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1/**
2 * dashdash - A light, featureful and explicit option parsing library for
3 * node.js.
4 */
5// vim: set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 et:
6
7var assert = require('assert-plus');
8var format = require('util').format;
9var fs = require('fs');
10var path = require('path');
11
12
13var DEBUG = true;
14if (DEBUG) {
15    var debug = console.warn;
16} else {
17    var debug = function () {};
18}
19
20
21
22// ---- internal support stuff
23
24// Replace {{variable}} in `s` with the template data in `d`.
25function renderTemplate(s, d) {
26    return s.replace(/{{([a-zA-Z]+)}}/g, function (match, key) {
27        return d.hasOwnProperty(key) ? d[key] : match;
28    });
29}
30
31/**
32 * Return a shallow copy of the given object;
33 */
34function shallowCopy(obj) {
35    if (!obj) {
36        return (obj);
37    }
38    var copy = {};
39    Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (k) {
40        copy[k] = obj[k];
41    });
42    return (copy);
43}
44
45
46function space(n) {
47    var s = '';
48    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
49        s += ' ';
50    }
51    return s;
52}
53
54
55function makeIndent(arg, deflen, name) {
56    if (arg === null || arg === undefined)
57        return space(deflen);
58    else if (typeof (arg) === 'number')
59        return space(arg);
60    else if (typeof (arg) === 'string')
61        return arg;
62    else
63        assert.fail('invalid "' + name + '": not a string or number: ' + arg);
64}
65
66
67/**
68 * Return an array of lines wrapping the given text to the given width.
69 * This splits on whitespace. Single tokens longer than `width` are not
70 * broken up.
71 */
72function textwrap(s, width) {
73    var words = s.trim().split(/\s+/);
74    var lines = [];
75    var line = '';
76    words.forEach(function (w) {
77        var newLength = line.length + w.length;
78        if (line.length > 0)
79            newLength += 1;
80        if (newLength > width) {
81            lines.push(line);
82            line = '';
83        }
84        if (line.length > 0)
85            line += ' ';
86        line += w;
87    });
88    lines.push(line);
89    return lines;
90}
91
92
93/**
94 * Transform an option name to a "key" that is used as the field
95 * on the `opts` object returned from `<parser>.parse()`.
96 *
97 * Transformations:
98 * - '-' -> '_': This allow one to use hyphen in option names (common)
99 *   but not have to do silly things like `opt["dry-run"]` to access the
100 *   parsed results.
101 */
102function optionKeyFromName(name) {
103    return name.replace(/-/g, '_');
104}
105
106
107
108// ---- Option types
109
110function parseBool(option, optstr, arg) {
111    return Boolean(arg);
112}
113
114function parseString(option, optstr, arg) {
115    assert.string(arg, 'arg');
116    return arg;
117}
118
119function parseNumber(option, optstr, arg) {
120    assert.string(arg, 'arg');
121    var num = Number(arg);
122    if (isNaN(num)) {
123        throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is not a number: "%s"',
124            optstr, arg));
125    }
126    return num;
127}
128
129function parseInteger(option, optstr, arg) {
130    assert.string(arg, 'arg');
131    var num = Number(arg);
132    if (!/^[0-9-]+$/.test(arg) || isNaN(num)) {
133        throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is not an integer: "%s"',
134            optstr, arg));
135    }
136    return num;
137}
138
139function parsePositiveInteger(option, optstr, arg) {
140    assert.string(arg, 'arg');
141    var num = Number(arg);
142    if (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(arg) || isNaN(num) || num === 0) {
143        throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is not a positive integer: "%s"',
144            optstr, arg));
145    }
146    return num;
147}
148
149/**
150 * Supported date args:
151 * - epoch second times (e.g. 1396031701)
152 * - ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM:SS[.sss][Z]]
153 *      2014-03-28T18:35:01.489Z
154 *      2014-03-28T18:35:01.489
155 *      2014-03-28T18:35:01Z
156 *      2014-03-28T18:35:01
157 *      2014-03-28
158 */
159function parseDate(option, optstr, arg) {
160    assert.string(arg, 'arg');
161    var date;
162    if (/^\d+$/.test(arg)) {
163        // epoch seconds
164        date = new Date(Number(arg) * 1000);
165    /* JSSTYLED */
166    } else if (/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}(T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)?Z?)?$/i.test(arg)) {
167        // ISO 8601 format
168        date = new Date(arg);
169    } else {
170        throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is not a valid date format: "%s"',
171            optstr, arg));
172    }
173    if (date.toString() === 'Invalid Date') {
174        throw new Error(format('arg for "%s" is an invalid date: "%s"',
175            optstr, arg));
176    }
177    return date;
178}
179
180var optionTypes = {
181    bool: {
182        takesArg: false,
183        parseArg: parseBool
184    },
185    string: {
186        takesArg: true,
187        helpArg: 'ARG',
188        parseArg: parseString
189    },
190    number: {
191        takesArg: true,
