git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH 1/4] Add a simple option parser for use by builtin-commit.c.

From
Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
Date
Sep 27, 2007, 04:50 UTC
Message-ID
<1190868632-29287-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
---
 Makefile        |    2 +-
 parse-options.c |   74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 parse-options.h |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 parse-options.c
 create mode 100644 parse-options.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62bdac6..d90e959 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ LIB_OBJS = \
 	alloc.o merge-file.o path-list.o help.o unpack-trees.o $(DIFF_OBJS) \
 	color.o wt-status.o archive-zip.o archive-tar.o shallow.o utf8.o \
 	convert.o attr.o decorate.o progress.o mailmap.o symlinks.o remote.o \
-	transport.o bundle.o
+	transport.o bundle.o parse-options.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS = \
 	builtin-add.o \
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb30cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+
+int parse_options(const char ***argv,
+		  struct option *options, int count,
+		  const char *usage_string)
+{
+	const char *value, *eq;
+	int i;
+
+	if (**argv == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	if ((**argv)[0] != '-')
+		return 0;
+	if (!strcmp(**argv, "--"))
+		return 0;
+
+	value = NULL;
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if ((**argv)[1] == '-') {
+			if (!prefixcmp(options[i].long_name, **argv + 2)) {
+				if (options[i].type != OPTION_BOOLEAN)
+					value = *++(*argv);
+				goto match;
+			}
+
+			eq = strchr(**argv + 2, '=');
+			if (eq && options[i].type != OPTION_BOOLEAN &&
+			    !strncmp(**argv + 2,
+				     options[i].long_name, eq - **argv - 2)) {
+				value = eq + 1;
+				goto match;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ((**argv)[1] == options[i].short_name) {
+			if ((**argv)[2] == '\0') {
+				if (options[i].type != OPTION_BOOLEAN)
+					value = *++(*argv);
+				goto match;
+			}
+
+			if (options[i].type != OPTION_BOOLEAN) {
+				value = **argv + 2;
+				goto match;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	usage(usage_string);
+
+ match:
+	switch (options[i].type) {
+	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		*(int *)options[i].value = 1;
+		break;
+	case OPTION_STRING:
+		if (value == NULL)
+			die("option %s requires a value.", (*argv)[-1]);
+		*(const char **)options[i].value = value;
+		break;
+	case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		if (value == NULL)
+			die("option %s requires a value.", (*argv)[-1]);
+		*(int *)options[i].value = atoi(value);
+		break;
+	default:
+		assert(0);
+	}
+
+	(*argv)++;
+
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39399c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+#define PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+
+enum option_type {
+    OPTION_BOOLEAN,
+    OPTION_STRING,
+    OPTION_INTEGER,
+    OPTION_LAST,
+};
+
+struct option {
+    enum option_type type;
+    const char *long_name;
+    char short_name;
+    void *value;
+};
+
+/* Parse the given options against the list of known options.  The
+ * order of the option structs matters, in that ambiguous
+ * abbreviations (eg, --in could be short for --include or
+ * --interactive) are matched by the first option that share the
+ * prefix.
+ */
+
+extern int parse_options(const char ***argv,
+			 struct option *options, int count,
+			 const char *usage_string);
+
+#endif
-- 
1.5.2.GIT
Next: Kristian Høgsberg
Message 1 of 17 in “Add a simple option parser for use by builtin-commit.c.”
  1. 1/4 Add a simple option parser for use by builtin-commit.c.Kristian Høgsberg, Sep 27, 2007
  2. 2/4 This exports the update() function from builtin-add.c asKristian Høgsberg, Sep 27, 2007
  3. 3/4 Implement git commit as a builtin command.Kristian Høgsberg, Sep 27, 2007
  4. 4/4 Move launch_editor() and stripspace() to new file editor.c.Kristian Høgsberg, Sep 27, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2007
  6. Kristian HøgsbergOct 3, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 27, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2007
  9. Jonas FonsecaSep 30, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2007
  11. Jonas FonsecaOct 1, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2007
  13. Jeff KingOct 1, 2007
  14. Kristian HøgsbergOct 1, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2007
  16. Jonas FonsecaOct 3, 2007
  17. Kristian HøgsbergOct 3, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.