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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt13
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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
index 1a797812f..8076172a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Functions
Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a
convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`.
+`argv_array_pushv`::
+ Push a null-terminated array of strings onto the end of the array.
+
`argv_array_pop`::
Remove the final element from the array. If there are no
elements in the array, do nothing.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 525cb2f87..5f0757dcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -218,6 +218,19 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized
and ignored silently.
+`OPT_PASSTHRU(short, long, &char_var, arg_str, description, flags)`::
+ Introduce an option that will be reconstructed into a char* string,
+ which must be initialized to NULL. This is useful when you need to
+ pass the command-line option to another command. Any previous value
+ will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where
+ the last one specified on the command line wins.
+
+`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)`::
+ Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will
+ be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to
+ pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times,
+ to another command.
+
The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`.