From: Lemuria Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:30:42 GMT Subject: Re: Git internal command line parser Message-ID: <0e0f78e9-2cde-a20e-cd47-8542bc7bd314@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 25/12/2021 2:13 am, Philip Oakley wrote: > On 24/12/2021 14:38, Lemuria wrote: >> #=< 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. > > One place to start is https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git.c > Wait, is all of Git just one big executable or are there many executables and `git` is just the front-end for accessing the separate git executables, such as say, the one for processing commits? >> >> 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 > > Philip >