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authorLibravatar Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>2013-04-18 09:46:35 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-18 09:30:28 -0700
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parentgit-gc.txt, git-reflog.txt: document new expiry options (diff)
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api-parse-options.txt: document "no-" for non-boolean options
Document that the "no-" prefix can also be used for non-boolean options. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ The parse-options API allows:
* Boolean long options can be 'negated' (or 'unset') by prepending
`no-`, e.g. `--no-abbrev` instead of `--abbrev`. Conversely,
options that begin with `no-` can be 'negated' by removing it.
+ Other long options can be unset (e.g., set string to NULL, set
+ integer to 0) by prepending `no-`.
* Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the `--`
option, e.g. `-a -b --option -- --this-is-a-file` indicates that