parse-options: clarify what "negated" means for PARSE_OPT_NONEG
The documentation says the flag prevents an option from being "negated" without specifying what that means. Add a parenthetical to clarify that it rejects the "--no-<option>" form. Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Michael Montalbo committed
May 12, 2026 at 18:10 UTC
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parse-options.h
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--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ typedef int parse_opt_subcommand_fn(int argc, const char **argv,
* PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optional (not for BOOLEANs)
* PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option does not take an argument
* PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
+ * (i.e. rejects "--no-<option>")
* PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN: this option is skipped in the default usage, and
* shown only in the full usage.
* PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT: says that this option will take the default