case long options</em> only.
775</p>
776</li>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10777</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07778<div class="paragraph"><p>The parse-options API allows:</p></div>
779<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08780<li>
781<p>
Junio C Hamanof079f702013-12-06 23:43:18782<em>stuck</em> and <em>separate form</em> of options with arguments.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53783 <code>-oArg</code> is stuck, <code>-o Arg</code> is separate form.
784 <code>--option=Arg</code> is stuck, <code>--option Arg</code> is separate form.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08785</p>
786</li>
787<li>
788<p>
789Long options may be <em>abbreviated</em>, as long as the abbreviation
790 is unambiguous.
791</p>
792</li>
793<li>
794<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53795Short options may be bundled, e.g. <code>-a -b</code> can be specified as <code>-ab</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08796</p>
797</li>
798<li>
799<p>
800Boolean long options can be <em>negated</em> (or <em>unset</em>) by prepending
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53801 <code>no-</code>, e.g. <code>--no-abbrev</code> instead of <code>--abbrev</code>. Conversely,
802 options that begin with <code>no-</code> can be <em>negated</em> by removing it.
Junio C Hamanoc7102962013-05-29 23:57:17803 Other long options can be unset (e.g., set string to NULL, set
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53804 integer to 0) by prepending <code>no-</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08805</p>
806</li>
807<li>
808<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53809Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the <code>--</code>
810 option, e.g. <code>-a -b --option -- --this-is-a-file</code> indicates that
811 <code>--this-is-a-file</code> must not be processed as an option.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08812</p>
813</li>
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Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08815</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11816</div>
817<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10818<h2 id="_steps_to_parse_options">Steps to parse options</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08819<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07820<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08821<li>
822<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53823<code>#include "parse-options.h"</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08824</p>
825</li>
826<li>
827<p>
828define a NULL-terminated
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53829 <code>static const char * const builtin_foo_usage[]</code> array
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08830 containing alternative usage strings
831</p>
832</li>
833<li>
834<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53835define <code>builtin_foo_options</code> array as described below
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08836 in section <em>Data Structure</em>.
837</p>
838</li>
839<li>
840<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53841in <code>cmd_foo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08842 call
843</p>
844<div class="literalblock">
845<div class="content">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53846<pre><code>argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_foo_options, builtin_foo_usage, flags);</code></pre>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08847</div></div>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53848<div class="paragraph"><p><code>parse_options()</code> will filter out the processed options of <code>argv[]</code> and leave the
849non-option arguments in <code>argv[]</code>.
850<code>argc</code> is updated appropriately because of the assignment.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07851<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also pass NULL instead of a usage array as the fifth parameter of
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13852parse_options(), to avoid displaying a help screen with usage info and
853option list. This should only be done if necessary, e.g. to implement
854a limited parser for only a subset of the options that needs to be run
855before the full parser, which in turn shows the full help message.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07856<div class="paragraph"><p>Flags are the bitwise-or of:</p></div>
857<div class="dlist"><dl>
858<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53859<code>PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08860</dt>
861<dd>
862<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53863 Keep the <code>--</code> that usually separates options from
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08864 non-option arguments.
865</p>
866</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07867<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53868<code>PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08869</dt>
870<dd>
871<p>
872 Usually the whole argument vector is massaged and reordered.
873 Using this flag, processing is stopped at the first non-option
874 argument.
875</p>
876</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07877<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53878<code>PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0</code>
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13879</dt>
880<dd>
881<p>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07882 Keep the first argument, which contains the program name. It&#8217;s
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13883 removed from argv[] by default.
884</p>
885</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07886<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53887<code>PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN</code>
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13888</dt>
889<dd>
890<p>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07891 Keep unknown arguments instead of erroring out. This doesn&#8217;t
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13892 work for all combinations of arguments as users might expect
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53893 it to do. E.g. if the first argument in <code>--unknown --known</code>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07894 takes a value (which we can&#8217;t know), the second one is
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13895 mistakenly interpreted as a known option. Similarly, if
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53896 <code>PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION</code> is set, the second argument in
897 <code>--unknown value</code> will be mistakenly interpreted as a
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13898 non-option, not as a value belonging to the unknown option,
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07899 the parser early. That&#8217;s why parse_options() errors out if
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13900 both options are set.
901</p>
902</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07903<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53904<code>PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP</code>
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13905</dt>
906<dd>
907<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53908 By default, parse_options() handles <code>-h</code>, <code>--help</code> and
909 <code>--help-all</code> internally, by showing a help screen. This option
Junio C Hamano18f51402009-03-10 16:39:13910 turns it off and allows one to add custom handlers for these
911 options, or to just leave them unknown.
