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-rw-r--r--example_test.go6
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3526872..a9555b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Workers: [1 99]
var args struct {
Input string `arg:"positional"`
Output []string `arg:"positional"`
- Verbose bool `arg:"-v" help:"verbosity level"`
+ Verbose bool `arg:"-v,--verbose" help:"verbosity level"`
Dataset string `help:"dataset to use"`
Optimize int `arg:"-O" help:"optimization level"`
}
@@ -240,6 +240,29 @@ $ ./example --version
someprogram 4.3.0
```
+### Overriding option names
+
+```go
+var args struct {
+ Short string `arg:"-s"`
+ Long string `arg:"--custom-long-option"`
+ ShortAndLong string `arg:"-x,--my-option"`
+}
+arg.MustParse(&args)
+```
+
+```shell
+$ ./example --help
+Usage: [--short SHORT] [--custom-long-option CUSTOM-LONG-OPTION] [--my-option MY-OPTION]
+
+Options:
+ --short SHORT, -s SHORT
+ --custom-long-option CUSTOM-LONG-OPTION
+ --my-option MY-OPTION, -x MY-OPTION
+ --help, -h display this help and exit
+```
+
+
### Embedded structs
The fields of embedded structs are treated just like regular fields:
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 4e6372f..9091151 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Example_helpText() {
Output []string `arg:"positional"`
Verbose bool `arg:"-v" help:"verbosity level"`
Dataset string `help:"dataset to use"`
- Optimize int `arg:"-O,help:optimization level"`
+ Optimize int `arg:"-O,--optim" help:"optimization level"`
}
// This is only necessary when running inside golang's runnable example harness
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func Example_helpText() {
MustParse(&args)
// output:
- // Usage: example [--verbose] [--dataset DATASET] [--optimize OPTIMIZE] INPUT [OUTPUT [OUTPUT ...]]
+ // Usage: example [--verbose] [--dataset DATASET] [--optim OPTIM] INPUT [OUTPUT [OUTPUT ...]]
//
// Positional arguments:
// INPUT
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func Example_helpText() {
// Options:
// --verbose, -v verbosity level
// --dataset DATASET dataset to use
- // --optimize OPTIMIZE, -O OPTIMIZE
+ // --optim OPTIM, -O OPTIM
// optimization level
// --help, -h display this help and exit
}