+
+/**
+ * Recreates the command-line option in the strbuf.
+ */
+static int recreate_opt(struct strbuf *sb, const struct option *opt,
+ const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ strbuf_reset(sb);
+
+ if (opt->long_name) {
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, unset ? "--no-" : "--");
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, opt->long_name);
+ if (arg) {
+ strbuf_addch(sb, '=');
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, arg);
+ }
+ } else if (opt->short_name && !unset) {
+ strbuf_addch(sb, '-');
+ strbuf_addch(sb, opt->short_name);
+ if (arg)
+ strbuf_addstr(sb, arg);
+ } else
+ return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * For an option opt, recreates the command-line option in opt->value which
+ * must be an char* initialized to NULL. This is useful when we need to pass
+ * the command-line option to another command. Since any previous value will be
+ * overwritten, this callback should only be used for options where the last
+ * one wins.
+ */
+int parse_opt_passthru(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ static struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char **opt_value = opt->value;
+
+ if (recreate_opt(&sb, opt, arg, unset) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (*opt_value)
+ free(*opt_value);
+
+ *opt_value = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+
+ return 0;
+}