Re: Git internal command line parser

From

Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>

Date

Dec 24, 2021, 18:13 UTC

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<0347f273-f9e9-3ce6-2a95-f1ce71285c09@gmail.com>

On 24/12/2021 14:38, Lemuria wrote:

> #=< TLDR: Where's the code for git's internal command line parser? >===#
>
> I'm interested in the internals of git, more specifically it's command
> line parser.

One place to start is https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git.c

>
> Does Git use a library like getopt for it's command line handling, or
> does it use a custom parser?
>
> If possible, I would appreciate being redirected to the source code
> files that handle this.
>
> Sincerely,
> Lemuria

Philip