Merge branch 'kb/ancestry-path-threedots'

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 3062389404e2d4b5f45fa7f5a324e65f933e08b0..1317db4d6ca798c0ffa5150a7373c37b5599ecd9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 parse-options API
 =================
 
-The parse-options API is used to parse and massage options in git
+The parse-options API is used to parse and massage options in Git
 and to provide a usage help with consistent look.
 
 Basics
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ The parse-options API allows:
 * Boolean long options can be 'negated' (or 'unset') by prepending
   `no-`, e.g. `--no-abbrev` instead of `--abbrev`. Conversely,
   options that begin with `no-` can be 'negated' by removing it.
+  Other long options can be unset (e.g., set string to NULL, set
+  integer to 0) by prepending `no-`.
 
 * Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the `--`
   option, e.g. `-a -b --option -- --this-is-a-file` indicates that
@@ -174,6 +176,10 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
        Introduce an option with date argument, see `approxidate()`.
        The timestamp is put into `int_var`.
 
+`OPT_EXPIRY_DATE(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
+       Introduce an option with expiry date argument, see `parse_expiry_date()`.
+       The timestamp is put into `int_var`.
+
 `OPT_CALLBACK(short, long, &var, arg_str, description, func_ptr)`::
        Introduce an option with argument.
        The argument will be fed into the function given by `func_ptr`