author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | |
Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:01:18 +0000 (00:01 -0600) | ||
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:15:12 +0000 (14:15 -0800) | ||
commit | 1e5ce570ca368b97c8e3b238bb0228c5ca41b494 | |
tree | 8b56df17fd7985bd93d2ff1d5c55b5b7a577962a | tree | snapshot |
parent | 9ca1169fd92c71ebbef92ff18aa5d91a2157d1bd | commit | diff |
parse-options: clearer reporting of API misuse
The PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT flag is meant for options like
--contains that (1) traditionally had a mandatory argument and
(2) have some better behavior to use when appearing in the final
position. It makes no sense to combine this with OPTARG, so ever
since v1.6.4-rc0~71 (parse-options: add parse_options_check to
validate option specs, 2009-07-09) this mistake is flagged with
error: `--option` uses incompatible flags LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG
and an exit status representing an error in commandline usage.
Unfortunately that which might confuse scripters calling such an
erroneous program into thinking the _script_ contains an error.
Clarify that it is an internal error by dying with a message beginning
"error: BUG: ..." and status 128.
While at it, clean up parse_options_check to prepare for more checks.
Long term, it would be nicer to make such checks happen at compile
time.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT flag is meant for options like
--contains that (1) traditionally had a mandatory argument and
(2) have some better behavior to use when appearing in the final
position. It makes no sense to combine this with OPTARG, so ever
since v1.6.4-rc0~71 (parse-options: add parse_options_check to
validate option specs, 2009-07-09) this mistake is flagged with
error: `--option` uses incompatible flags LASTARG_DEFAULT and OPTARG
and an exit status representing an error in commandline usage.
Unfortunately that which might confuse scripters calling such an
erroneous program into thinking the _script_ contains an error.
Clarify that it is an internal error by dying with a message beginning
"error: BUG: ..." and status 128.
While at it, clean up parse_options_check to prepare for more checks.
Long term, it would be nicer to make such checks happen at compile
time.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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