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parse-options: add PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP for complicated argh's
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Usually, the argh element in struct option points at a placeholder value
(e.g. "val"), and is shown in the usage message as

    --option=<val>

by enclosing the string inside of angle brackets.

When the option is more complex (e.g. optional arguments separated by a
comma), you would want to produce a usage message that looks like

    --option=<val1>[,<val2>]

In such a case, the caller can pass a string to argh with placeholders
already enclosed in necessary angle brackets (e.g.  "<val1>[,<val2>]")
and set this flag.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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bebarino authored and gitster committed May 23, 2009
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26 changes: 17 additions & 9 deletions parse-options.c
Expand Up @@ -361,6 +361,20 @@ int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
return parse_options_end(&ctx);
}

static int usage_argh(const struct option *opts)
{
const char *s;
int literal = opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP;
if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
if (opts->long_name)
s = literal ? "[=%s]" : "[=<%s>]";
else
s = literal ? "[%s]" : "[<%s>]";
else
s = literal ? " %s" : " <%s>";
return fprintf(stderr, s, opts->argh);
}

#define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
#define USAGE_GAP 2

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break;
/* FALLTHROUGH */
case OPTION_STRING:
if (opts->argh) {
if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
if (opts->long_name)
pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
else
pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
else
pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
} else {
if (opts->argh)
pos += usage_argh(opts);
else {
if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
if (opts->long_name)
pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions parse-options.h
Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum parse_opt_option_flags {
PARSE_OPT_NONEG = 4,
PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN = 8,
PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT = 16,
PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP = 64,
};

struct option;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
* PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
* PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
* the long one.
* PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP: says that argh shouldn't be enclosed in brackets
* (i.e. '<argh>') in the help message.
* Useful for options with multiple parameters.
*
* `callback`::
* pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK.
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