The CI runner I am currently working on can be used as follows:
lpcraft run --output
Now, what is output? A boolean? In the sense of “do create output”? A path to a directory? Something else?
disambiguate
--output can be used to specify a directory for the build artifacts.
So, let’s rename it to --output-directory - problem solved.
Yes, but what about all the users out there…
argparse magic to the rescue
We all know argparse is magic, and sometimes that even helps.
There is a feature called arguments abbreviations, which automatically – drumrolls – enables abbreviations for arguments.
After changing lpcraft run --output to lpcraft run --output-directory,
the first command still works, as the argument gets expanded automatically.
This magic behavior can be deactivated by setting allow_abbrev=False.