192        helpArg: 'NUM',
193        parseArg: parseNumber
194    },
195    integer: {
196        takesArg: true,
197        helpArg: 'INT',
198        parseArg: parseInteger
199    },
200    positiveInteger: {
201        takesArg: true,
202        helpArg: 'INT',
203        parseArg: parsePositiveInteger
204    },
205    date: {
206        takesArg: true,
207        helpArg: 'DATE',
208        parseArg: parseDate
209    },
210    arrayOfBool: {
211        takesArg: false,
212        array: true,
213        parseArg: parseBool
214    },
215    arrayOfString: {
216        takesArg: true,
217        helpArg: 'ARG',
218        array: true,
219        parseArg: parseString
220    },
221    arrayOfNumber: {
222        takesArg: true,
223        helpArg: 'NUM',
224        array: true,
225        parseArg: parseNumber
226    },
227    arrayOfInteger: {
228        takesArg: true,
229        helpArg: 'INT',
230        array: true,
231        parseArg: parseInteger
232    },
233    arrayOfPositiveInteger: {
234        takesArg: true,
235        helpArg: 'INT',
236        array: true,
237        parseArg: parsePositiveInteger
238    },
239    arrayOfDate: {
240        takesArg: true,
241        helpArg: 'INT',
242        array: true,
243        parseArg: parseDate
244    },
245};
246
247
248
249// ---- Parser
250
251/**
252 * Parser constructor.
253 *
254 * @param config {Object} The parser configuration
255 *      - options {Array} Array of option specs. See the README for how to
256 *        specify each option spec.
257 *      - allowUnknown {Boolean} Default false. Whether to throw on unknown
258 *        options. If false, then unknown args are included in the _args array.
259 *      - interspersed {Boolean} Default true. Whether to allow interspersed
260 *        arguments (non-options) and options. E.g.:
261 *              node tool.js arg1 arg2 -v
262 *        '-v' is after some args here. If `interspersed: false` then '-v'
263 *        would not be parsed out. Note that regardless of `interspersed`
264 *        the presence of '--' will stop option parsing, as all good
265 *        option parsers should.
266 */
267function Parser(config) {
268    assert.object(config, 'config');
269    assert.arrayOfObject(config.options, 'config.options');
270    assert.optionalBool(config.interspersed, 'config.interspersed');
271    var self = this;
272
273    // Allow interspersed arguments (true by default).
274    this.interspersed = (config.interspersed !== undefined
275        ? config.interspersed : true);
276
277    // Don't allow unknown flags (true by default).
278    this.allowUnknown = (config.allowUnknown !== undefined
279        ? config.allowUnknown : false);
280
281    this.options = config.options.map(function (o) { return shallowCopy(o); });
282    this.optionFromName = {};
283    this.optionFromEnv = {};
284    for (var i = 0; i < this.options.length; i++) {
285        var o = this.options[i];
286        if (o.group !== undefined && o.group !== null) {
287            assert.optionalString(o.group,
288                format('config.options.%d.group', i));
289            continue;
290        }
291        assert.ok(optionTypes[o.type],
292            format('invalid config.options.%d.type: "%s" in %j',
293                   i, o.type, o));
294        assert.optionalString(o.name, format('config.options.%d.name', i));
295        assert.optionalArrayOfString(o.names,
296            format('config.options.%d.names', i));
297        assert.ok((o.name || o.names) && !(o.name && o.names),
298            format('exactly one of "name" or "names" required: %j', o));
299        assert.optionalString(o.help, format('config.options.%d.help', i));
300        var env = o.env || [];
301        if (typeof (env) === 'string') {
302            env = [env];
303        }
304        assert.optionalArrayOfString(env, format('config.options.%d.env', i));
305        assert.optionalString(o.helpGroup,
306            format('config.options.%d.helpGroup', i));
307        assert.optionalBool(o.helpWrap,
308            format('config.options.%d.helpWrap', i));
309        assert.optionalBool(o.hidden, format('config.options.%d.hidden', i));
310
311        if (o.name) {
312            o.names = [o.name];
313        } else {
314            assert.string(o.names[0],
315                format('config.options.%d.names is empty', i));
316        }
317        o.key = optionKeyFromName(o.names[0]);
318        o.names.forEach(function (n) {
319            if (self.optionFromName[n]) {
320                throw new Error(format(
321                    'option name collision: "%s" used in %j and %j',
322                    n, self.optionFromName[n], o));
323            }
324            self.optionFromName[n] = o;
325        });
326        env.forEach(function (n) {
327            if (self.optionFromEnv[n]) {
328                throw new Error(format(
329                    'option env collision: "%s" used in %j and %j',
330                    n, self.optionFromEnv[n], o));
331            }
332            self.optionFromEnv[n] = o;
333        });
334    }
335}
336
337Parser.prototype.optionTakesArg = function optionTakesArg(option) {
338    return optionTypes[option.type].takesArg;
339};
340
341/**
342 * Parse options from the given argv.
