[PATCH] commands: help: ignore options after first regular argument
Sascha Hauer
sha at pengutronix.de
Wed Jun 14 07:21:37 PDT 2023
On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:02:31AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> If some-command -n foo bar -v fails, it would be nice to be able to
> just stick help in front of the command to get help text. This doesn't
> work currently, because getopt called for help will complain about not
> knowing some-command's options. Fix this by only parsing help options up
> to the first non-option argument (i.e. one that doesn't start with `-').
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> commands/help.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Just prefix with "help -- " instead of "help "
Sascha
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