From ca77af7a9a0d9c09e4c49db94c125af3a053d6cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 16:28:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli: update opt parsing to allow optional values

---
 src/cli/opt.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/opt.c b/src/cli/opt.c
index c5def1930..9b0a15869 100644
--- a/src/cli/opt.c
+++ b/src/cli/opt.c
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ static cli_opt_status_t parse_short(cli_opt *opt, cli_opt_parser *parser)
 	}
 
 	/* Required argument was not provided */
-	if (spec->type == CLI_OPT_TYPE_VALUE && !opt->value)
+	if (spec->type == CLI_OPT_TYPE_VALUE &&
+	    !opt->value &&
+	    !(spec->usage & CLI_OPT_USAGE_VALUE_OPTIONAL))
 		opt->status = CLI_OPT_STATUS_MISSING_VALUE;
 	else
 		opt->status = CLI_OPT_STATUS_OK;