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Re: [PATCH 1/2] parse-options: Add support for dumping out long options

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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2012, 10:51 UTC
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> wrote:
> The bash completion script wants to know what the long options are for a
> certain command at runtime. Add a magical long option that nobody could
> possibly ever use (--dump-raw-long-options) to get this information.

I thought about doing this, but I would like more than just dumping the options. In zsh one can show more than just the options; each option can have a description.

I was thinking on something like 'git help --raw'. We also need something like that to list all the plumbing commands, and options for certain options, like merge strategies, and so on. Perhaps it would even make sense to have a new 'git raw-help' command.

Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. 0/2 Dynamic long options for bash completionStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  2. 1/2 parse-options: Add support for dumping out long optionsStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  3. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  4. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 11, 2012
  6. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  7. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  8. Stephen BoydApr 12, 2012
  9. SZEDER GáborApr 15, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2012
  11. 2/2 completion: Use parse-options raw output for simple long optionsStephen Boyd, Apr 11, 2012
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 11, 2012
  13. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  14. SZEDER GáborApr 17, 2012

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