commander
============
``commander`` is a fork of a spin off of [golang](http://golang.org) ``go tool`` infrastructure to provide commands and sub-commands.
Difference with [original](http://github.com/gonuts/commander/):
- flags could be placed anywhere on the command line
- flags in whole subcommand tree should be non-conflicting (i.e. one name - one value type)
- interface has changed: first flags should be parsed, then command dispatched
A ``commander.Command`` has a ``Subcommands`` field holding ``[]*commander.Command`` subcommands, referenced by name from the command line.
So a ``Command`` can have sub commands.
So you can have, _e.g._:
```sh
$ mycmd action1 [options...]
$ mycmd subcmd1 action1 [options...]
```
Example provided by:
- [hwaf](https://github.com/hwaf/hwaf)
- [examples/my-cmd](examples/my-cmd)
## Documentation
Is available on [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/gonuts/commander)
## Installation
Is performed with the usual:
```sh
$ go get github.com/gonuts/commander
```
## Example
See the simple ``my-cmd`` example command for how this all hangs
together [there](http://github.com/gonuts/commander/blob/master/examples/my-cmd/main.go):
```sh
$ my-cmd cmd1
my-cmd-cmd1: hello from cmd1 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd cmd1 -q
my-cmd-cmd1: hello from cmd1 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd cmd1 -q=0
my-cmd-cmd1: hello from cmd1 (quiet=false)
$ my-cmd cmd2
my-cmd-cmd2: hello from cmd2 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd subcmd1 cmd1
my-cmd-subcmd1-cmd1: hello from subcmd1-cmd1 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd subcmd1 cmd2
my-cmd-subcmd1-cmd2: hello from subcmd1-cmd2 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd subcmd2 cmd1
my-cmd-subcmd2-cmd1: hello from subcmd2-cmd1 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd subcmd2 cmd2
my-cmd-subcmd2-cmd2: hello from subcmd2-cmd2 (quiet=true)
$ my-cmd help
Usage:
my-cmd command [arguments]
The commands are:
cmd1 runs cmd1 and exits
cmd2 runs cmd2 and exits
subcmd1 subcmd1 subcommand. does subcmd1 thingies
subcmd2 subcmd2 subcommand. does subcmd2 thingies
Use "my-cmd help [command]" for more information about a command.
Additional help topics:
Use "my-cmd help [topic]" for more information about that topic.
$ my-cmd help subcmd1
Usage:
subcmd1 command [arguments]
The commands are:
cmd1 runs cmd1 and exits
cmd2 runs cmd2 and exits
Use "subcmd1 help [command]" for more information about a command.
Additional help topics:
Use "subcmd1 help [topic]" for more information about that topic.
```
## TODO
- automatically generate the bash/zsh/csh autocompletion lists
- automatically generate Readme examples text
- test cases