From 0321ef9bb261958fe4d63210e9a9d3350737ef18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 14:43:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ugly hack to allow --argstr values starting with a dash

Fixes #265.
---
 src/libmain/shared.cc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index a390654452..14263446fe 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ static void initAndRun(int argc, char * * argv)
             string value = *i;
             settings.set(name, value);
         }
+        else if (arg == "--arg" || arg == "--argstr") {
+            remaining.push_back(arg);
+            ++i; if (i == args.end()) throw UsageError(format("`%1%' requires two arguments") % arg);
+            remaining.push_back(*i);
+            ++i; if (i == args.end()) throw UsageError(format("`%1%' requires two arguments") % arg);
+            remaining.push_back(*i);
+        }
         else remaining.push_back(arg);
     }