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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web•de>
Cc: Git List <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH] parse-options: allow omitting option help text
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:19:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr0nnjisv.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b08dc43-621d-2170-c4a6-c2aac33a9a19@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:06:00 +0200")

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web•de> writes:

> 1b68387e02 (builtin/receive-pack.c: use parse_options API, 2016-03-02)
> added the options --stateless-rpc, --advertise-refs and
> --reject-thin-pack-for-testing with a NULL `help` string; 03831ef7b5
> (difftool: implement the functionality in the builtin, 2017-01-19)
> similarly added the "helpless" option --prompt.  Presumably this was
> done because all four options are hidden and self-explanatory.
>
> They cause a NULL pointer dereference when using the option --help-all
> with their respective tool, though.

Good find.  Will apply.  Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2023-08-28 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-26  8:06 PATCH] parse-options: allow omitting option help text René Scharfe
2023-08-28 15:19 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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