The parse-options callback for --again soaks up all remaining options by manipulating the parse_opt_ctx's argc and argv fields. Even though it has to look at both, the actual parsing happens via the do_reupdate() helper, which only looks at the argv half (by passing it along to parse_pathspec). So that helper doesn't need to see argc at all. Note that the helper does look at "argv + 1" without confirming that argc is greater than 0. We know this is correct because it is skipping past the actual "--again" string, which will always be present. However, to make what's going on more obvious, let's move that "+1" into the caller, which has the matching "-1" when fixing up the ctx's argc/argv. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- Generate with -U5 so you can see the context I mentioned in reupdate_callback(). builtin/update-index.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c index b62249905f..7b0c924d7d 100644 --- a/builtin/update-index.c +++ b/builtin/update-index.c @@ -730,23 +730,23 @@ static int do_unresolve(int ac, const char **av, free(p); } return err; } -static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av, +static int do_reupdate(const char **paths, const char *prefix) { /* Read HEAD and run update-index on paths that are * merged and already different between index and HEAD. */ int pos; int has_head = 1; struct pathspec pathspec; parse_pathspec(&pathspec, 0, PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD, - prefix, av + 1); + prefix, paths); if (read_ref("HEAD", &head_oid)) /* If there is no HEAD, that means it is an initial * commit. Update everything in the index. */ @@ -968,11 +968,11 @@ static enum parse_opt_result reupdate_callback( BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset); BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg); /* consume remaining arguments. */ setup_work_tree(); - *has_errors = do_reupdate(ctx->argc, ctx->argv, prefix); + *has_errors = do_reupdate(ctx->argv + 1, prefix); if (*has_errors) active_cache_changed = 0; ctx->argv += ctx->argc - 1; ctx->argc = 1; -- 2.38.0.371.g300879f34e