Git internal command line parser

From: Lemuria <nekadek457@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 24, 2021, 14:38 UTC
Message-ID: <0347f273-f9e9-3ce6-2a95-f1ce71285c09@gmail.com>

#=< TLDR: Where's the code for git's internal command line parser? >===#

I'm interested in the internals of git, more specifically it's command line parser.

Does Git use a library like getopt for it's command line handling, or does it use a custom parser?

If possible, I would appreciate being redirected to the source code files that handle this.

Sincerely, Lemuria

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