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

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
Apr 11, 2012, 14:06 UTC
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<20120411140651.GR2289@goldbirke>
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<1334140165-24958-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 03:29:24AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
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> 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.
> 
> Some example output:
> 
>  $ git clone --dump-raw-long-options
>  --no-verbose --no-quiet --progress --no-progress --no-checkout
>  --checkout --bare --no-bare --mirror --no-mirror --local --no-local
>  --no-hardlinks --hardlinks --shared --no-shared --recursive
>  --no-recursive --recurse-submodules --no-recurse-submodules --template=
>  --no-template --reference= --no-reference --origin= --no-origin
>  --branch= --no-branch --upload-pack= --no-upload-pack --depth=
>  --no-depth --single-branch --no-single-branch --separate-git-dir=
>  --no-separate-git-dir --config= --no-config
>

I think this is a good idea; there are many completion functions that fell behind and lack an option or two.

However, in the completion script we deliberately miss options like '--force', but with your series such options will be offered, too.

Best, Gábor

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Message 7 of 14 in “Dynamic long options for bash completion”
  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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