Merge branch 'ew/keepalive' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / technical / api-parse-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index c5d141cd63d15e97dd4b4777c30dccb57d430782..4b92514f60d65232e955cd5dddbeb5318add7274 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -118,13 +118,16 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
 `OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`.
 
-`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-n, \--dry-run`.
 
-`OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__FORCE(&int_var, description)`::
+       Add `-f, \--force`.
+
+`OPT__QUIET(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-q, \--quiet`.
 
-`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-v, \--verbose`.
 
 `OPT_GROUP(description)`::
@@ -132,9 +135,14 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        describes the group or an empty string.
        Start the description with an upper-case letter.
 
-`OPT_BOOLEAN(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
-       Introduce a boolean option.
-       `int_var` is incremented on each use.
+`OPT_BOOL(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce a boolean option. `int_var` is set to one with
+       `--option` and set to zero with `--no-option`.
+
+`OPT_COUNTUP(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce a count-up option.
+       `int_var` is incremented on each use of `--option`, and
+       reset to zero with `--no-option`.
 
 `OPT_BIT(short, long, &int_var, description, mask)`::
        Introduce a boolean option.
@@ -145,8 +153,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        If used, `int_var` is bitwise-anded with the inverted `mask`.
 
 `OPT_SET_INT(short, long, &int_var, description, integer)`::
-       Introduce a boolean option.
-       If used, set `int_var` to `integer`.
+       Introduce an integer option.
+       `int_var` is set to `integer` with `--option`, and
+       reset to zero with `--no-option`.
 
 `OPT_SET_PTR(short, long, &ptr_var, description, ptr)`::
        Introduce a boolean option.
@@ -195,6 +204,11 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager,
        0 otherwise.
 
+`OPT_NOOP_NOARG(short, long)`::
+       Introduce an option that has no effect and takes no arguments.
+       Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized
+       and ignored silently.
+
 
 The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.