README.md

@@ -20,16 +20,15 @@ longDesc: |
   Policies that governed servers like this in the past. It will open the elinks browser to a
   page on the wiki.
 examples: |
-  $ town aup           # open the aup
+  $ aup           # open the aup
-  $ town aup --rainbow # open the aup with rainbow colors
+  $ aup --rainbow # open the aup with rainbow colors
-maintainer: vilmibm
 ```
 
  and using the launcher is like:
 
      $ town aup
      $ town aup --rainbow
-     $ town writo
+     $ town contrib writo
      $ town admin ban vilmibm
 
 You can see all the commands with `town help` as well as their descriptions; `town help
@@ -41,10 +40,10 @@ account).
 
 Remaining TODOs:
 
+- [ ] fix arg passing
 - [ ] make tab completion available for common shells
+- [ ] test with a command that makes use of stdin/stdout
 - [ ] document / script submitting a tool for inclusion in contrib
+- [ ] add all existing commands to the buckets
 - [ ] make little wrappers for things like `mail` and `chat`
-- [x] fix arg passing
+- [ ] add to users' paths
-- [x] test with a command that makes use of stdin/stdout
-- [x] add all existing commands to the buckets
-- [x] add to users' paths

main.go

@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-const binroot = "/town/commands"
+const binroot = "/town/launcher"
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "town",
 	Short: "Run commands unique to tilde.town",
 }
 
+var contribCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "contrib",
+	Short: "community-maintained town commands",
+}
+
 var adminCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "admin",
-	Short: "Run administrative commands",
+	Short: "commands used for administering the town",
 }
 
 func isAdmin() (bool, error) {
@@ -48,13 +53,34 @@ func isAdmin() (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	return false, nil
+
 }
 
-func parseCommands(targetCmd *cobra.Command, path string) error {
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(contribCmd)
+
+	parseCommands(rootCmd, "core")
+	parseCommands(contribCmd, "contrib")
+
+	admin, err := isAdmin()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to check admin status: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	if admin {
+		rootCmd.AddCommand(adminCmd)
+		parseCommands(adminCmd, "admin")
+	}
+
+	// I feel like the example/documentation yaml can be frontmatter for non-binary files. to start
+	// i'll just do the accompanying yaml file.
+}
+
+func parseCommands(targetCmd *cobra.Command, path string) {
 	binPath := filepath.Join(binroot, path)
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(binPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list directory %s: %s", binPath, err)
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to list directory %s: %s", binPath, err))
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range files {
@@ -62,15 +88,12 @@ func parseCommands(targetCmd *cobra.Command, path string) error {
 			parseCommand(targetCmd, filepath.Join(binPath, file.Name()))
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 type commandDoc struct {
 	ShortDesc string `yaml:"shortDesc"`
 	LongDesc  string `yaml:"longDesc"`
 	Examples  string
-	Maintainer string
 }
 
 func parseCommand(targetCmd *cobra.Command, yamlPath string) {
@@ -80,25 +103,20 @@ func parseCommand(targetCmd *cobra.Command, yamlPath string) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(executablePath)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not find matching executable for %s; skipping...\n", yamlPath)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not find matching executable for %s; skipping...", yamlPath)
 		return
 	}
 
 	yamlBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(yamlPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not read %s; skipping...\n", yamlPath)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not read %s; skipping...", yamlPath)
 		return
 	}
 
 	doc := commandDoc{}
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlBytes, &doc)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not parse %s; skipping...\n", yamlPath)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not parse %s; skipping...", yamlPath)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if doc.Maintainer == "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s is missing maintainer field; skipping...\n", yamlPath)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -114,8 +132,6 @@ func parseCommand(targetCmd *cobra.Command, yamlPath string) {
 		parsedCmd.Long = doc.LongDesc
 	}
 
-	parsedCmd.Long += fmt.Sprintf("\nMaintained by %s; reach out to them via mail or chat with questions", doc.Maintainer)
-
 	if doc.Examples != "" {
 		parsedCmd.Example = doc.Examples
 	}
@@ -133,41 +149,6 @@ func execWrapper(executablePath string) func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func cli() int {
-	err := parseCommands(rootCmd, "core")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to parse core commands: %s", err)
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	err = parseCommands(rootCmd, "contrib")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to parse contrib commands: %s", err)
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	admin, err := isAdmin()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to check admin status: %s", err)
-		return 2
-	}
-
-	if admin {
-		rootCmd.AddCommand(adminCmd)
-		err = parseCommands(adminCmd, "admin")
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to parse admin commands: %s", err)
-			return 1
-		}
-	}
-
-	// I feel like the example/documentation yaml can be frontmatter for non-binary files. to start
-	// i'll just do the accompanying yaml file.
-	rootCmd.Execute()
-
-	return 0
-}
-
 func main() {
-	os.Exit(cli())
+	rootCmd.Execute()
 }