343 *
344 * @param inputs {Object} Optional.
345 *      - argv {Array} Optional. The argv to parse. Defaults to
346 *        `process.argv`.
347 *      - slice {Number} The index into argv at which options/args begin.
348 *        Default is 2, as appropriate for `process.argv`.
349 *      - env {Object} Optional. The env to use for 'env' entries in the
350 *        option specs. Defaults to `process.env`.
351 * @returns {Object} Parsed `opts`. It has special keys `_args` (the
352 *      remaining args from `argv`) and `_order` (gives the order that
353 *      options were specified).
354 */
355Parser.prototype.parse = function parse(inputs) {
356    var self = this;
357
358    // Old API was `parse([argv, [slice]])`
359    if (Array.isArray(arguments[0])) {
360        inputs = {argv: arguments[0], slice: arguments[1]};
361    }
362
363    assert.optionalObject(inputs, 'inputs');
364    if (!inputs) {
365        inputs = {};
366    }
367    assert.optionalArrayOfString(inputs.argv, 'inputs.argv');
368    //assert.optionalNumber(slice, 'slice');
369    var argv = inputs.argv || process.argv;
370    var slice = inputs.slice !== undefined ? inputs.slice : 2;
371    var args = argv.slice(slice);
372    var env = inputs.env || process.env;
373    var opts = {};
374    var _order = [];
375
376    function addOpt(option, optstr, key, val, from) {
377        var type = optionTypes[option.type];
378        var parsedVal = type.parseArg(option, optstr, val);
379        if (type.array) {
380            if (!opts[key]) {
381                opts[key] = [];
382            }
383            if (type.arrayFlatten && Array.isArray(parsedVal)) {
384                for (var i = 0; i < parsedVal.length; i++) {
385                    opts[key].push(parsedVal[i]);
386                }
387            } else {
388                opts[key].push(parsedVal);
389            }
390        } else {
391            opts[key] = parsedVal;
392        }
393        var item = { key: key, value: parsedVal, from: from };
394        _order.push(item);
395    }
396
397    // Parse args.
398    var _args = [];
399    var i = 0;
400    outer: while (i < args.length) {
401        var arg = args[i];
402
403        // End of options marker.
