Re: [PATCH 2/6] bisect: fix "--" detection when a term name is "--"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 23, 2026, 17:27 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmrt7c1zf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD3sh9Ejfgv7CB33LRU_z3i662_+tjdW7JqwRrzexWX_Ow@mail.gmail.com>

Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:

> In the future we can still convert bisect_start() to the parse-options
> API, and then use the early-scan API to look for "--" in a bit cleaner
> way.

Yeah, when that happens, I can imagine that we can make detection of "--" to come for free as a side effect of using parse_options().

Thanks.

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