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[PATCH] parse-options: typo check for unknown switches

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 UTC
Message-ID
<4F51F9CD.9010904@lsrfire.ath.cx>

The user specifies a long option but forgets to type the second leading dash, we currently detect and report that fact if its first letter is a valid short option. This is done for safety, to avoid ambiguity between short options (and their arguments) and a long option with a missing dash.

This diagnostic message is also helpful for long options whose first letter is not a valid short option, however. Print it in that case, too, as a courtesy.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
---
 parse-options.c          |    2 ++
 t/t0040-parse-options.sh |   10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 1908996..850cfa7 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 			case -1:
 				return parse_options_usage(ctx, usagestr, options, 1);
 			case -2:
+				if (ctx->opt)
+					check_typos(arg + 1, options);
 				goto unknown;
 			}
 			if (ctx->opt)
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index a44bcb9..e3f354a 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -236,6 +236,16 @@ test_expect_success 'detect possible typos' '
 	test_cmp typo.err output.err
 '
 
+cat > typo.err << EOF
+error: did you mean \`--ambiguous\` (with two dashes ?)
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'detect possible typos' '
+	test_must_fail test-parse-options -ambiguous > output 2> output.err &&
+	test ! -s output &&
+	test_cmp typo.err output.err
+'
+
 cat > expect <<EOF
 boolean: 0
 integer: 0
-- 
1.7.9.2
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  1. parse-options: typo check for unknown switchesRené Scharfe, Mar 3, 2012

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