404        if (arg === '--') {
405            i++;
406            break;
407
408        // Long option
409        } else if (arg.slice(0, 2) === '--') {
410            var name = arg.slice(2);
411            var val = null;
412            var idx = name.indexOf('=');
413            if (idx !== -1) {
414                val = name.slice(idx + 1);
415                name = name.slice(0, idx);
416            }
417            var option = this.optionFromName[name];
418            if (!option) {
419                if (!this.allowUnknown)
420                    throw new Error(format('unknown option: "--%s"', name));
421                else if (this.interspersed)
422                    _args.push(arg);
423                else
424                    break outer;
425            } else {
426                var takesArg = this.optionTakesArg(option);
427                if (val !== null && !takesArg) {
428                    throw new Error(format('argument given to "--%s" option '
429                        + 'that does not take one: "%s"', name, arg));
430                }
431                if (!takesArg) {
432                    addOpt(option, '--'+name, option.key, true, 'argv');
433                } else if (val !== null) {
434                    addOpt(option, '--'+name, option.key, val, 'argv');
435                } else if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
436                    throw new Error(format('do not have enough args for "--%s" '
437                        + 'option', name));
438                } else {
439                    addOpt(option, '--'+name, option.key, args[i + 1], 'argv');
440                    i++;
441                }
442            }
443
444        // Short option
445        } else if (arg[0] === '-' && arg.length > 1) {
446            var j = 1;
447            var allFound = true;
448            while (j < arg.length) {
449                var name = arg[j];
450                var option = this.optionFromName[name];
451                if (!option) {
452                    allFound = false;
453                    if (this.allowUnknown) {
454                        if (this.interspersed) {
455                            _args.push(arg);
456                            break;
457                        } else
458                            break outer;
459                    } else if (arg.length > 2) {
460                        throw new Error(format(
461                            'unknown option: "-%s" in "%s" group',
462                            name, arg));
463                    } else {
464                        throw new Error(format('unknown option: "-%s"', name));
465                    }
466                } else if (this.optionTakesArg(option)) {
467                    break;
468                }
469                j++;
470            }
471
472            j = 1;
473            while (allFound && j < arg.length) {
474                var name = arg[j];
475                var val = arg.slice(j + 1);  // option val if it takes an arg
476                var option = this.optionFromName[name];
477                var takesArg = this.optionTakesArg(option);
478                if (!takesArg) {
479                    addOpt(option, '-'+name, option.key, true, 'argv');
480                } else if (val) {
481                    addOpt(option, '-'+name, option.key, val, 'argv');
482                    break;
483                } else {
484                    if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
485                        throw new Error(format('do not have enough args '
486                            + 'for "-%s" option', name));
487                    }
488                    addOpt(option, '-'+name, option.key, args[i + 1], 'argv');
489                    i++;
490                    break;
491                }
492                j++;
493            }
494
495        // An interspersed arg
496        } else if (this.interspersed) {
497            _args.push(arg);
498
499        // An arg and interspersed args are not allowed, so done options.
500        } else {
501            break outer;
502        }
503        i++;
504    }
505    _args = _args.concat(args.slice(i));
506
507    // Parse environment.
508    Object.keys(this.optionFromEnv).forEach(function (envname) {
509        var val = env[envname];
510        if (val === undefined)
511            return;
512        var option = self.optionFromEnv[envname];
513        if (opts[option.key] !== undefined)
514            return;
515        var takesArg = self.optionTakesArg(option);
516        if (takesArg) {
517            addOpt(option, envname, option.key, val, 'env');
518        } else if (val !== '') {
519            // Boolean envvar handling:
520            // - VAR=<empty-string>     not set (as if the VAR was not set)
521            // - VAR=0                  false
522            // - anything else          true
523            addOpt(option, envname, option.key, (val !== '0'), 'env');
524        }
525    });
526
527    // Apply default values.
528    this.options.forEach(function (o) {
529        if (opts[o.key] === undefined) {
530            if (o.default !== undefined) {
531                opts[o.key] = o.default;
532            } else if (o.type && optionTypes[o.type].default !== undefined) {
533                opts[o.key] = optionTypes[o.type].default;
534            }
535        }
536    });
537
538    opts._order = _order;
539    opts._args = _args;
540    return opts;
541};
542
543
544/**
545 * Return help output for the current options.
546 *
547 * E.g.: if the current options are:
548 *      [{names: ['help', 'h'], type: 'bool', help: 'Show help and exit.'}]
549 * then this would return:
550 *      '  -h, --help     Show help and exit.\n'
551 *
552 * @param config {Object} Config for controlling the option help output.
553 *      - indent {Number|String} Default 4. An indent/prefix to use for
554 *        each option line.
555 *      - nameSort {String} Default is 'length'. By default the names are
556 *        sorted to put the short opts first (i.e. '-h, --help' preferred
557 *        to '--help, -h'). Set to 'none' to not do this sorting.
558 *      - maxCol {Number} Default 80. Note that long tokens in a help string
559 *        can go past this.
560 *      - helpCol {Number} Set to specify a specific column at which
561 *        option help will be aligned. By default this is determined
562 *        automatically.
563 *      - minHelpCol {Number} Default 20.
564 *      - maxHelpCol {Number} Default 40.
565 *      - includeEnv {Boolean} Default false. If true, a note stating the `env`
566 *        envvar (if specified for this option) will be appended to the help
567 *        output.
568 *      - includeDefault {Boolean} Default false. If true, a note stating
569 *        the `default` for this option, if any, will be appended to the help
570 *        output.
