Introduce a helper to simplify code to parse a common pattern that
expects either "--key" or "--key=<something>".

* cc/skip-to-optional-val:
  t4045: reindent to make helpers readable
  diff: add tests for --relative without optional prefix value
  diff: use skip_to_optional_arg_default() in parsing --relative
  diff: use skip_to_optional_arg_default()
  diff: use skip_to_optional_arg()
  index-pack: use skip_to_optional_arg()
  git-compat-util: introduce skip_to_optional_arg()