From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 05:45:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode
Message-ID: <526CA88E.90802@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1382732291-5701-1-git-send-email-boklm@mars-attacks.org>

On 10/25/2013 10:18 PM, Nicolas Vigier wrote:
> Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form
> if available, and with their arguments sticked.
> 
> Contrary to the default form (non sticked arguments and short options),
> this can be parsed unambiguously when using options with optional
> arguments :
> 
>  - in the non sticked form, when an option is taking an optional argument
>    you cannot know if the next argument is its optional argument, or the
>    next option.
> 
>  - the long options form allows to differenciate between an empty argument
>    '--option=' and an unset argument '--option', which is not possible
>    with short options.

Trivial: s/differenciate/differentiate/

Michael

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