In kindergarten, we were taught to say "please" when asking another person to do something for us. With this, git understands:
$ git, please commit
Signed-off-by: Sloof Lirpa <sitemaster@cox.net> --- git.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Show changes to git.c +11 −3
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c index 5b1bc2a..7909fd3 100644 --- a/git.c +++ b/git.c @@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc) while (*argc > 0) { const char *cmd = (*argv)[0]; - if (cmd[0] != '-') + + /* + * Additional "human friendly" options do not begin + * with '-'. + */ + if (!strcmp(cmd, "please")) + ; /* no-op */ + + else if (cmd[0] != '-') break; /* @@ -42,13 +50,13 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc) * commands can be written with "--" prepended * to make them look like flags. */ - if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version")) + else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version")) break; /* * Check remaining flags. */ - if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--exec-path")) { + else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--exec-path")) { cmd += 11; if (*cmd == '=') git_set_exec_path(cmd + 1);
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