Hi Junio, On Wed, 23 Feb 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote: > [...] the parse-options bit I am not sure about (read: I do not have a > strong objection, but I do have to wonder if there is a better way to > achieve the goal) [...] After spending a lot of time to try to make it work, I realized that it's in the name of `parse_options()` that it's not a `handle_subcommand()` API. So yes, I agree there is probably a better way (and e.g. `git bundle` and `scalar` would benefit from it, too): designing a proper API for handling subcommands. That's safely outside the scope of the patch series, of course. > Will queue. Thanks, Dscho