571 *      - helpWrap {Boolean} Default true. Wrap help text in helpCol..maxCol
572 *        bounds.
573 * @returns {String}
574 */
575Parser.prototype.help = function help(config) {
576    config = config || {};
577    assert.object(config, 'config');
578
579    var indent = makeIndent(config.indent, 4, 'config.indent');
580    var headingIndent = makeIndent(config.headingIndent,
581        Math.round(indent.length / 2), 'config.headingIndent');
582
583    assert.optionalString(config.nameSort, 'config.nameSort');
584    var nameSort = config.nameSort || 'length';
585    assert.ok(~['length', 'none'].indexOf(nameSort),
586        'invalid "config.nameSort"');
587    assert.optionalNumber(config.maxCol, 'config.maxCol');
588    assert.optionalNumber(config.maxHelpCol, 'config.maxHelpCol');
589    assert.optionalNumber(config.minHelpCol, 'config.minHelpCol');
590    assert.optionalNumber(config.helpCol, 'config.helpCol');
591    assert.optionalBool(config.includeEnv, 'config.includeEnv');
592    assert.optionalBool(config.includeDefault, 'config.includeDefault');
593    assert.optionalBool(config.helpWrap, 'config.helpWrap');
594    var maxCol = config.maxCol || 80;
595    var minHelpCol = config.minHelpCol || 20;
596    var maxHelpCol = config.maxHelpCol || 40;
597
598    var lines = [];
599    var maxWidth = 0;
600    this.options.forEach(function (o) {
601        if (o.hidden) {
602            return;
603        }
604        if (o.group !== undefined && o.group !== null) {
605            // We deal with groups in the next pass
606            lines.push(null);
607            return;
608        }
609        var type = optionTypes[o.type];
610        var arg = o.helpArg || type.helpArg || 'ARG';
611        var line = '';
612        var names = o.names.slice();
613        if (nameSort === 'length') {
614            names.sort(function (a, b) {
615                if (a.length < b.length)
616                    return -1;
617                else if (b.length < a.length)
618                    return 1;
619                else
620                    return 0;
621            })
622        }
623        names.forEach(function (name, i) {
624            if (i > 0)
625                line += ', ';
626            if (name.length === 1) {
627                line += '-' + name
628                if (type.takesArg)
629                    line += ' ' + arg;
630            } else {
631                line += '--' + name
632                if (type.takesArg)
633                    line += '=' + arg;
634            }
635        });
636        maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, line.length);
637        lines.push(line);
638    });
639
640    // Add help strings.
641    var helpCol = config.helpCol;
642    if (!helpCol) {
643        helpCol = maxWidth + indent.length + 2;
644        helpCol = Math.min(Math.max(helpCol, minHelpCol), maxHelpCol);
645    }
646    var i = -1;
647    this.options.forEach(function (o) {
648        if (o.hidden) {
649            return;
650        }
651        i++;
652
653        if (o.group !== undefined && o.group !== null) {
654            if (o.group === '') {
655                // Support a empty string "group" to have a blank line between
656                // sets of options.
657                lines[i] = '';
658            } else {
659                // Render the group heading with the heading-specific indent.
660                lines[i] = (i === 0 ? '' : '\n') + headingIndent +
661                    o.group + ':';
662            }
663            return;
664        }
665
666        var helpDefault;
667        if (config.includeDefault) {
668            if (o.default !== undefined) {
669                helpDefault = format('Default: %j', o.default);
670            } else if (o.type && optionTypes[o.type].default !== undefined) {
671                helpDefault = format('Default: %j',
672                    optionTypes[o.type].default);
673            }
674        }
675
676        var line = lines[i] = indent + lines[i];
677        if (!o.help && !(config.includeEnv && o.env) && !helpDefault) {
678            return;
679        }
680        var n = helpCol - line.length;
681        if (n >= 0) {
682            line += space(n);
683        } else {
684            line += '\n' + space(helpCol);
685        }
686
687        var helpEnv = '';
688        if (o.env && o.env.length && config.includeEnv) {
689            helpEnv += 'Environment: ';
690            var type = optionTypes[o.type];
691            var arg = o.helpArg || type.helpArg || 'ARG';
692            var envs = (Array.isArray(o.env) ? o.env : [o.env]).map(
693                function (e) {
694                    if (type.takesArg) {
695                        return e + '=' + arg;
696                    } else {
697                        return e + '=1';
698                    }
699                }
700            );
701            helpEnv += envs.join(', ');
702        }
703        var help = (o.help || '').trim();
704        if (o.helpWrap !== false && config.helpWrap !== false) {
705            // Wrap help description normally.
