Implement -@foo as alternative to @foo, also add --config-name|-n

An argument with leading '@' has special meaning in Windows PowerShell.

3 files changed, 27 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/bdep/bdep.cxx b/bdep/bdep.cxx
index c9d3234..c614cc0 100644
--- a/bdep/bdep.cxx
+++ b/bdep/bdep.cxx
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ init (const common_options& co, cli::group_scanner& scan, strings& args)
         continue;
       }
 
-      // @<cfg-name>
+      // @<cfg-name> & -@<cfg-name>
       //
-      if (*a == '@' && cfg_name (&o, a + 1))
+      if ((*a == '@' &&                cfg_name (&o, a + 1)) ||
+          (*a == '-' && a[1] == '@' && cfg_name (&o, a + 2)))
       {
         scan.next ();
         continue;
diff --git a/bdep/config.cxx b/bdep/config.cxx
index e75b817..2e50f5c 100644
--- a/bdep/config.cxx
+++ b/bdep/config.cxx
@@ -12,25 +12,33 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace bdep
 {
-  // Translate the configuration directory that is actually a name (@foo) to
-  // the real directory (prj-foo) and name (@foo).
+  // Translate the configuration directory that is actually a name (@foo or
+  // -@foo) to the real directory (prj-foo) and name (@foo).
   //
   static inline void
   translate_path_name (const dir_path& prj,
                        dir_path& path,
                        optional<string>& name)
   {
-    if (name || !path.simple () || path.string ().front () != '@')
+    if (name || !path.simple ())
       return;
 
-    string n (move (path).string ()); // Move out.
-    n.erase (0, 1);                   // Remove leading '@'.
+    size_t n;
+    {
+      const string& s (path.string ());
+      if      (s.size () > 1 && s[0] == '@')                n = 1;
+      else if (s.size () > 2 && s[0] == '-' && s[1] == '@') n = 2;
+      else return;
+    }
+
+    string s (move (path).string ()); // Move out.
+    s.erase (0, n);                   // Remove leading '@' or '-@'.
 
     path  = prj;
     path += '-';
-    path += n;
+    path += s;
 
-    name = move (n);
+    name = move (s);
   }
 
   shared_ptr<configuration>
diff --git a/bdep/project.cli b/bdep/project.cli
index 0053c19..469e33d 100644
--- a/bdep/project.cli
+++ b/bdep/project.cli
@@ -54,18 +54,20 @@ namespace bdep
   //
   class configuration_name_options: common_options
   {
+    // Note that this is also used as storage for configuration names
+    // specified as @<name>.
+    //
+    strings --config-name|-n
+    {
+      "<name>",
+      "Specify the build configuration as a name."
+    };
+
     vector<uint64_t> --config-id
     {
       "<num>",
       "Specify the build configuration as an id."
     };
-
-    // Storage for configuration names specified as @<cfg-name>.
-    //
-    // Note that we leave it undocumented so that it's not mentioned in
-    // documentation.
-    //
-    strings --config-name;
   };
 
   // Common options for commands that operate on project/packages (prj-spec