On Mon, Jul 25 2022, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > Several Git commands have subcommands to implement mutually exclusive > "operation modes", and they usually parse their subcommand argument > with a bunch of if-else if statements. I'll need do look this over in more details, just some comments on the non-meaty parts for now: > diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c > index 02e39420b6..a9fe8cf7a6 100644 > --- a/builtin/blame.c > +++ b/builtin/blame.c > @@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > break; > case PARSE_OPT_HELP: > case PARSE_OPT_ERROR: > + case PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND: > exit(129); > case PARSE_OPT_COMPLETE: > exit(0); > diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c > index 086dfee45a..7a1e1fe7c0 100644 > --- a/builtin/shortlog.c > +++ b/builtin/shortlog.c > @@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ int cmd_shortlog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > break; > case PARSE_OPT_HELP: > case PARSE_OPT_ERROR: > + case PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND: > exit(129); > case PARSE_OPT_COMPLETE: > exit(0); This feels a bit like carrying forward an API wart, i.e. shouldn't we instead BUG() if we are returning a PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND from parse_options_step() for options lists that don't have PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND in them? I.e. is this even reachable, or just something to suppress the compiler complaining about missing enum labels? > static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options) > { > if (strlen(arg) < 3) > @@ -442,6 +457,7 @@ static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options) > static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts) > { > char short_opts[128]; > + void *subcommand_value = NULL; > > memset(short_opts, '\0', sizeof(short_opts)); > for (; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) { > @@ -489,6 +505,14 @@ static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts) > "Are you using parse_options_step() directly?\n" > "That case is not supported yet."); > break; > + case OPTION_SUBCOMMAND: > + if (!opts->value || !opts->subcommand_fn) > + optbug(opts, "OPTION_SUBCOMMAND needs a value and a subcommand function"); > + if (!subcommand_value) > + subcommand_value = opts->value; > + else if (subcommand_value != opts->value) > + optbug(opts, "all OPTION_SUBCOMMANDs need the same value"); > + break; > default: > ; /* ok. (usually accepts an argument) */ > } This addition looks good... > @@ -499,6 +523,14 @@ static void parse_options_check(const struct option *opts) > BUG_if_bug("invalid 'struct option'"); > } > > +static int has_subcommands(const struct option *options) > +{ > + for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) > + if (options->type == OPTION_SUBCOMMAND) > + return 1; > + return 0; > +} ...but why not... > static void parse_options_start_1(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, > int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, > const struct option *options, > @@ -515,6 +547,19 @@ static void parse_options_start_1(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, > ctx->prefix = prefix; > ctx->cpidx = ((flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0) != 0); > ctx->flags = flags; > + ctx->has_subcommands = has_subcommands(options); > + if (!ctx->has_subcommands && (flags & PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL)) > + BUG("Using PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL without subcommands"); > + if (ctx->has_subcommands) { > + if (flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION) > + BUG("subcommands are incompatible with PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION"); > + if (!(flags & PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL)) { > + if (flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT) > + BUG("subcommands are incompatible with PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN unless in combination with PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL"); > + if (flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH) > + BUG("subcommands are incompatible with PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH unless in combination with PARSE_OPT_SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONAL"); > + } > + } ...move this into parse_options_check()? I.e. we'd need to loop over the list once, but it seems like this should belong there. We have an existing bug in-tree due to usage_with_options() not doing a parse_options_check() (I have a local fix...), checking this sort of thing there instead of in parse_options_start() is therefore the right thing to do, i.e. we shoudl have a one-stop "does this options variable look sane?". > + error(_("unknown subcommand: %s"), arg); s/%s/'%s'/ while we're at it, perhaps? > + usage_with_options(usagestr, options); > + case PARSE_OPT_COMPLETE: > + case PARSE_OPT_HELP: > + case PARSE_OPT_ERROR: > + case PARSE_OPT_DONE: > + case PARSE_OPT_NON_OPTION: > + BUG("parse_subcommand() cannot return these"); nit: BUG("got bad %d", v) or whatever, i.e. say what we got? > @@ -206,6 +217,11 @@ struct option { > #define OPT_ALIAS(s, l, source_long_name) \ > { OPTION_ALIAS, (s), (l), (source_long_name) } > > +#define OPT_SUBCOMMAND(l, v, fn) { OPTION_SUBCOMMAND, 0, (l), (v), NULL, \ > + NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, (fn) } > +#define OPT_SUBCOMMAND_F(l, v, fn, f) { OPTION_SUBCOMMAND, 0, (l), (v), NULL, \ > + NULL, (f), NULL, 0, NULL, 0, (fn) } Nit, I know you're carrying forward existing patterns, but since that all pre-dated designated init perhaps we could just (untested): #define OPT_SUBCOMMAND_F(l, v, fn, f) { \ .type = OPTION_SUBCOMMAND, \ .long_name = (l), \ .value = (v), \ .ll_callback = (fn), \ } #define OPT_SUBCOMMAND(l, v, fn) OPT_SUBCOMMAND_F((l), (v), (fn), 0) Which IMO is much nicer. I have some patches somewhere to convert these to saner patterns (I think not designated init, but the X() can be defined in terms of X_F() like that, but since this is new we can use designated init all the way... > +{ > + int i; Nit: missing \n (usual style of variable decl); > + error("'cmd' is mandatory"); > + usage_with_options(usage, test_flag_options); nit: I think you want usage_msg_optf() or usage_msg_opt(). > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - no subcommand shows error and usage' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd 2>err && > + grep "^error: need a subcommand" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - subcommand after -- shows error and usage' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd -- subcmd-one 2>err && > + grep "^error: need a subcommand" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - subcommand after --end-of-options shows error and usage' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd --end-of-options subcmd-one 2>err && > + grep "^error: need a subcommand" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - unknown subcommand shows error and usage' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd nope 2>err && > + grep "^error: unknown subcommand: nope" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - subcommands cannot be abbreviated' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd subcmd-o 2>err && > + grep "^error: unknown subcommand: subcmd-o$" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - no negated subcommands' ' > + test_expect_code 129 test-tool parse-subcommand cmd no-subcmd-one 2>err && > + grep "^error: unknown subcommand: no-subcmd-one" err && > + grep ^usage: err > +' Creating a trivial helper for this seems worthile, then something like: that_helper "expected error here" -- arg u ments to test-tool parse-subcommand > +test_expect_success 'subcommand - simple' ' > + test-tool parse-subcommand cmd subcmd-two >actual && > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + opt: 0 > + fn: subcmd_two > + arg 00: subcmd-two > + EOF > + test_cmp expect actual > +' Ditto, perhaps? I.e. new_hepler arg u ments <<-\EOF expected goes here EOF