From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:26:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
Message-ID: <xmqqmtq69wpd.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAOLTT8SR86q+q37traSpk7iWEzAaGTtZzAWrck+0LnqgSefKRA@mail.gmail.com>

ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> writes:

> Just use a PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN cannot prevent the user from using
> the option... Is there a better way?

If a command can be invoked from a script, you can invoke it
interactively the same way.  Not advertising on short help, not
completing in the completion and documenting it for internal use is
the standard arrangement for such "implementation detail only"
options.