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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index d068a65377..a436b24cc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Options for --parseopt the first non-option argument. This can be used to parse sub-commands that take options themselves. +--stuck-long:: + Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Output the options in their + long form if available, and with their arguments stuck. + Options for Filtering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -285,7 +289,9 @@ Each line of options has this format: `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`. * Use `=` if the option takes an argument. - * Use `?` to mean that the option is optional (though its use is discouraged). + * Use `?` to mean that the option takes an optional argument. You + probably want to use the `--stuck-long` mode to be able to + unambiguously parse the optional argument. * Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as |