git-cat-file: Make option parsing a little more flexible

diff --git a/builtin-cat-file.c b/builtin-cat-file.c
index 34a63d128078052c9e870faf676a1bab591abf1b..a76bb16b49d320cfe09b19e612382fb9b146553c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin-cat-file.c
@@ -143,23 +143,41 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
        return 0;
 }
 
+static const char cat_file_usage[] = "git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>";
+
 int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-       int opt;
-       const char *exp_type, *obj_name;
+       int i, opt = 0;
+       const char *exp_type = NULL, *obj_name = NULL;
 
        git_config(git_default_config);
-       if (argc != 3)
-               usage("git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>");
-       exp_type = argv[1];
-       obj_name = argv[2];
-
-       opt = 0;
-       if ( exp_type[0] == '-' ) {
-               opt = exp_type[1];
-               if ( !opt || exp_type[2] )
-                       opt = -1; /* Not a single character option */
+
+       for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+               const char *arg = argv[i];
+
+               if (!strcmp(arg, "-t") || !strcmp(arg, "-s") || !strcmp(arg, "-e") || !strcmp(arg, "-p")) {
+                       exp_type = arg;
+                       opt = exp_type[1];
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (arg[0] == '-')
+                       usage(cat_file_usage);
+
+               if (!exp_type) {
+                       exp_type = arg;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (obj_name)
+                       usage(cat_file_usage);
+
+               obj_name = arg;
+               break;
        }
 
+       if (!exp_type || !obj_name)
+               usage(cat_file_usage);
+
        return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name);
 }