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Re: [PATCH 1/2] parse_options: Add flag to prevent errors for further processing

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 23, 2008, 20:17 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Now I'm confused: my understanding is that the diff option parser just
> leaves unrecognized stuff in argv. But isn't that what a
> PARSE_OPTIONS_IGNORE_UNKNOWN flag would do, and isn't that wrong?

I was thinking more about the way how the lower level diff_opt_parse() works by letting the caller to handle things that it itself does not know how.

But I say this because I am not interested in "-a -b -c <=> -abc" and haven't thought about how you would go about parsing something like that sanely with partial knowledge.

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Message 14 of 17 in “[RFC] convert shortlog to use parse_options”
  1. Shawn BohrerJun 18, 2008
  2. 1/2 parse_options: Add flag to prevent errors for further processingShawn Bohrer, Jun 18, 2008
  3. 2/2 git shortlog: Modify to use parse_optionsShawn Bohrer, Jun 18, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2008
  5. Jeff KingJun 18, 2008
  6. Jeff KingJun 18, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJun 18, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2008
  10. Shawn BohrerJun 19, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 22, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJun 23, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinJun 23, 2008
  16. Pierre HabouzitJun 22, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2008

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