From 30462a7483c0acf77fab6364a3f505d16b650f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:13:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] gitcli: parse-options lets you omit tail of long options Describe the behaviour, but do warn people against taking it too literally and expect an abbreviation valid today will stay valid forever. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index f6ba90c2d..3bc1500ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ENHANCED OPTION PARSER From the git 1.5.4 series and further, many git commands (not all of them at the time of the writing though) come with an enhanced option parser. -Here is an exhaustive list of the facilities provided by this option parser. +Here is a list of the facilities provided by this option parser. Magic Options @@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ options. This means that you can for example use `git rm -rf` or `git clean -fdx`. +Abbreviating long options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Commands that support the enhanced option parser accepts unique +prefix of a long option as if it is fully spelled out, but use this +with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you +typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version +of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix, +e.g `git commit --amenity" option. + + Separating argument from the option ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can write the mandatory option parameter to an option as a separate -- 2.26.2