yargs-command-config

Richard Wen
rrwen.dev@gmail.com

• Documentation
• Changes

Yargs command for managing config files

Install

1. Install Node.js
2. Install yargs and yargs-command-config via npm

npm install --save yargs yargs-command-config

For the latest developer version, see Developer Install.

Usage

Create a file named bin.js with the following contents:

1var yargs = require('yargs');
2
3// (config) Load command with path to config JSON file
4// Replace './path/to/config.json' with your config JSON file
5var config = require('yargs-command-config')({file: './path/to/config.json'});
6
7// (yargs) Add command to manage config file
8var argv = yargs.command(config).argv;

Display help options for bin.js using node:

node bin.js config help

The following will be displayed:

bin config <task> [key] [value] [--config]

manage default config

<task> is one of:

* set
* delete
* view
* clear
* reset

Set option to value
> set [key] [value]

Remove default option
> delete [key]

View default options
> view

Clear default options
> clear

Reset default options
> reset

Manage other config file
> set [key] [value] --config other.json
> delete [key] --config other.json
> view --config other.json
> clear --config other.json
> reset --config other.json

Options:
	--help	Show help	[boolean]

Default config files are managed with the commands below:

node bin.js config view
node bin.js config clear
node bin.js config reset
node bin.js config set key value
node bin.js config delete key

Other config files are managed by passing a path in the option --config:

node bin.js config view --config config.json
node bin.js config clear --config config.json
node bin.js config reset --config config.json
node bin.js config set key value --config config.json
node bin.js config delete key --config config.json

See Documentation for more details.

Contributions

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Code Contributions

Code contributions are submitted via pull requests:

1. Ensure that you pass the Tests
2. Create a new pull request
3. Provide an explanation of the changes

A template of the code contribution explanation is provided below:

## Purpose

The purpose can mention goals that include fixes to bugs, addition of features, and other improvements, etc.

## Description

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## Changes

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* `file_path1`:
	* `function_module_etc`: changed loop to map
	* `function_module_etc`: changed variable value
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	* `function_module_etc`: changed variable value

## Notes

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For more information, see Developer Install and Implementation.

Developer Notes

Developer Install

Install the latest developer version with npm from github:

npm install git+https://github.com/rrwen/yargs-command-config

Install from git cloned source:

1. Ensure git is installed
2. Clone into current path
3. Install via npm

git clone https://github.com/rrwen/yargs-command-config
cd yargs-command-config
npm install

Tests

1. Clone into current path git clone https://github.com/rrwen/yargs-command-config
2. Enter into folder cd yargs-command-config
3. Ensure devDependencies are installed and available
4. Run tests
5. Results are saved to tests/log with each file corresponding to a version tested

npm install
npm test

Documentation

Use documentationjs to generate html documentation in the docs folder:

npm run docs

See JSDoc style for formatting syntax.

Upload to Github

1. Ensure git is installed
2. Inside the yargs-command-config folder, add all files and commit changes
3. Push to github

git add .
git commit -a -m "Generic update"
git push

Upload to npm

1. Update the version in package.json
2. Run tests and check for OK status
3. Generate documentation
4. Login to npm
5. Publish to npm

npm test
npm run docs
npm login
npm publish

Implementation

The module yargs-command-config uses the following npm packages for its implementation:

npm	Purpose
yargs	Manage command line arguments and options
fs	Read and write JSON config files

 yargs  <-- CLI arguments
   |
  fs    <-- JSON config files

Changes

v1.0.1

• Defaults for options.task.file and [--file] are now options.task.config and [--config] respectively

v1.0.0

• Initial release