parse-options: introduce OPT_HIDDEN_GROUP

Hidden options are not shown by `git <cmd> -h`, but are still shown by
`git <cmd> --help-all`. If there are a lot of hidden options or if they
don't belong to the same categories as other options, there is
currently no way to properly group them.

Using `OPT_GROUP("Foo")` means that "Foo" will always be shown which we
don't want if that group contains only hidden options.

To provide a way to have groups shown only when hidden options are
shown, let's implement an OPT_HIDDEN_GROUP macro.

To test this new macro, let's also improve `test-tool parse-options`
and test its output with `--help-all`.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Christian Couder 2026-07-16 18:55:11 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent d35c5399e3
commit e8529cc8da
4 changed files with 35 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -1404,6 +1404,8 @@ static enum parse_opt_result usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t

if (opts->type == OPTION_SUBCOMMAND)
continue;
if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
continue;
if (opts->type == OPTION_GROUP) {
fputc('\n', outfile);
need_newline = 0;
@ -1411,8 +1413,6 @@ static enum parse_opt_result usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t
fprintf(outfile, "%s\n", _(opts->help));
continue;
}
if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
continue;

if (need_newline) {
fputc('\n', outfile);

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@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ struct option {
.type = OPTION_GROUP, \
.help = (h), \
}
#define OPT_HIDDEN_GROUP(h) { \
.type = OPTION_GROUP, \
.help = (h), \
.flags = PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN, \
}
#define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b) OPT_BIT_F(s, l, v, h, b, 0)
#define OPT_BITOP(s, l, v, h, set, clear) { \
.type = OPTION_BITOP, \

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@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv)
OPT_GROUP("Alias"),
OPT_STRING('A', "alias-source", &string, "string", "get a string"),
OPT_ALIAS('Z', "alias-target", "alias-source"),
OPT_HIDDEN_GROUP("Hidden options"),
OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "hidden-bool", &boolean, "get a boolean"),
OPT_INTEGER_F('k', "hidden-integer", &integer, "get a integer",
PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
OPT_END(),
};
int ret = 0;

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='our own option parser'

. ./test-lib.sh

cat >expect <<\EOF
cat >expect-part1 <<\EOF
usage: test-tool parse-options <options>

A helper function for the parse-options API.
@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ String options
--[no-]string2 <str> get another string
--[no-]st <st> get another string (pervert ordering)
-o <str> get another string
EOF

cat >expect-part2 <<\EOF
--longhelp help text of this entry
spans multiple lines
--[no-]list <str> add str to list
@ -67,12 +70,32 @@ Alias

EOF

cat >expect-noop <<\EOF
--[no-]obsolete no-op (backward compatibility)
EOF

cat >expect-hidden <<\EOF
Hidden options
--[no-]hidden-bool get a boolean
-k, --[no-]hidden-integer <n>
get a integer

EOF

test_expect_success 'test help' '
cat expect-part1 expect-part2 >expect &&
test_must_fail test-tool parse-options -h >output 2>output.err &&
test_must_be_empty output.err &&
test_cmp expect output
'

test_expect_success 'test --help-all shows hidden group and options' '
cat expect-part1 expect-noop expect-part2 expect-hidden >expect-help-all &&
test_must_fail test-tool parse-options --help-all >output 2>output.err &&
test_must_be_empty output.err &&
test_cmp expect-help-all output
'

mv expect expect.err

check () {