--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Johannes Schindelin
+#
+
+test_description='our own option parser'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+cat > expect.err << EOF
+usage: test-parse-options <options>
+
+ -b, --boolean get a boolean
+ -i, --integer <n> get a integer
+ -j <n> get a integer, too
+
+string options
+ -s, --string <string>
+ get a string
+ --string2 <str> get another string
+
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'test help' '
+ ! test-parse-options -h > output 2> output.err &&
+ test ! -s output &&
+ git diff expect.err output.err
+'
+
+cat > expect << EOF
+boolean: 2
+integer: 1729
+string: 123
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'short options' '
+ test-parse-options -s123 -b -i 1729 -b > output 2> output.err &&
+ git diff expect output &&
+ test ! -s output.err
+'
+cat > expect << EOF
+boolean: 2
+integer: 1729
+string: 321
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'long options' '
+ test-parse-options --boolean --integer 1729 --boolean --string2=321 \
+ > output 2> output.err &&
+ test ! -s output.err &&
+ git diff expect output
+'
+
+cat > expect << EOF
+boolean: 1
+integer: 13
+string: 123
+arg 00: a1
+arg 01: b1
+arg 02: --boolean
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'intermingled arguments' '
+ test-parse-options a1 --string 123 b1 --boolean -j 13 -- --boolean \
+ > output 2> output.err &&
+ test ! -s output.err &&
+ git diff expect output
+'
+
+test_done
--- /dev/null
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+
+static int boolean = 0;
+static int integer = 0;
+static char *string = NULL;
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ const char *usage[] = {
+ "test-parse-options <options>",
+ NULL
+ };
+ struct option options[] = {
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "boolean", &boolean, "get a boolean"),
+ OPT_INTEGER('i', "integer", &integer, "get a integer"),
+ OPT_INTEGER('j', NULL, &integer, "get a integer, too"),
+ OPT_GROUP("string options"),
+ OPT_STRING('s', "string", &string, "string", "get a string"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "string2", &string, "str", "get another string"),
+ OPT_END(),
+ };
+ int i;
+
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, usage, 0);
+
+ printf("boolean: %d\n", boolean);
+ printf("integer: %d\n", integer);
+ printf("string: %s\n", string ? string : "(not set)");
+
+ for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+ printf("arg %02d: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
+
+ return 0;
+}