parse-options: show negatability of options in short help

Add a "[no-]" prefix to options without the flag PARSE_OPT_NONEG to
document the fact that you can negate them.

This looks a bit strange for options that already start with "no-", e.g.
for the option --no-name of git show-branch:

    --[no-]no-name        suppress naming strings

You can actually use --no-no-name as an alias of --name, so the short
help is not wrong.  If we strip off any of the "no-"s, we lose either
the ability to see if the remaining one belongs to the documented
variant or to see if it can be negated.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
René Scharfe 2023-08-05 16:40:59 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent d5dc68f730
commit e8e5d294dc
7 changed files with 58 additions and 45 deletions

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@ -424,10 +424,10 @@ usage: some-command [<options>] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
-h, --help show the help
--foo some nifty option --foo
--bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument
--baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument
--qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
--[no-]foo some nifty option --foo
--[no-]bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument
--[no-]baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument
--[no-]qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
An option group Header
-C[...] option C with an optional argument

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@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test_expect_success 'shows short help text for -h' '
test_expect_code 129 git subtree -h >out 2>err &&
test_must_be_empty err &&
grep -e "^ *or: git subtree pull" out &&
grep -e --annotate out
grep -F -e "--[no-]annotate" out
'
#

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@ -1137,8 +1137,14 @@ static enum parse_opt_result usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t
}
if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
pos += fprintf(outfile, ", ");
if (opts->long_name)
pos += fprintf(outfile, "--%s", opts->long_name);
if (opts->long_name) {
const char *long_name = opts->long_name;
if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
pos += fprintf(outfile, "--%s", long_name);
else
pos += fprintf(outfile, "--[no-]%s", long_name);
}
if (opts->type == OPTION_NUMBER)
pos += utf8_fprintf(outfile, _("-NUM"));

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@ -13,30 +13,34 @@ usage: test-tool parse-options <options>
A helper function for the parse-options API.
--yes get a boolean
-D, --no-doubt begins with 'no-'
--[no-]yes get a boolean
-D, --[no-]no-doubt begins with 'no-'
-B, --no-fear be brave
-b, --boolean increment by one
-4, --or4 bitwise-or boolean with ...0100
--neg-or4 same as --no-or4
-b, --[no-]boolean increment by one
-4, --[no-]or4 bitwise-or boolean with ...0100
--[no-]neg-or4 same as --no-or4
-i, --integer <n> get a integer
-i, --[no-]integer <n>
get a integer
-j <n> get a integer, too
-m, --magnitude <n> get a magnitude
--set23 set integer to 23
--[no-]set23 set integer to 23
--mode1 set integer to 1 (cmdmode option)
--mode2 set integer to 2 (cmdmode option)
-L, --length <str> get length of <str>
-F, --file <file> set file to <file>
-L, --[no-]length <str>
get length of <str>
-F, --[no-]file <file>
set file to <file>
String options
-s, --string <string> get a string
--string2 <str> get another string
--st <st> get another string (pervert ordering)
-s, --[no-]string <string>
get a string
--[no-]string2 <str> get another string
--[no-]st <st> get another string (pervert ordering)
-o <str> get another string
--longhelp help text of this entry
spans multiple lines
--list <str> add str to list
--[no-]list <str> add str to list
Magic arguments
-NUM set integer to NUM
@ -45,16 +49,17 @@ Magic arguments
--no-ambiguous negative ambiguity
Standard options
--abbrev[=<n>] use <n> digits to display object names
-v, --verbose be verbose
-n, --dry-run dry run
-q, --quiet be quiet
--expect <string> expected output in the variable dump
--[no-]abbrev[=<n>] use <n> digits to display object names
-v, --[no-]verbose be verbose
-n, --[no-]dry-run dry run
-q, --[no-]quiet be quiet
--[no-]expect <string>
expected output in the variable dump
Alias
-A, --alias-source <string>
-A, --[no-]alias-source <string>
get a string
-Z, --alias-target <string>
-Z, --[no-]alias-target <string>
alias of --alias-source
EOF

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@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test --parseopt help-all output hidden switches' '
|
| some-command does foo and bar!
|
| --hidden1 A hidden switch
| --[no-]hidden1 A hidden switch
|
|EOF
END_EXPECT

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@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ usage: some-command [options] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
--foo can be negated
--no-bar can be positivated
--[no-]foo can be negated
--[no-]no-bar can be positivated
--positive-only cannot be negated
--no-negative cannot be positivated

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@ -4,31 +4,33 @@ usage: some-command [options] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
-h, --help show the help
--foo some nifty option --foo
--bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument
-b, --baz a short and long option
--[no-]foo some nifty option --foo
--[no-]bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument
-b, --[no-]baz a short and long option
An option group Header
-C[...] option C with an optional argument
-d, --data[=...] short and long option with an optional argument
-d, --[no-]data[=...] short and long option with an optional argument
Argument hints
-B <arg> short option required argument
--bar2 <arg> long option required argument
-e, --fuz <with-space>
--[no-]bar2 <arg> long option required argument
-e, --[no-]fuz <with-space>
short and long option required argument
-s[<some>] short option optional argument
--long[=<data>] long option optional argument
-g, --fluf[=<path>] short and long option optional argument
--longest <very-long-argument-hint>
--[no-]long[=<data>] long option optional argument
-g, --[no-]fluf[=<path>]
short and long option optional argument
--[no-]longest <very-long-argument-hint>
a very long argument hint
--pair <key=value> with an equals sign in the hint
--aswitch help te=t contains? fl*g characters!`
--bswitch <hint> hint has trailing tab character
--cswitch switch has trailing tab character
--short-hint <a> with a one symbol hint
--[no-]pair <key=value>
with an equals sign in the hint
--[no-]aswitch help te=t contains? fl*g characters!`
--[no-]bswitch <hint> hint has trailing tab character
--[no-]cswitch switch has trailing tab character
--[no-]short-hint <a> with a one symbol hint
Extras
--extra1 line above used to cause a segfault but no longer does
--[no-]extra1 line above used to cause a segfault but no longer does
EOF