git: avoid magic number with skip_prefix
After handling options, any leftover arguments should be
commands. However, we pass through "--help" and "--version",
so that we convert them into "git help" and "git version"
respectively.
This is a straightforward use of skip_prefix to avoid a
magic number, but while we are there, it is worth adding a
comment to explain this otherwise confusing behavior.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index b2bb09e..1537f00 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@
argc--;
handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
if (argc > 0) {
- if (starts_with(argv[0], "--"))
- argv[0] += 2;
+ /* translate --help and --version into commands */
+ skip_prefix(argv[0], "--", &argv[0]);
} else {
/* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
commit_pager_choice();
