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Re: [PATCH 1/2] parse-options: Add support for dumping out long options

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2012, 12:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20120411125921.GC3161@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<1334140165-24958-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
Stephen Boyd wrote:
> The bash completion script wants to know what the long options are for a
> certain command at runtime. Add a magical long option that nobody could
> possibly ever use (--dump-raw-long-options) to get this information.
Neat.  Probably should be documented:
diff --git i/Documentation/gitcli.txt w/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index f734f97b..0de074ec 100644
--- i/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ w/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ usage: git describe [options] <committish>*
 	are deprecated, and such options are hidden from the default usage. This
 	option gives the full list of options.
 
+--dump-raw-long-options::
+	prints a space-separated list of supported options, including
+	negated `--no-<foo>` forms.  Long options taking an argument are
+	printed with a trailing equal sign, as in "`--depth=`".
+
 
 Negating options
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  1. 0/2 Dynamic long options for bash completionStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  2. 1/2 parse-options: Add support for dumping out long optionsStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  3. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  4. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 11, 2012
  6. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  7. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  8. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  9. SZEDER GáborApr 15, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2012
  11. 2/2 completion: Use parse-options raw output for simple long optionsStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 11, 2012
  13. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  14. SZEDER GáborApr 17, 2012

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