From 06a3ad5fef63cc30fbbb52dcac3e1bb6b7da9ccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hrishikesh Parmar <actuallyhrishi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:05:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix parsing of empty long option values

---
 .../Parsing/SplitArguments.swift               |  2 +-
 .../SimpleEndToEndTests.swift                  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../SplitArgumentTests.swift                   | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/SplitArguments.swift b/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/SplitArguments.swift
index d484668b9..b56d11b46 100644
--- a/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/SplitArguments.swift
+++ b/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/SplitArguments.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enum ParsedArgument: Equatable, CustomStringConvertible {
     )
     let name = Name(baseName)
     self =
-      value.isEmpty
+      indexOfEqualSign == str.endIndex
       ? .name(name)
       : .nameWithValue(name, String(value))
   }
diff --git a/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/SimpleEndToEndTests.swift b/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/SimpleEndToEndTests.swift
index 508c8bb91..09bf38b5a 100644
--- a/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/SimpleEndToEndTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/SimpleEndToEndTests.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@ extension SimpleEndToEndTests {
   }
 }
 
+// MARK: Empty option value
+
+private struct Qux: ParsableArguments {
+  @Option() var output: String
+  @Argument() var file: String
+}
+
+// swift-format-ignore: AlwaysUseLowerCamelCase
+// https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser/issues/710
+extension SimpleEndToEndTests {
+  func testParsing_EmptyOptionValue() throws {
+    AssertParse(Qux.self, ["--output=", "file.txt"]) { qux in
+      XCTAssertEqual(qux.output, "")
+      XCTAssertEqual(qux.file, "file.txt")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // MARK: Single value Int
 
 private struct Foo: ParsableArguments {
diff --git a/Tests/ArgumentParserUnitTests/SplitArgumentTests.swift b/Tests/ArgumentParserUnitTests/SplitArgumentTests.swift
index 7af2baba1..a329a2601 100644
--- a/Tests/ArgumentParserUnitTests/SplitArgumentTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ArgumentParserUnitTests/SplitArgumentTests.swift
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ private func expectElementEqual(
     #expect(sut.originalInput == ["--abc=def"])
   }
 
+  @Test func singleLongOptionWithEmptyValue() async throws {
+    let sut = try SplitArguments(arguments: ["--abc="])
+
+    #expect(sut.elements.count == 1)
+    try expectIndexEqual(sut, at: 0, inputIndex: 0, subIndex: .complete)
+    try expectElementEqual(
+      sut, at: 0, .option(.nameWithValue(.long("abc"), ""))
+    )
+
+    #expect(sut.originalInput.count == 1)
+    #expect(sut.originalInput == ["--abc="])
+  }
+
   @Test func multipleShortOptionsCombined() async throws {
     let sut = try SplitArguments(arguments: ["-abc"])