912</p>
913</dd>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10914</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08915</li>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10916</ol></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08917</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11918</div>
919<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10920<h2 id="_data_structure">Data Structure</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08921<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53922<div class="paragraph"><p>The main data structure is an array of the <code>option</code> struct,
923say <code>static struct option builtin_add_options[]</code>.
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:10924There are some macros to easily define options:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07925<div class="dlist"><dl>
926<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53927<code>OPT__ABBREV(&amp;int_var)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08928</dt>
929<dd>
930<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53931 Add <code>--abbrev[=&lt;n&gt;]</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08932</p>
933</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07934<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53935<code>OPT__COLOR(&amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4aa0bcc2010-03-03 05:13:12936</dt>
937<dd>
938<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53939 Add <code>--color[=&lt;when&gt;]</code> and <code>--no-color</code>.
Junio C Hamano4aa0bcc2010-03-03 05:13:12940</p>
941</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07942<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53943<code>OPT__DRY_RUN(&amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08944</dt>
945<dd>
946<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53947 Add <code>-n, --dry-run</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08948</p>
949</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07950<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53951<code>OPT__FORCE(&amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07952</dt>
953<dd>
954<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53955 Add <code>-f, --force</code>.
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07956</p>
957</dd>
958<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53959<code>OPT__QUIET(&amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08960</dt>
961<dd>
962<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53963 Add <code>-q, --quiet</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08964</p>
965</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07966<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53967<code>OPT__VERBOSE(&amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08968</dt>
969<dd>
970<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53971 Add <code>-v, --verbose</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08972</p>
973</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07974<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53975<code>OPT_GROUP(description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08976</dt>
977<dd>
978<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53979 Start an option group. <code>description</code> is a short string that
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08980 describes the group or an empty string.
981 Start the description with an upper-case letter.
982</p>
983</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07984<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53985<code>OPT_BOOL(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:08986</dt>
987<dd>
988<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53989 Introduce a boolean option. <code>int_var</code> is set to one with
990 <code>--option</code> and set to zero with <code>--no-option</code>.
Junio C Hamano4c6612f2011-10-12 23:54:21991</p>
992</dd>
993<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53994<code>OPT_COUNTUP(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4c6612f2011-10-12 23:54:21995</dt>
996<dd>
997<p>
998 Introduce a count-up option.
Junio C Hamanof2a3a752016-05-23 22:54:39999 Each use of <code>--option</code> increments <code>int_var</code>, starting from zero
1000 (even if initially negative), and <code>--no-option</code> resets it to
1001 zero. To determine if <code>--option</code> or <code>--no-option</code> was encountered at
1002 all, initialize <code>int_var</code> to a negative value, and if it is still
1003 negative after parse_options(), then neither <code>--option</code> nor
1004 <code>--no-option</code> was seen.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081005</p>
1006</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071007<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531008<code>OPT_BIT(short, long, &amp;int_var, description, mask)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081009</dt>
1010<dd>
1011<p>
1012 Introduce a boolean option.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531013 If used, <code>int_var</code> is bitwise-ored with <code>mask</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081014</p>
1015</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071016<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531017<code>OPT_NEGBIT(short, long, &amp;int_var, description, mask)</code>
Junio C Hamano7ae18252009-05-23 09:53:321018</dt>
1019<dd>
1020<p>
1021 Introduce a boolean option.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531022 If used, <code>int_var</code> is bitwise-anded with the inverted <code>mask</code>.
Junio C Hamano7ae18252009-05-23 09:53:321023</p>
1024</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071025<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531026<code>OPT_SET_INT(short, long, &amp;int_var, description, integer)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081027</dt>
1028<dd>
1029<p>
Junio C Hamano4c6612f2011-10-12 23:54:211030 Introduce an integer option.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531031 <code>int_var</code> is set to <code>integer</code> with <code>--option</code>, and
1032 reset to zero with <code>--no-option</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081033</p>
1034</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071035<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531036<code>OPT_STRING(short, long, &amp;str_var, arg_str, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081037</dt>
1038<dd>
1039<p>
1040 Introduce an option with string argument.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531041 The string argument is put into <code>str_var</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081042</p>
1043</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071044<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531045<code>OPT_INTEGER(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081046</dt>
1047<dd>
1048<p>
1049 Introduce an option with integer argument.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531050 The integer is put into <code>int_var</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081051</p>
1052</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071053<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanod7ed4042015-08-03 19:43:001054<code>OPT_MAGNITUDE(short, long, &amp;unsigned_long_var, description)</code>
1055</dt>
1056<dd>
1057<p>
1058 Introduce an option with a size argument. The argument must be a
1059 non-negative integer and may include a suffix of <em>k</em>, <em>m</em> or <em>g</em> to
1060 scale the provided value by 1024, 1024<sup>2 or 1024</sup>3 respectively.
