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+#ifndef PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+#define PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+
+enum parse_opt_type {
+ /* special types */
+ OPTION_END,
+ OPTION_ARGUMENT,
+ OPTION_GROUP,
+ /* options with no arguments */
+ OPTION_BIT,
+ OPTION_BOOLEAN, /* _INCR would have been a better name */
+ OPTION_SET_INT,
+ OPTION_SET_PTR,
+ /* options with arguments (usually) */
+ OPTION_STRING,
+ OPTION_INTEGER,
+ OPTION_CALLBACK,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_flags {
+ PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH = 1,
+ PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION = 2,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_option_flags {
+ PARSE_OPT_OPTARG = 1,
+ PARSE_OPT_NOARG = 2,
+ PARSE_OPT_NONEG = 4,
+ PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN = 8,
+};
+
+struct option;
+typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
+
+/*
+ * `type`::
+ * holds the type of the option, you must have an OPTION_END last in your
+ * array.
+ *
+ * `short_name`::
+ * the character to use as a short option name, '\0' if none.
+ *
+ * `long_name`::
+ * the long option name, without the leading dashes, NULL if none.
+ *
+ * `value`::
+ * stores pointers to the values to be filled.
+ *
+ * `argh`::
+ * token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Keep it
+ * homogenous across the repository.
+ *
+ * `help`::
+ * the short help associated to what the option does.
+ * Must never be NULL (except for OPTION_END).
+ * OPTION_GROUP uses this pointer to store the group header.
+ *
+ * `flags`::
+ * mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
+ * PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optionnal (not for BOOLEANs)
+ * PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
+ * PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
+ * PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
+ * the long one.
+ *
+ * `callback`::
+ * pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK.
+ *
+ * `defval`::
+ * default value to fill (*->value) with for PARSE_OPT_OPTARG.
+ * OPTION_{BIT,SET_INT,SET_PTR} store the {mask,integer,pointer} to put in
+ * the value when met.
+ * CALLBACKS can use it like they want.
+ */
+struct option {
+ enum parse_opt_type type;
+ int short_name;
+ const char *long_name;
+ void *value;
+ const char *argh;
+ const char *help;
+
+ int flags;
+ parse_opt_cb *callback;
+ intptr_t defval;
+};
+
+#define OPT_END() { OPTION_END }
+#define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h) { OPTION_ARGUMENT, 0, (l), NULL, NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_GROUP(h) { OPTION_GROUP, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b) { OPTION_BIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (b) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h) { OPTION_BOOLEAN, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i) { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (i) }
+#define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p) { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (p) }
+#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h) { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h) { OPTION_STRING, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
+#define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "time",(h), 0, \
+ parse_opt_approxidate_cb }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h), 0, (f) }
+
+/* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
+ * non-option argments in argv[].
+ * Returns the number of arguments left in argv[].
+ */
+extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
+ const struct option *options,
+ const char * const usagestr[], int flags);
+
+extern NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
+ const struct option *options);
+
+/*----- some often used options -----*/
+extern int parse_opt_abbrev_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+extern int parse_opt_approxidate_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+
+#define OPT__VERBOSE(var) OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), "be verbose")
+#define OPT__QUIET(var) OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", (var), "be quiet")
+#define OPT__DRY_RUN(var) OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "dry-run", (var), "dry run")
+#define OPT__ABBREV(var) \
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "abbrev", (var), "n", \
+ "use <n> digits to display SHA-1s", \
+ PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &parse_opt_abbrev_cb, 0 }
+
+#endif