Use : instead of = in `--format-options

httpie/cli/argtypes.py

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def parse_format_options(s: str, defaults: Optional[dict]) -> dict:
 
     >>> parse_format_options(
     ... defaults={'json': {'indent': 4, 'sort_keys': True}},
-    ... s='json.indent=2,json.sort_keys=False',
+    ... s='json.indent:2,json.sort_keys:False',
     ... )
     {'json': {'indent': 2, 'sort_keys': False}}
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def parse_format_options(s: str, defaults: Optional[dict]) -> dict:
     options = deepcopy(defaults or {})
     for option in s.split(','):
         try:
-            path, value = option.lower().split('=')
+            path, value = option.lower().split(':')
             section, key = path.split('.')
         except ValueError:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f'invalid option {option!r}')

httpie/cli/constants.py

@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY = object()
 
 
 DEFAULT_FORMAT_OPTIONS = [
-    'headers.sort=true',
-    'json.format=true',
-    'json.indent=4',
-    'json.sort_keys=true',
+    'headers.sort:true',
+    'json.format:true',
+    'json.indent:4',
+    'json.sort_keys:true',
 ]
 
 

httpie/cli/definition.py

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ output_processing.add_argument(
     You can specify multiple comma-separated options. For example, this modifies
     the settings to disable the sorting of JSON keys and headers:
 
-        --format-options json.sort_keys=false,headers.sort=false
+        --format-options json.sort_keys:false,headers.sort:false
 
     This is something you will typically put into your config file.