706            if (help.length && !~'.!?"\''.indexOf(help.slice(-1))) {
707                help += '.';
708            }
709            if (help.length) {
710                help += ' ';
711            }
712            help += helpEnv;
713            if (helpDefault) {
714                if (helpEnv) {
715                    help += '. ';
716                }
717                help += helpDefault;
718            }
719            line += textwrap(help, maxCol - helpCol).join(
720                '\n' + space(helpCol));
721        } else {
722            // Do not wrap help description, but indent newlines appropriately.
723            var helpLines = help.split('\n').filter(
724                    function (ln) { return ln.length });
725            if (helpEnv !== '') {
726                helpLines.push(helpEnv);
727            }
728            if (helpDefault) {
729                helpLines.push(helpDefault);
730            }
731            line += helpLines.join('\n' + space(helpCol));
732        }
733
734        lines[i] = line;
735    });
736
737    var rv = '';
738    if (lines.length > 0) {
739        rv = lines.join('\n') + '\n';
740    }
741    return rv;
742};
743
744
745/**
746 * Return a string suitable for a Bash completion file for this tool.
747 *
748 * @param args.name {String} The tool name.
749 * @param args.specExtra {String} Optional. Extra Bash code content to add
750 *      to the end of the "spec". Typically this is used to append Bash
751 *      "complete_TYPE" functions for custom option types. See
752 *      "examples/ddcompletion.js" for an example.
753 * @param args.argtypes {Array} Optional. Array of completion types for
754 *      positional args (i.e. non-options). E.g.
755 *          argtypes = ['fruit', 'veggie', 'file']
756 *      will result in completion of fruits for the first arg, veggies for the
757 *      second, and filenames for the third and subsequent positional args.
758 *      If not given, positional args will use Bash's 'default' completion.
759 *      See `specExtra` for providing Bash `complete_TYPE` functions, e.g.
760 *      `complete_fruit` and `complete_veggie` in this example.
761 */
762Parser.prototype.bashCompletion = function bashCompletion(args) {
763    assert.object(args, 'args');
764    assert.string(args.name, 'args.name');
765    assert.optionalString(args.specExtra, 'args.specExtra');
766    assert.optionalArrayOfString(args.argtypes, 'args.argtypes');
767
768    return bashCompletionFromOptions({
769        name: args.name,
770        specExtra: args.specExtra,
771        argtypes: args.argtypes,
772        options: this.options
773    });
774};
775
776
777// ---- Bash completion
778
779const BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(
780    __dirname, '../etc/dashdash.bash_completion.in');
781
782/**
783 * Return the Bash completion "spec" (the string value for the "{{spec}}"
784 * var in the "dashdash.bash_completion.in" template) for this tool.
785 *
786 * The "spec" is Bash code that defines the CLI options and subcmds for
787 * the template's completion code. It looks something like this:
788 *
789 *      local cmd_shortopts="-J ..."
790 *      local cmd_longopts="--help ..."
791 *      local cmd_optargs="-p=tritonprofile ..."
792 *
793 * @param args.options {Array} The array of dashdash option specs.
794 * @param args.context {String} Optional. A context string for the "local cmd*"
795 *      vars in the spec. By default it is the empty string. When used to
796 *      scope for completion on a *sub-command* (e.g. for "git log" on a "git"
797 *      tool), then it would have a value (e.g. "__log"). See
798 *      <http://github.com/trentm/node-cmdln> Bash completion for details.
799 * @param opts.includeHidden {Boolean} Optional. Default false. By default
800 *      hidden options and subcmds are "excluded". Here excluded means they
801 *      won't be offered as a completion, but if used, their argument type
802 *      will be completed. "Hidden" options and subcmds are ones with the
803 *      `hidden: true` attribute to exclude them from default help output.
804 * @param args.argtypes {Array} Optional. Array of completion types for
805 *      positional args (i.e. non-options). E.g.
806 *          argtypes = ['fruit', 'veggie', 'file']
807 *      will result in completion of fruits for the first arg, veggies for the
808 *      second, and filenames for the third and subsequent positional args.
809 *      If not given, positional args will use Bash's 'default' completion.
810 *      See `specExtra` for providing Bash `complete_TYPE` functions, e.g.
811 *      `complete_fruit` and `complete_veggie` in this example.
