From: linux@horizon.com
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:26:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list --help anywhere
Message-ID: <20060219112627.18989.qmail@science.horizon.com>

>+	for (i = 1 ; i < argc; i++)
>+	    if ( !strcmp(argv[i], "--help") )
>+		usage(rev_list_usage);

You might want to try something more like:

+	for (i = 1 ; i < argc; i++) {
+	    if ( !strcmp(argv[i], "--help") )
+		usage(rev_list_usage);
+	    if ( !strcmp(argv[i], "--") )
+		break;
+	}

So that you don't break in the perverse but legal case of
having a file named "--help".