Allow an alias to start with "-p"

Now, something like

	[alias]
		pd = -p diff

works as expected.

[jc: a follow-up fix from Jeff King folded in.]

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index ee5a0e86a71119b5ac11c351a982e31c87649a15..c0bd19d0ef2f44608425e35b6e80ff1baef31564 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -35,6 +35,27 @@ static void prepend_to_path(const char *dir, int len)
        setenv("PATH", path, 1);
 }
 
+static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc)
+{
+       int handled = 0;
+
+       while (*argc > 0) {
+               const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
+               if (cmd[0] != '-')
+                       break;
+
+               if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
+                       setup_pager();
+               } else
+                       die ("Unknown option: %s", cmd);
+
+               (*argv)++;
+               (*argc)--;
+               handled++;
+       }
+       return handled;
+}
+
 static const char *alias_command;
 static char *alias_string = NULL;
 
@@ -106,7 +127,7 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 
        subdir = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
        if (!nongit) {
-               int count;
+               int count, option_count;
                const char** new_argv;
 
                alias_command = (*argv)[0];
@@ -114,6 +135,10 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
                if (alias_string) {
 
                        count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
+                       option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count);
+                       memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
+                                       count * sizeof(char *));
+                       new_argv -= option_count;
 
                        if (count < 1)
                                die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
@@ -273,13 +298,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 
        /* Look for flags.. */
        while (argc > 1) {
-               cmd = *++argv;
+               argv++;
                argc--;
 
-               if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
-                       setup_pager();
-                       continue;
-               }
+               handle_options(&argv, &argc);
+
+               cmd = *argv;
 
                if (strncmp(cmd, "--", 2))
                        break;