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[PATCH 1/3] parse-options: abbreviation engine fix.

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 5, 2007, 13:15 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711051314350.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711051237420.4362@racer.site>

When an option could be an ambiguous abbreviation of two options, the code used to error out. Even if an exact match would have occured later.

Test and original patch by Pierre Habouzit.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 parse-options.c          |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 t/t0040-parse-options.sh |   13 +++++++++++++
 test-parse-options.c     |    1 +
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index cc09c98..15b32f7 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ static int parse_long_opt(struct optparse_t *p, const char *arg,
                           const struct option *options)
 {
 	const char *arg_end = strchr(arg, '=');
-	const struct option *abbrev_option = NULL;
-	int abbrev_flags = 0;
+	const struct option *abbrev_option = NULL, *ambiguous_option = NULL;
+	int abbrev_flags = 0, ambiguous_flags = 0;
 
 	if (!arg_end)
 		arg_end = arg + strlen(arg);
@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ static int parse_long_opt(struct optparse_t *p, const char *arg,
 			/* abbreviated? */
 			if (!strncmp(options->long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
 is_abbreviated:
-				if (abbrev_option)
-					return error("Ambiguous option: %s "
-						"(could be --%s%s or --%s%s)",
-						arg,
-						(flags & OPT_UNSET) ?
-							"no-" : "",
-						options->long_name,
-						(abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?
-							"no-" : "",
-						abbrev_option->long_name);
+				if (abbrev_option) {
+					/*
+					 * If this is abbreviated, it is
+					 * ambiguous. So when there is no
+					 * exact match later, we need to
+					 * error out.
+					 */
+					ambiguous_option = abbrev_option;
+					ambiguous_flags = abbrev_flags;
+				}
 				if (!(flags & OPT_UNSET) && *arg_end)
 					p->opt = arg_end + 1;
 				abbrev_option = options;
@@ -176,6 +176,15 @@ is_abbreviated:
 		}
 		return get_value(p, options, flags);
 	}
+
+	if (ambiguous_option)
+		return error("Ambiguous option: %s "
+			"(could be --%s%s or --%s%s)",
+			arg,
+			(ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			ambiguous_option->long_name,
+			(abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			abbrev_option->long_name);
 	if (abbrev_option)
 		return get_value(p, abbrev_option, abbrev_flags);
 	return error("unknown option `%s'", arg);
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index ae49424..462fdf2 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ string options
     -s, --string <string>
                           get a string
     --string2 <str>       get another string
+    --st <st>             get another string (pervert ordering)
 
 EOF
 
@@ -90,4 +91,16 @@ test_expect_failure 'ambiguously abbreviated option' '
         test $? != 129
 '
 
+cat > expect << EOF
+boolean: 0
+integer: 0
+string: 123
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'non ambiguous option (after two options it abbreviates)' '
+	test-parse-options --st 123 > output 2> output.err &&
+	test ! -s output.err &&
+	git diff expect output
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/test-parse-options.c b/test-parse-options.c
index 277cfe4..4d3e2ec 100644
--- a/test-parse-options.c
+++ b/test-parse-options.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_GROUP("string options"),
 		OPT_STRING('s', "string", &string, "string", "get a string"),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "string2", &string, "str", "get another string"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "st", &string, "st", "get another string (pervert ordering)"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	int i;
-- 
1.5.3.5.1549.g91a3
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Message 8 of 17 in “proposal for an OPTION_SUBARRAY (recursive parser)”
  1. Pierre HabouzitNov 5, 2007
  2. 1/4 parse-options: abbreviation engine fix.Pierre Habouzit, Nov 5, 2007
  3. 2/4 Some better parse-options documentation.Pierre Habouzit, Nov 5, 2007
  4. 3/4 Add OPTION_BASEOFFSET/OPTION_SUBARRAY.Pierre Habouzit, Nov 5, 2007
  5. 4/4 Implement OPTION_SUBARRAY handling.Pierre Habouzit, Nov 5, 2007
  6. parse-options: abbreviation engine fix.Johannes Schindelin, Nov 5, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 5, 2007
  8. 1/3 parse-options: abbreviation engine fix.Johannes Schindelin, Nov 5, 2007
  9. 2/3 parseopt: introduce OPT_RECURSE to specify shared optionsJohannes Schindelin, Nov 5, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinNov 5, 2007
  11. Linus TorvaldsNov 5, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 5, 2007
  13. Pierre HabouzitNov 5, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 5, 2007
  15. Pierre HabouzitNov 5, 2007
  16. 3/3 parseopt: do not list options with the same name twiceJohannes Schindelin, Nov 5, 2007
  17. Pierre HabouzitNov 5, 2007

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