812 */
813function bashCompletionSpecFromOptions(args) {
814    assert.object(args, 'args');
815    assert.object(args.options, 'args.options');
816    assert.optionalString(args.context, 'args.context');
817    assert.optionalBool(args.includeHidden, 'args.includeHidden');
818    assert.optionalArrayOfString(args.argtypes, 'args.argtypes');
819
820    var context = args.context || '';
821    var includeHidden = (args.includeHidden === undefined
822        ? false : args.includeHidden);
823
824    var spec = [];
825    var shortopts = [];
826    var longopts = [];
827    var optargs = [];
828    (args.options || []).forEach(function (o) {
829        if (o.group !== undefined && o.group !== null) {
830            // Skip group headers.
831            return;
832        }
833
834        var optNames = o.names || [o.name];
835        var optType = getOptionType(o.type);
836        if (optType.takesArg) {
837            var completionType = o.completionType ||
838                optType.completionType || o.type;
839            optNames.forEach(function (optName) {
840                if (optName.length === 1) {
841                    if (includeHidden || !o.hidden) {
842                        shortopts.push('-' + optName);
843                    }
844                    // Include even hidden options in `optargs` so that bash
845                    // completion of its arg still works.
846                    optargs.push('-' + optName + '=' + completionType);
847                } else {
848                    if (includeHidden || !o.hidden) {
849                        longopts.push('--' + optName);
850                    }
851                    optargs.push('--' + optName + '=' + completionType);
852                }
853            });
854        } else {
855            optNames.forEach(function (optName) {
856                if (includeHidden || !o.hidden) {
857                    if (optName.length === 1) {
858                        shortopts.push('-' + optName);
859                    } else {
860                        longopts.push('--' + optName);
861                    }
862                }
863            });
864        }
865    });
866
867    spec.push(format('local cmd%s_shortopts="%s"',
868        context, shortopts.sort().join(' ')));
869    spec.push(format('local cmd%s_longopts="%s"',
870        context, longopts.sort().join(' ')));
871    spec.push(format('local cmd%s_optargs="%s"',
872        context, optargs.sort().join(' ')));
873    if (args.argtypes) {
874        spec.push(format('local cmd%s_argtypes="%s"',
875            context, args.argtypes.join(' ')));
876    }
877    return spec.join('\n');
878}
879
880
881/**
882 * Return a string suitable for a Bash completion file for this tool.
883 *
884 * @param args.name {String} The tool name.
885 * @param args.options {Array} The array of dashdash option specs.
886 * @param args.specExtra {String} Optional. Extra Bash code content to add
887 *      to the end of the "spec". Typically this is used to append Bash
888 *      "complete_TYPE" functions for custom option types. See
889 *      "examples/ddcompletion.js" for an example.
890 * @param args.argtypes {Array} Optional. Array of completion types for
891 *      positional args (i.e. non-options). E.g.
892 *          argtypes = ['fruit', 'veggie', 'file']
893 *      will result in completion of fruits for the first arg, veggies for the
894 *      second, and filenames for the third and subsequent positional args.
895 *      If not given, positional args will use Bash's 'default' completion.
896 *      See `specExtra` for providing Bash `complete_TYPE` functions, e.g.
897 *      `complete_fruit` and `complete_veggie` in this example.
898 */
899function bashCompletionFromOptions(args) {
900    assert.object(args, 'args');
901    assert.object(args.options, 'args.options');
902    assert.string(args.name, 'args.name');
903    assert.optionalString(args.specExtra, 'args.specExtra');
904    assert.optionalArrayOfString(args.argtypes, 'args.argtypes');
905
906    // Gather template data.
907    var data = {
908        name: args.name,
909        date: new Date(),
910        spec: bashCompletionSpecFromOptions({
911            options: args.options,
912            argtypes: args.argtypes
913        }),
914    };
915    if (args.specExtra) {
916        data.spec += '\n\n' + args.specExtra;
917    }
918
919    // Render template.
920    var template = fs.readFileSync(BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE_PATH, 'utf8');
921    return renderTemplate(template, data);
922}
923
924
925
926// ---- exports
927
928function createParser(config) {
929    return new Parser(config);
930}
931
932/**
933 * Parse argv with the given options.
934 *
935 * @param config {Object} A merge of all the available fields from
936 *      `dashdash.Parser` and `dashdash.Parser.parse`: options, interspersed,
937 *      argv, env, slice.
