McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils 2.1.0-alpha

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This is a prerelease version of McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.
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dotnet add package McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils --version 2.1.0-alpha                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils -Version 2.1.0-alpha
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils" Version="2.1.0-alpha" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils --version 2.1.0-alpha                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils, 2.1.0-alpha"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils&version=2.1.0-alpha&prerelease

// Install McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils&version=2.1.0-alpha&prerelease

Usage

See detailed examples, see the samples for more examples, such as:

CommandLineApplication is the main entry point for most console apps parsing. There are two primary ways to use this API, using the builder pattern and attributes.

Attribute API

using System;
using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;

[HelpOption]
public class Program
{
    public static int Main(string[] args)
        => CommandLineApplication.Execute<Program>(args);

    [Option(Description = "The subject")]
    public string Subject { get; }

    private void OnExecute()
    {
        var subject = Subject ?? "world";
        Console.WriteLine($"Hello {subject}!");
    }
}

Builder API

using System;
using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;

public class Program
{
    public static int Main(string[] args)
    {
        var app = new CommandLineApplication();

        app.HelpOption();
        var optionSubject = app.Option("-s|--subject <SUBJECT>", "The subject", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);

        app.OnExecute(() =>
        {
            var subject = optionSubject.HasValue()
                ? optionSubject.Value()
                : "world";

            Console.WriteLine($"Hello {subject}!");
            return 0;
        });

        return app.Execute(args);
    }
}
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2.1.0:
New features:
- Attributes. Simplify command line argument definitions by adding attributes to a class that represents options and arguments.
   - Options defined as [Option] or [Argument], [Subcommand].
   - Command parsing options can be defined with [Command] and [Subcmomand].
   - Special options include [HelpOption] and [VersionOption].
- Async from end to end. Using C# 7.1 and attribute binding, your console app can be async from top to bottom.

New API
- Added OptionAttribute, ArgumentAttribute, CommandAttribute, SubcommandAttribute, HelpOptionAttribute, and VersionOptionAttribute.
- CommandLineApplication.Execute<TApp>() - executes an app where TApp uses attributes to define its options
- CommandLineApplication.ExecuteAsync<TApp>() - sample thing, but async.
- CommandLineApplication.StopParsingHelpOption and StopParsingVerboseOption. When the help and verbose options are matched
  against a command-line flag, the parsing will stop by default. You can turn this off by setting these options if you
  want OnExecute to be invoked no matter what.
- CommandLineApplication.HandleResponseFiles - the parser can treat arguments that begin with '@' as response files.
  Response files contain arguments that will be treated as if they were passed on command line.

Minor bug fixes:
- Add return types to .VerboseOption() and ensure .HasValue() is true when HelpOption or VerboseOption are matched
- Fix a NullReferenceException in some edge cases when parsing args