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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt6
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 50f9e9ac17..312e3b2e2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
`OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`::
Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`.
+`OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`::
+ Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`.
+
`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`::
Add `-n, \--dry-run`.
@@ -183,6 +186,15 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
arguments. Short options that happen to be digits take
precedence over it.
+`OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+ Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can
+ have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto". If the
+ argument is not given, it defaults to "always". The `--no-` form
+ works like `--long=never`; it cannot take an argument. If
+ "always", set `int_var` to 1; if "never", set `int_var` to 0; if
+ "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager,
+ 0 otherwise.
+
The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index 293bb15d20..6d8c24bb1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`.
`unsorted_string_list_has_string`::
It's like `string_list_has_string()` but for unsorted lists.
+
+`unsorted_string_list_lookup`::
+
+ It's like `string_list_lookup()` but for unsorted lists.
+
-This function needs to look through all items, as opposed to its
+The above two functions need to look through all items, as opposed to their
counterpart for sorted lists, which performs a binary search.
Data structures