1061 The scaled value is put into <code>unsigned_long_var</code>.
1062</p>
1063</dd>
1064<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531065<code>OPT_DATE(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081066</dt>
1067<dd>
1068<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531069 Introduce an option with date argument, see <code>approxidate()</code>.
1070 The timestamp is put into <code>int_var</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081071</p>
1072</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071073<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531074<code>OPT_EXPIRY_DATE(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamanoc7102962013-05-29 23:57:171075</dt>
1076<dd>
1077<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531078 Introduce an option with expiry date argument, see <code>parse_expiry_date()</code>.
1079 The timestamp is put into <code>int_var</code>.
Junio C Hamanoc7102962013-05-29 23:57:171080</p>
1081</dd>
1082<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531083<code>OPT_CALLBACK(short, long, &amp;var, arg_str, description, func_ptr)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081084</dt>
1085<dd>
1086<p>
1087 Introduce an option with argument.
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531088 The argument will be fed into the function given by <code>func_ptr</code>
1089 and the result will be put into <code>var</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081090 See <em>Option Callbacks</em> below for a more elaborate description.
1091</p>
1092</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071093<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531094<code>OPT_FILENAME(short, long, &amp;var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano3d141512009-06-01 01:22:401095</dt>
1096<dd>
1097<p>
1098 Introduce an option with a filename argument.
1099 The filename will be prefixed by passing the filename along with
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531100 the prefix argument of <code>parse_options()</code> to <code>prefix_filename()</code>.
Junio C Hamano3d141512009-06-01 01:22:401101</p>
1102</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071103<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531104<code>OPT_ARGUMENT(long, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081105</dt>
1106<dd>
1107<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531108 Introduce a long-option argument that will be kept in <code>argv[]</code>.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081109</p>
1110</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071111<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531112<code>OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK(&amp;var, description, func_ptr)</code>
Junio C Hamano7ae18252009-05-23 09:53:321113</dt>
1114<dd>
1115<p>
1116 Recognize numerical options like -123 and feed the integer as
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531117 if it was an argument to the function given by <code>func_ptr</code>.
1118 The result will be put into <code>var</code>. There can be only one such
Junio C Hamano7ae18252009-05-23 09:53:321119 option definition. It cannot be negated and it takes no
1120 arguments. Short options that happen to be digits take
1121 precedence over it.
1122</p>
1123</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071124<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531125<code>OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &amp;int_var, description)</code>
Junio C Hamano4aa0bcc2010-03-03 05:13:121126</dt>
1127<dd>
1128<p>
1129 Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can
1130 have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto". If the
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531131 argument is not given, it defaults to "always". The <code>--no-</code> form
1132 works like <code>--long=never</code>; it cannot take an argument. If
1133 "always", set <code>int_var</code> to 1; if "never", set <code>int_var</code> to 0; if
1134 "auto", set <code>int_var</code> to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager,
Junio C Hamano4aa0bcc2010-03-03 05:13:121135 0 otherwise.
1136</p>
1137</dd>
Junio C Hamano4c6612f2011-10-12 23:54:211138<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531139<code>OPT_NOOP_NOARG(short, long)</code>
Junio C Hamano4c6612f2011-10-12 23:54:211140</dt>
1141<dd>
1142<p>
1143 Introduce an option that has no effect and takes no arguments.
1144 Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized
1145 and ignored silently.
1146</p>
1147</dd>
Junio C Hamanod7ed4042015-08-03 19:43:001148<dt class="hdlist1">
1149<code>OPT_PASSTHRU(short, long, &amp;char_var, arg_str, description, flags)</code>
1150</dt>
1151<dd>
1152<p>
1153 Introduce an option that will be reconstructed into a char* string,
1154 which must be initialized to NULL. This is useful when you need to
1155 pass the command-line option to another command. Any previous value
1156 will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where
1157 the last one specified on the command line wins.
