This comment predates the addition of $ARGS in jq 1.6, so there was no
way to access named arguments with an invalid identifier. Rather than
forbid such names, update the manual to clarify.
When jq is not supplied with a program, it usually exits with an error
and usage text, except for when jq is not connected to a TTY (i.e., not
interactive), in which case a default program of `.` is used. Combined
with `-f`, it then tries to read `.` as the filename.
$ jq
jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.7.1]
…
$ jq -f
jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.7.1]
…
$ jq | cat
^C
$ jq -f | cat
jq: Could not open .: It's a directory
Fixes:
* Short options cannot be repeated in the same group:
e.g., `-nn` fails, but `--null-input --null-input` works
* Short options are processed in an arbitrary fixed order, not the order
given by the user: e.g., `-hV`, `-Vh`, `-h -V`, and `--help --version`
are processed as `-h`, but `-V -h` and `--version --help` are
processed as `-V`
* `-L` cannot be a part of a short option group (as the last one):
e.g., `-nLlib` and `-nL lib` fail
Before, arrays would not reset colors after `[` and `,`, but objects
would; it would reset colors twice before `]` and `}`; and some cases of
indentation would have colors applied. Now, colors are reset immediately
after any token that is colored, before any indentation. This makes the
formatting consistent, for the benefit of custom `JQ_COLORS`.
Thalia Archibald