From 36fe45e3a4a7ce9b61ab7bf2df07f0132a9170c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Schneider <gbrls@0x4200.cafe>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 04:58:25 -0300
Subject: `--` ends pardes's options: `pardes -- -dash.txt` opens the file
 named -dash.txt

It said `no such option: --`. What follows `--` is a name, one at most,
as for any other positional.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/main.zig | 9 +++++++++
 test/fs.py   | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index de501047..a7d354b5 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -520,6 +520,15 @@ fn nativeMain(init: std.process.Init) !void {
         } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, a, "--version")) {
             try std.Io.File.stdout().writeStreamingAll(init.io, version_text);
             return;
+        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, a, "--")) {
+            // The end of options: what follows is a name, `-dash.txt` too.
+            for (args[i + 1 ..]) |name| {
+                if (name.len == 0) badArgs(init.io, "an empty argument names nothing", .{});
+                if (positional != null) badArgs(init.io, "one file or directory at a time, and '{s}' is the second", .{name});
+                session_only = false;
+                positional = name;
+            }
+            break;
         } else if (a.len > 0 and (a[0] != '-' or std.mem.eql(u8, a, "-")) and positional == null) {
             // `-` is stdin, as for cat and vim: a text to show.
             session_only = false;
diff --git a/test/fs.py b/test/fs.py
index f24e2550..6c6bcbef 100644
--- a/test/fs.py
+++ b/test/fs.py
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ def test(binary, quic=False):
     for options, message in [
         (['--fs'], b'no such option'),
         (['--fs9'], b'no such option'),
+        (['--', 'a', 'b'], b'is the second'),
         (['--9p'], b'--9p needs a socket name'),
         (['--9p='], b'invalid 9P socket name'),
         (['--9p=a/b'], b'invalid 9P socket name'),
@@ -1396,6 +1397,14 @@ def test(binary, quic=False):
             assert time.monotonic() - deleted < .05, time.monotonic() - deleted
             assert second.wait(timeout=5) == 0
             assert edited.read_bytes() == b'edited\n'
+            # `--` ends the options: a name starting with a dash is a name.
+            dash = root / '-dash.txt'
+            dash.write_bytes(b'dash\n')
+            before = serials()
+            assert subprocess.run([binary, '--', dash.name], cwd=root, env=env, capture_output=True, timeout=10).returncode == 0
+            dashed, = serials() - before
+            assert client.read(f'/pane/{dashed}/name').rstrip(b'\n') == str(dash).encode()
+            client.remove(f'/pane/{dashed}')
             # --wait waits on the pane its look answered, on the look's own
             # open: a name /index shows escaped (a backslash is `\\` there)
             # is still the pane waited on, not one already gone.
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