938 */
939function parse(config) {
940    assert.object(config, 'config');
941    assert.optionalArrayOfString(config.argv, 'config.argv');
942    assert.optionalObject(config.env, 'config.env');
943    var config = shallowCopy(config);
944    var argv = config.argv;
945    delete config.argv;
946    var env = config.env;
947    delete config.env;
948
949    var parser = new Parser(config);
950    return parser.parse({argv: argv, env: env});
951}
952
953
954/**
955 * Add a new option type.
956 *
957 * @params optionType {Object}:
958 *      - name {String} Required.
959 *      - takesArg {Boolean} Required. Whether this type of option takes an
960 *        argument on process.argv. Typically this is true for all but the
961 *        "bool" type.
962 *      - helpArg {String} Required iff `takesArg === true`. The string to
963 *        show in generated help for options of this type.
964 *      - parseArg {Function} Require. `function (option, optstr, arg)` parser
965 *        that takes a string argument and returns an instance of the
966 *        appropriate type, or throws an error if the arg is invalid.
967 *      - array {Boolean} Optional. Set to true if this is an 'arrayOf' type
968 *        that collects multiple usages of the option in process.argv and
969 *        puts results in an array.
970 *      - arrayFlatten {Boolean} Optional. XXX
971 *      - default Optional. Default value for options of this type, if no
972 *        default is specified in the option type usage.
973 */
974function addOptionType(optionType) {
975    assert.object(optionType, 'optionType');
976    assert.string(optionType.name, 'optionType.name');
977    assert.bool(optionType.takesArg, 'optionType.takesArg');
978    if (optionType.takesArg) {
979        assert.string(optionType.helpArg, 'optionType.helpArg');
980    }
981    assert.func(optionType.parseArg, 'optionType.parseArg');
982    assert.optionalBool(optionType.array, 'optionType.array');
983    assert.optionalBool(optionType.arrayFlatten, 'optionType.arrayFlatten');
984
985    optionTypes[optionType.name] = {
986        takesArg: optionType.takesArg,
987        helpArg: optionType.helpArg,
988        parseArg: optionType.parseArg,
989        array: optionType.array,
990        arrayFlatten: optionType.arrayFlatten,
991        default: optionType.default
992    }
993}
994
995
996function getOptionType(name) {
997    assert.string(name, 'name');
998    return optionTypes[name];
999}
1000
1001
1002/**
1003 * Return a synopsis string for the given option spec.
1004 *
1005 * Examples:
1006 *      > synopsisFromOpt({names: ['help', 'h'], type: 'bool'});
1007 *      '[ --help | -h ]'
1008 *      > synopsisFromOpt({name: 'file', type: 'string', helpArg: 'FILE'});
1009 *      '[ --file=FILE ]'
1010 */
1011function synopsisFromOpt(o) {
1012    assert.object(o, 'o');
1013
1014    if (o.hasOwnProperty('group')) {
1015        return null;
1016    }
1017    var names = o.names || [o.name];
1018    // `type` here could be undefined if, for example, the command has a
1019    // dashdash option spec with a bogus 'type'.
1020    var type = getOptionType(o.type);
1021    var helpArg = o.helpArg || (type && type.helpArg) || 'ARG';
1022    var parts = [];
1023    names.forEach(function (name) {
1024        var part = (name.length === 1 ? '-' : '--') + name;
1025        if (type && type.takesArg) {
1026            part += (name.length === 1 ? ' ' + helpArg : '=' + helpArg);
1027        }
1028        parts.push(part);
1029    });
1030    return ('[ ' + parts.join(' | ') + ' ]');
1031};
1032
1033
1034module.exports = {
1035    createParser: createParser,
1036    Parser: Parser,
1037    parse: parse,
1038    addOptionType: addOptionType,
1039    getOptionType: getOptionType,
1040    synopsisFromOpt: synopsisFromOpt,
1041
1042    // Bash completion-related exports
1043    BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE_PATH: BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE_PATH,
1044    bashCompletionFromOptions: bashCompletionFromOptions,
1045    bashCompletionSpecFromOptions: bashCompletionSpecFromOptions,
1046
1047    // Export the parseFoo parsers because they might be useful as primitives
1048    // for custom option types.
1049    parseBool: parseBool,
1050    parseString: parseString,
1051    parseNumber: parseNumber,
1052    parseInteger: parseInteger,
1053    parsePositiveInteger: parsePositiveInteger,
1054    parseDate: parseDate
1055};
1056