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Re: [RFC/PATCH] parse-options: introduce parse_subcommands

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2012, 14:10 UTC
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Hi Junio,
Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>  I found this patch in one of my branches from a long time ago.  I
>>  haven't written documentation and tests yet because I'm not fully
>>  convinced that I like this.
>>
>>  Thoughts?
>
> It looks like a static version of string_list_lookup() and does not
> have much reason to tie it to "subcommand".

How so? I can use a string_list to keep subcommand->name and stuff the callback into util. Where do I put subcommand->help then? I agree that there's no reason to tie it to subcommand though.

Ram
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Message 3 of 13 in “parse-options: introduce parse_subcommands”
  1. parse-options: introduce parse_subcommandsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 4, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2012
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 6, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2012
  5. [RFC] notes: attach help text to subcommandsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 8, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2012
  7. notes: attach help text to subcommandsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 8, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2012
  9. Felipe ContrerasJun 8, 2012
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 8, 2012
  11. Felipe ContrerasJun 13, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2012
  13. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2012

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