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[PATCH 2/3] rev-parse: add helper for parsing "--foo/--foo="

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 15, 2017, 20:06 UTC
Message-ID
<20170315200653.ougdpmv2oombefrt@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170315200521.qwcm5tqcdzkbwp3x@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We can't just use a bare skip_prefix() for these cases, because we need to match both the "--foo" form and the "--foo=<value>" form (and tell the difference between the two in the caller).

We can wrap this in a simple helper which has two obvious callsites, and will gain some more in the next patch.

Note that the error output for abbrev-ref changes slightly, as we don't keep our original "arg" pointer. However, the new output should hopefully be more clear:

  [before]
  fatal: unknown mode for --abbrev-ref=foo
  [after]
  fatal: unknown mode for --abbrev-ref: foo
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/rev-parse.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 836ccf00e..db1417160 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -535,6 +535,25 @@ N_("git rev-parse --parseopt [<options>] -- [<args>...]\n"
    "\n"
    "Run \"git rev-parse --parseopt -h\" for more information on the first usage.");
 
+/*
+ * Parse "opt" or "opt=<value>", setting value respectively to either
+ * NULL or the string after "=".
+ */
+static int opt_with_value(const char *arg, const char *opt, const char **value)
+{
+	if (skip_prefix(arg, opt, &arg)) {
+		if (!*arg) {
+			*value = NULL;
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (*arg++ == '=') {
+			*value = arg;
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i, as_is = 0, verify = 0, quiet = 0, revs_count = 0, type = 0;
@@ -674,14 +693,13 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				flags |= GET_SHA1_QUIETLY;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!strcmp(arg, "--short") ||
-			    starts_with(arg, "--short=")) {
+			if (opt_with_value(arg, "--short", &arg)) {
 				filter &= ~(DO_FLAGS|DO_NOREV);
 				verify = 1;
 				abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-				if (!arg[7])
+				if (!arg)
 					continue;
-				abbrev = strtoul(arg + 8, NULL, 10);
+				abbrev = strtoul(arg, NULL, 10);
 				if (abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
 					abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
 				else if (40 <= abbrev)
@@ -704,17 +722,17 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				symbolic = SHOW_SYMBOLIC_FULL;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (starts_with(arg, "--abbrev-ref") &&
-			    (!arg[12] || arg[12] == '=')) {
+			if (opt_with_value(arg, "--abbrev-ref", &arg)) {
 				abbrev_ref = 1;
 				abbrev_ref_strict = warn_ambiguous_refs;
-				if (arg[12] == '=') {
-					if (!strcmp(arg + 13, "strict"))
+				if (arg) {
+					if (!strcmp(arg, "strict"))
 						abbrev_ref_strict = 1;
-					else if (!strcmp(arg + 13, "loose"))
+					else if (!strcmp(arg, "loose"))
 						abbrev_ref_strict = 0;
 					else
-						die("unknown mode for %s", arg);
+						die("unknown mode for --abbrev-ref: %s",
+						    arg);
 				}
 				continue;
 			}
-- 
2.12.0.613.g6e7c52a0d
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  2. 2/3 rev-parse: add helper for parsing "--foo/--foo="Jeff King, Mar 15, 2017
  3. 3/3 rev-parse: simplify parsing of ref optionsJeff King, Mar 15, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2017
  5. Jeff KingMar 15, 2017
  6. 1/3 rev-parse: use skip_prefix when parsing optionsJeff King, Mar 15, 2017

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