Re: [PATCH] upload-pack.c: use of parse-options API

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On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:10:31PM +0200, Antoine Queru wrote:

> > I'm not sure whether it is worth hiding the first two options. We
> > typically hide "internal" options like this for user-facing programs, so
> > as not to clutter the "-h" output. But upload-pack isn't a user-facing
> > program. Anybody who is calling it directly with "-h" may be interested
> > in even its more esoteric options.
> 
> In fact, to do this, I looked at builtin/receive-pack.c, where the parser API
> was already implemented, and these first two options were hidden. There were 
> also no description for any options, so I thought it was not needed. Maybe we 
> could update this file too ?

Yeah, I don't think it's that bad to hide them, and perhaps consistency
with receive-pack is better. AFAICT, descriptions for hidden options are
pointless; they are never shown (in fact, it seems like OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL
probably shouldn't even take such an option?).

But the non-hidden options _do_ need non-NULL descriptions.

-Peff
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