[PATCH v2] api-parse-options.txt: document OPT_CMDMODE()
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Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
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- Mar 25, 2016, 18:58 UTC
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OPT_CMDMODE mechanism was introduced in the release of 1.8.5 to actively notice when multiple "operation mode" options that specify mutually incompatible operation modes are given.
Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> --- Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 5f0757d..695bd4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times, to another command. +`OPT_CMDMODE(short, long, &int_var, description, enum_val)`:: + Define an "operation mode" option, only one of which in the same + group of "operating mode" options that share the same `int_var` + can be given by the user. `enum_val` is set to `int_var` when the + option is used, but an error is reported if other "operating mode" + option has already set its value to the same `int_var`. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/219