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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt6
-rw-r--r--parse-options-cb.c20
-rw-r--r--parse-options.h3
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 85d10abb04..0b0ab019b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where
the last one specified on the command line wins.
+`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)`::
+ Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will
+ be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to
+ pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times,
+ to another command.
+
The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.
diff --git a/parse-options-cb.c b/parse-options-cb.c
index 68bc593341..5ab6ed6b08 100644
--- a/parse-options-cb.c
+++ b/parse-options-cb.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include "commit.h"
#include "color.h"
#include "string-list.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
/*----- some often used options -----*/
@@ -183,3 +184,22 @@ int parse_opt_passthru(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
return 0;
}
+
+/**
+ * For an option opt, recreate the command-line option, appending it to
+ * opt->value which must be a argv_array. This is useful when we need to pass
+ * the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times, to another
+ * command.
+ */
+int parse_opt_passthru_argv(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ static struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct argv_array *opt_value = opt->value;
+
+ if (recreate_opt(&sb, opt, arg, unset) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ argv_array_push(opt_value, sb.buf);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 5b0f8860fd..aba066881e 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ extern int parse_opt_tertiary(const struct option *, const char *, int);
extern int parse_opt_string_list(const struct option *, const char *, int);
extern int parse_opt_noop_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
extern int parse_opt_passthru(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+extern int parse_opt_passthru_argv(const struct option *, const char *, int);
#define OPT__VERBOSE(var, h) OPT_COUNTUP('v', "verbose", (var), (h))
#define OPT__QUIET(var, h) OPT_COUNTUP('q', "quiet", (var), (h))
@@ -245,5 +246,7 @@ extern int parse_opt_passthru(const struct option *, const char *, int);
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), N_("style"), (h), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parseopt_column_callback }
#define OPT_PASSTHRU(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h), (f), parse_opt_passthru }
+#define OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h), (f), parse_opt_passthru_argv }
#endif