lib/cli: mkKey -> mkOptionName, use generators.mkValueStringDefault

Let’s call them by what they are, option names.

`generators.mkValueStringDefault` is a better value string renderer
than plain `toString`.

Also add docs to all options.
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Profpatsch 2020-01-23 01:09:55 +01:00
parent 18520b7f36
commit 7228a3c0bc

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@ -42,20 +42,34 @@ rec {
toGNUCommandLineShell =
options: attrs: lib.escapeShellArgs (toGNUCommandLine options attrs);
toGNUCommandLine =
{ mkKey ?
k: if builtins.stringLength k == 1
then "-${k}"
else "--${k}"
toGNUCommandLine = {
# how to string-format the option name;
# by default one character is a short option (`-`),
# more than one characters a long option (`--`).
mkOptionName ?
k: if builtins.stringLength k == 1
then "-${k}"
else "--${k}",
, mkOption ?
k: v: if v == null
then []
else [ (mkKey k) (builtins.toString v) ]
# how to format a boolean value to a command list;
# by default its a flag option
# (only the option name if true, left out completely if false).
mkBool ? k: v: lib.optional v (mkOptionName k),
, mkBool ? k: v: lib.optional v (mkKey k)
# how to format a list value to a command list;
# by default the option name is repeated for each value
# and `mkOption` is applied to the values themselves.
mkList ? k: v: lib.concatMap (mkOption k) v,
, mkList ? k: v: lib.concatMap (mkOption k) v
# how to format any remaining value to a command list;
# on the toplevel, booleans and lists are handled by `mkBool` and `mkList`,
# though they can still appear as values of a list.
# By default, everything is printed verbatim and complex types
# are forbidden (lists, attrsets, functions). `null` values are omitted.
mkOption ?
k: v: if v == null
then []
else [ (mkOptionName k) (lib.generators.mkValueStringDefault {} v) ]
}:
options:
let