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[PATCH 0/5] parseopt: add subcommand autocorrection

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JSJiamu Sun <39@barroit.sh>
Date
Mar 8, 2026, 12:17 UTC
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Git currently provides auto-correction for builtins and aliases, but lacks this functionality for subcommands parsed via the parse-options API. Subcommands are also commands, and typos will occur, too. Like:

	git remote add-rul
So, this series introduces subcommand auto-correction.

Currently, builtins with mandatory subcommands enable autocorrection by default. However, those using PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL skip it to avoid treating valid unknown arguments as mistyped subcommands.

This series adds PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_AUTOCORR, allowing commands with optional subcommands to explicitly opt in to autocorrection. It then enables this flag for git-remote and git-notes.

Additionally, it extracts the existing autocorrection logic from help.c so subcommand handling can reuse the same config parsing and prompt/delay logic.

Jiamu Sun (5):
  parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()
  help: refactor command autocorrection handling
  parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommands
  parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrect for remote and notes
  help: add tests for subcommand autocorrection
 Makefile                          |   1 +
 autocorrect.c                     |  92 +++++++++++++++++++
 autocorrect.h                     |  23 +++++
 builtin/notes.c                   |  10 +-
 builtin/remote.c                  |  12 +--
 help.c                            | 106 ++++-----------------
 parse-options.c                   | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 parse-options.h                   |   1 +
 t/t9004-autocorrect-subcommand.sh |  49 ++++++++++
 9 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 autocorrect.c
 create mode 100644 autocorrect.h
 create mode 100755 t/t9004-autocorrect-subcommand.sh
base-commit: 795c338de725e13bd361214c6b768019fc45a2c1
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Message 1 of 96 in “parseopt: add subcommand autocorrection”
  1. 0/5 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  2. 1/5 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2026
  4. Jiamu SunMar 9, 2026
  5. 2/5 help: refactor command autocorrection handlingJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2026
  7. Jiamu SunMar 9, 2026
  8. 3/5 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2026
  10. Jiamu SunMar 9, 2026
  11. 4/5 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrect for remote and notesJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  12. 5/5 help: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  13. Aaron PlattnerMar 11, 2026
  14. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2026
  17. Jiamu SunMar 8, 2026
  18. 0/5 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  19. 1/5 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  20. 2/5 help: refactor command autocorrection handlingJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  21. 3/5 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  22. 4/5 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrect for remote and notesJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  23. 5/5 help: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 8, 2026
  24. 0/8 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  25. 1/8 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  26. Karthik NayakMar 10, 2026
  27. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  30. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  31. 2/8 help: make autocorrect handling reusableJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  32. Karthik NayakMar 10, 2026
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2026
  34. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  35. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  36. 3/8 help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.cJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  37. Karthik NayakMar 10, 2026
  38. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  39. Jiamu SunMar 12, 2026
  40. 4/8 autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINTONLYJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  41. Karthik NayakMar 10, 2026
  42. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  43. 5/8 autocorrect: provide config resolution APIJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  44. Karthik NayakMar 10, 2026
  45. 6/8 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  46. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2026
  47. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  48. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  49. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2026
  50. Jiamu SunMar 12, 2026
  51. 7/8 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notesJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  52. 8/8 help: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 10, 2026
  53. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  54. Jiamu SunMar 11, 2026
  55. 00/10 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  56. 01/10 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  57. 02/10 help: make autocorrect handling reusableJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  58. 03/10 help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.cJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  59. 04/10 autocorrect: use mode and delay instead of magic numbersJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  60. 05/10 autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINTJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  61. 06/10 autocorrect: provide config resolution APIJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  62. 07/10 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  63. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2026
  64. Jiamu SunMar 17, 2026
  65. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2026
  66. Jiamu SunApr 16, 2026
  67. 08/10 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notesJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  68. 09/10 parseopt: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  69. 10/10 doc: document autocorrect APIJiamu Sun, Mar 16, 2026
  70. 00/10 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  71. 02/10 help: make autocorrect handling reusableJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  72. 01/10 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  73. 03/10 help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.cJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  74. 04/10 autocorrect: use mode and delay instead of magic numbersJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  75. 05/10 autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINTJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  76. 06/10 autocorrect: provide config resolution APIJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  77. 07/10 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  78. 08/10 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notesJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  79. 09/10 parseopt: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  80. 10/10 doc: document autocorrect APIJiamu Sun, Apr 22, 2026
  81. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2026
  82. Jiamu SunApr 23, 2026
  83. 00/10 parseopt: add subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  84. 01/10 parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()Jiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  85. 02/10 help: make autocorrect handling reusableJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  86. 03/10 help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.cJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  87. 04/10 autocorrect: use mode and delay instead of magic numbersJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  88. 06/10 autocorrect: provide config resolution APIJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  89. 10/10 doc: document autocorrect APIJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  90. 05/10 autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINTJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  91. 07/10 parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommandsJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  92. 08/10 parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notesJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  93. 09/10 parseopt: add tests for subcommand autocorrectionJiamu Sun, Apr 23, 2026
  94. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2026
  95. Jiamu SunMay 15, 2026
  96. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2026

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