1158</p>
1159</dd>
1160<dt class="hdlist1">
1161<code>OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &amp;argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)</code>
1162</dt>
1163<dd>
1164<p>
1165 Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will
1166 be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to
1167 pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times,
1168 to another command.
1169</p>
1170</dd>
Junio C Hamano84ea1e42016-04-08 21:53:481171<dt class="hdlist1">
1172<code>OPT_CMDMODE(short, long, &amp;int_var, description, enum_val)</code>
1173</dt>
1174<dd>
1175<p>
1176 Define an "operation mode" option, only one of which in the same
1177 group of "operating mode" options that share the same <code>int_var</code>
1178 can be given by the user. <code>enum_val</code> is set to <code>int_var</code> when the
1179 option is used, but an error is reported if other "operating mode"
1180 option has already set its value to the same <code>int_var</code>.
1181</p>
1182</dd>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101183</dl></div>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531184<div class="paragraph"><p>The last element of the array must be <code>OPT_END()</code>.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071185<div class="paragraph"><p>If not stated otherwise, interpret the arguments as follows:</p></div>
1186<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081187<li>
1188<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531189<code>short</code> is a character for the short option
1190 (e.g. <code>'e'</code> for <code>-e</code>, use <code>0</code> to omit),
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081191</p>
1192</li>
1193<li>
1194<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531195<code>long</code> is a string for the long option
1196 (e.g. <code>"example"</code> for <code>--example</code>, use <code>NULL</code> to omit),
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081197</p>
1198</li>
1199<li>
1200<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531201<code>int_var</code> is an integer variable,
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081202</p>
1203</li>
1204<li>
1205<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531206<code>str_var</code> is a string variable (<code>char *</code>),
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081207</p>
1208</li>
1209<li>
1210<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531211<code>arg_str</code> is the string that is shown as argument
1212 (e.g. <code>"branch"</code> will result in <code>&lt;branch&gt;</code>).
1213 If set to <code>NULL</code>, three dots (<code>...</code>) will be displayed.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081214</p>
1215</li>
1216<li>
1217<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531218<code>description</code> is a short string to describe the effect of the option.
1219 It shall begin with a lower-case letter and a full stop (<code>.</code>) shall be
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081220 omitted at the end.
1221</p>
1222</li>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101223</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081224</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111225</div>
1226<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101227<h2 id="_option_callbacks">Option Callbacks</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081228<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071229<div class="paragraph"><p>The function must be defined in this form:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081230<div class="literalblock">
1231<div class="content">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531232<pre><code>int func(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)</code></pre>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081233</div></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071234<div class="paragraph"><p>The callback mechanism is as follows:</p></div>
1235<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081236<li>
1237<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531238Inside <code>func</code>, the only interesting member of the structure
1239 given by <code>opt</code> is the void pointer <code>opt-&gt;value</code>.
1240 <code>*opt-&gt;value</code> will be the value that is saved into <code>var</code>, if you
1241 use <code>OPT_CALLBACK()</code>.
1242 For example, do <code>*(unsigned long *)opt-&gt;value = 42;</code> to get 42
1243 into an <code>unsigned long</code> variable.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081244</p>
1245</li>
1246<li>
1247<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531248Return value <code>0</code> indicates success and non-zero return
1249 value will invoke <code>usage_with_options()</code> and, thus, die.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081250</p>
1251</li>
1252<li>
1253<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531254If the user negates the option, <code>arg</code> is <code>NULL</code> and <code>unset</code> is 1.
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081255</p>
1256</li>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101257</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081258</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111259</div>
1260<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101261<h2 id="_sophisticated_option_parsing">Sophisticated option parsing</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081262<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071263<div class="paragraph"><p>If you need, for example, option callbacks with optional arguments
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081264or without arguments at all, or if you need other special cases,
1265that are not handled by the macros above, you need to specify the
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531266members of the <code>option</code> structure manually.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:071267<div class="paragraph"><p>This is not covered in this document, but well documented
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531268in <code>parse-options.h</code> itself.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081269</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111270</div>
1271<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101272<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081273<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:531274<div class="paragraph"><p>See <code>test-parse-options.c</code> and
1275<code>builtin/add.c</code>,
1276<code>builtin/clone.c</code>,
1277<code>builtin/commit.c</code>,
1278<code>builtin/fetch.c</code>,
1279<code>builtin/fsck.c</code>,
1280<code>builtin/rm.c</code>
Junio C Hamano4604fe52008-09-19 06:37:101281for real-world examples.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano4224f992008-06-23 07:14:081282</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:221283</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111284</div>
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