try setting ENV globals for "--" args

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/argv.parseOsArgs.go b/argv.parseOsArgs.go
index 8623138..70231ef 100644
--- a/argv.parseOsArgs.go
+++ b/argv.parseOsArgs.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func (pb *Argv) parseArgv() {
+func (pb *Argv) parseOsArgs() {
 	// this shouldn't really happen. OS/POSIX error?
 	if len(os.Args) == 0 {
 		// fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "what OS is this?\n")
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ func (pb *Argv) parseArgv() {
 	if os.Args[1] != "--auto-complete" {
 		// if the first arg is not --auto-complete, then don't go any farther
 		for _, s := range os.Args[1:] {
+			pb.Real = append(pb.Real, s)
+		}
+		for _, s := range os.Args[1:] {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") {
 				// option is something like --verbose
 				// skip these. they are not subcommands
diff --git a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
index 3bc32f0..3f2311f 100644
--- a/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
+++ b/theMagicOfAutocomplete.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package argvpb
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Argv {
 	initAppname()
 
 	// parses os.Args into the protobuf
-	me.pb.parseArgv()
+	me.pb.parseOsArgs()
 
 	// initializes the lib/ENV library
 	ENV.Init(me.pb.AppInfo.APPNAME, me.pb.AppInfo.VERSION, cobol.Time(me.pb.AppInfo.BUILDTIME), me.pb.Real, GoodExit, BadExit)
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ func Autocomplete(dest any) *Argv {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	ENV.SetGlobal("argv", "real", fmt.Sprintf("%v", me.pb.Real))
+	for _, a := range me.pb.Real {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(a, "--") {
+			ENV.SetGlobal("argv", a, "true")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// not autocompleting. return go-arg & the application
 	if !me.pb.IsAuto {
 		// save the pb & history