Merge branch 'sc/difftool-skip'

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 50f9e9ac1708f3f754023c1bb60416adc9c73c74..4b92514f60d65232e955cd5dddbeb5318add7274 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -115,13 +115,19 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
 `OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`::
        Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`.
 
-`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`::
+       Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`.
+
+`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-n, \--dry-run`.
 
-`OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__FORCE(&int_var, description)`::
+       Add `-f, \--force`.
+
+`OPT__QUIET(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-q, \--quiet`.
 
-`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var, description)`::
        Add `-v, \--verbose`.
 
 `OPT_GROUP(description)`::
@@ -129,9 +135,14 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        describes the group or an empty string.
        Start the description with an upper-case letter.
 
-`OPT_BOOLEAN(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
-       Introduce a boolean option.
-       `int_var` is incremented on each use.
+`OPT_BOOL(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce a boolean option. `int_var` is set to one with
+       `--option` and set to zero with `--no-option`.
+
+`OPT_COUNTUP(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce a count-up option.
+       `int_var` is incremented on each use of `--option`, and
+       reset to zero with `--no-option`.
 
 `OPT_BIT(short, long, &int_var, description, mask)`::
        Introduce a boolean option.
@@ -142,8 +153,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        If used, `int_var` is bitwise-anded with the inverted `mask`.
 
 `OPT_SET_INT(short, long, &int_var, description, integer)`::
-       Introduce a boolean option.
-       If used, set `int_var` to `integer`.
+       Introduce an integer option.
+       `int_var` is set to `integer` with `--option`, and
+       reset to zero with `--no-option`.
 
 `OPT_SET_PTR(short, long, &ptr_var, description, ptr)`::
        Introduce a boolean option.
@@ -183,13 +195,27 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        arguments.  Short options that happen to be digits take
        precedence over it.
 
+`OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can
+       have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto".  If the
+       argument is not given, it defaults to "always".  The `--no-` form
+       works like `--long=never`; it cannot take an argument.  If
+       "always", set `int_var` to 1; if "never", set `int_var` to 0; if
+       "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager,
+       0 otherwise.
+
+`OPT_NOOP_NOARG(short, long)`::
+       Introduce an option that has no effect and takes no arguments.
+       Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized
+       and ignored silently.
+
 
 The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.
 
 If not stated otherwise, interpret the arguments as follows:
 
 * `short` is a character for the short option
-  (e.g. `\'e\'` for `-e`, use `0` to omit),
+  (e.g. `{apostrophe}e{apostrophe}` for `-e`, use `0` to omit),
 
 * `long` is a string for the long option
   (e.g. `"example"` for `\--example`, use `NULL` to omit),
@@ -216,10 +242,10 @@ The function must be defined in this form:
 The callback mechanism is as follows:
 
 * Inside `func`, the only interesting member of the structure
-  given by `opt` is the void pointer `opt->value`.
-  `\*opt->value` will be the value that is saved into `var`, if you
+  given by `opt` is the void pointer `opt\->value`.
+  `\*opt\->value` will be the value that is saved into `var`, if you
   use `OPT_CALLBACK()`.
-  For example, do `*(unsigned long *)opt->value = 42;` to get 42
+  For example, do `*(unsigned long *)opt\->value = 42;` to get 42
   into an `unsigned long` variable.
 
 * Return value `0` indicates success and non-zero return