Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years)

Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by gizmo686 on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:50PM (#32371487)

I don't know what it is called, but it forces what comes after to be interpreted as a filepath.

This is not git specific, but a common convention for CLI tools. Try running:

    > touch -- -i foo
    > rm -- -i foo

And compare what happens without the "--".

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by tremon on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:06PM (#32371593)

And then we have startx, which starts both an X server and the X client specified:

  startx /path/to/client --with --client-options and arguments -- --server-options -go --here

Here, the double dash is used to separate the client options from the server options (the path to the server binary is compiled-in, IIRC).

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by pojzon on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:59PM (#32371541)

Not only a filepath, this means pass anything past “—-“ ‘as is’ as an input and not an option flag.

docker run -it nginx —- ls la

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by soupshield on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:00PM (#32371551)

Ah yes I've seen it in those kind of contexts too. Thanks everyone this has really clicked in to place for me :)

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by CRConrad on Thursday August 11, 2022 @02:47AM (#32422335)

ObAgainstTheGuidelines: Me too.

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by drdec on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:19PM (#32372106)

Not a file path specifically and not an input exactly but I think the proper word would be an argument.

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Re:Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) by soupshield on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:57PM (#32371530)

Thank you for this brilliant explanation (complete with interactive example :) I completely get it now.

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