From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:19:44 GMT
Subject: Re: PATCH] parse-options: allow omitting option help text
Message-ID: <xmqqr0nnjisv.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <2b08dc43-621d-2170-c4a6-c2aac33a9a19@web.de>

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> 1b68387e02 (builtin/receive-pack.c: use parse_options API, 2016-03-02)
> added the options --stateless-rpc, --advertise-refs and
> --reject-thin-pack-for-testing with a NULL `help` string; 03831ef7b5
> (difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin, 2017-01-19)
> similarly added the "helpless" option --prompt.  Presumably this was
> done because all four options are hidden and self-explanatory.
>
> They cause a NULL pointer dereference when using the option --help-all
> with their respective tool, though.

Good find.  Will apply.  Thanks.