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[PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: option argument name hints

From
Ilya Bobyr <ilya.bobyr@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2014, 10:32 UTC
Message-ID
<1393842740-4628-1-git-send-email-ilya.bobyr@gmail.com>

Built-in commands can specify names for option arguments, that are shown when usage text is generated for the command. sh based commands should be able to do the same.

Option argument name hint is any text that comes after [*=?!] after the argument name up to the first whitespace. Underscores are replaced with whitespace. It is unlikely that an underscore would be useful in the hint text.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Bobyr <ilya.bobyr@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |   11 +++++++++--
 builtin/rev-parse.c             |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh   |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 0d2cdcd..4cb6e02 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ Input Format
 
 'git rev-parse --parseopt' input format is fully text based. It has two parts,
 separated by a line that contains only `--`. The lines before the separator
-(should be more than one) are used for the usage.
+(could be more than one) are used for the usage.
 The lines after the separator describe the options.
 
 Each line of options has this format:
 
 ------------
-<opt_spec><flags>* SP+ help LF
+<opt_spec><flags>*<argh>? SP+ help LF
 ------------
 
 `<opt_spec>`::
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ Each line of options has this format:
 
 	* Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available.
 
+`<argh>`::
+	`<argh>`, if specified, is used as a name of the argument, if the
+	option takes an argument. `<argh>` is terminated by the first
+	whitespace. Angle braces are added automatically.  Underscore symbols
+	are replaced with spaces.
+
 The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
 as the help associated to the option.
 
@@ -333,6 +339,7 @@ h,help    show the help
 
 foo       some nifty option --foo
 bar=      some cool option --bar with an argument
+baz=arg   another cool option --baz with an argument named <arg>
 
   An option group Header
 C?        option C with an optional argument"
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index aaeb611..83a769e 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -395,9 +395,10 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage[unb++] = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
 	}
 
-	/* parse: (<short>|<short>,<long>|<long>)[=?]? SP+ <help> */
+	/* parse: (<short>|<short>,<long>|<long>)[*=?!]*<arghint>? SP+ <help> */
 	while (strbuf_getline(&sb, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
 		const char *s;
+		const char *argh;
 		struct option *o;
 
 		if (!sb.len)
@@ -419,6 +420,20 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		o->value = &parsed;
 		o->flags = PARSE_OPT_NOARG;
 		o->callback = &parseopt_dump;
+
+		/* Possible argument name hint */
+		argh = s;
+		while (s > sb.buf && strchr("*=?!", s[-1]) == NULL)
+			--s;
+		if (s != sb.buf && s != argh) {
+			char *a;
+			o->argh = a = xmemdupz(s, argh - s);
+			while (a = strchr(a, '_'))
+				*a = ' ';
+		}
+		if (s == sb.buf)
+			s = argh;
+
 		while (s > sb.buf && strchr("*=?!", s[-1])) {
 			switch (*--s) {
 			case '=':
diff --git a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
index 83b1300..bf0db05 100755
--- a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
+++ b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ An option group Header
     -C[...]               option C with an optional argument
     -d, --data[=...]      short and long option with an optional argument
 
+Argument hints
+    -b <arg>              short option required argument
+    --bar2 <arg>          long option required argument
+    -e, --fuz <with spaces>
+                          short and long option required argument
+    -s[<some>]            short option optional argument
+    --long[=<data>]       long option optional argument
+    -g, --fluf[=<path>]   short and long option optional argument
+    --longest <a very long argument hint>
+                          a very long argument hint
+
 Extras
     --extra1              line above used to cause a segfault but no longer does
 
@@ -39,6 +50,15 @@ b,baz     a short and long option
 C?        option C with an optional argument
 d,data?   short and long option with an optional argument
 
+ Argument hints
+b=arg     short option required argument
+bar2=arg  long option required argument
+e,fuz=with_spaces  short and long option required argument
+s?some    short option optional argument
+long?data long option optional argument
+g,fluf?path     short and long option optional argument
+longest=a_very_long_argument_hint  a very long argument hint
+
 Extras
 extra1    line above used to cause a segfault but no longer does
 EOF
-- 
1.7.9
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  1. rev-parse --parseopt: option argument name hintsIlya Bobyr, Mar 3, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2014
  3. Ilya BobyrMar 10, 2014
  4. rev-parse --parseopt: option argument name hintsIlya Bobyr, Mar 10, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2014
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  7. Ilya BobyrMar 12, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2014
  9. Ilya BobyrMar 19, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2014
  11. Ilya BobyrMar 20, 2014
  12. rev-parse --parseopt: option argument name hintsIlya Bobyr, Mar 20, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2014
  14. Ilya BobyrMar 20, 2014
  15. Ilya BobyrMar 21, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2014
  17. rev-parse --parseopt: option argument name hintsIlya Bobyr, Mar 22, 2014
  18. 0/3 Parse-options: spell multi-word placeholders with dashesJunio C Hamano, Mar 24, 2014
  19. 1/3 parse-options: multi-word argh should use dash to separate wordsJunio C Hamano, Mar 24, 2014
  20. 2/3 update-index: teach --cacheinfo a new syntax "mode,sha1,path"Junio C Hamano, Mar 24, 2014
  21. 3/3 parse-options: make sure argh string does not have SP or _Junio C Hamano, Mar 24, 2014
  22. Eric SunshineMar 20, 2014
  23. Ilya BobyrMar 21, 2014

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