api-parse-options.txt: document "no-" for non-boolean options
Document that the "no-" prefix can also be used for non-boolean options. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ The parse-options API allows:
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* Boolean long options can be 'negated' (or 'unset') by prepending
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`no-`, e.g. `--no-abbrev` instead of `--abbrev`. Conversely,
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options that begin with `no-` can be 'negated' by removing it.
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+ Other long options can be unset (e.g., set string to NULL, set
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+ integer to 0) by prepending `no-`.
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* Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the `--`
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option, e.g. `-a -b --option -- --this-is-a-file` indicates that