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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 1f2db31312..85d10abb04 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized and ignored silently. +`OPT_PASSTHRU(short, long, &char_var, arg_str, description, flags)`:: + Introduce an option that will be reconstructed into a char* string, + which must be initialized to NULL. This is useful when you need to + pass the command-line option to another command. Any previous value + will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where + the last one specified on the command line wins. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. |