Re: [PATCH 1/2] init: support --import to add all files and commit right after init

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 09:58:40PM +1100, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
>> +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
>> +           [--shared[=<permissions>]] [-m|--import [<message>]]
>
> What happened to --import=? Whether or not "--import <arg>" works, the
> --long-opt= form should always work.
>
>> +             else if (!strcmp(arg, "--import") || !strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
>> +                     if (i+1 >= argc)
>> +                             import_message = "Initial commit";
>> +                     else {
>> +                             import_message = argv[2];
>> +                             i++;
>> +                             argv++;
>> +                     }
>> +             }
>
> This is the wrong way to do optional arguments. It means that
>
>  git init --template=foo --import
>
> is different from
>
>  git init --import --template=foo
>
> I think what you want is:
>
>  else if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
>    if (i+1 >= argc)
>      die("-m requires an import message");
>    import_message = argv[2];
>    i++;
>    argv++;
>  }
>  else if (!strcmp(arg, "--import"))
>    import_message = "Initial commit";
>  else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--import="))
>      import_message = arg+9;
>
> That is, --import has a message or not depending on the '=', and "-m"
> always has a message. If you want "-m" to optionally have a message then
> it must be used as
>
>  git init -mfoo