ParseArger Utilities

This skill provides tools for managing full projects, generating documentation, bash completion, and web forms.

Invocation Rules

1. Check which parseArger → if found, use parseArger
2. Fallback: ./parseArger (in project root)
3. Never assume location - always check first

1. Project Scaffolding (project)

Create a full directory structure for a new CLI tool, including subcommands, tests, and documentation support.

parseArger project NAME [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --description "DESC": Project description.
• --project-subcommand "NAME": Create specific subcommands (repeatable).
• --directory "DIR": Output directory (default ./NAME).
• --git-repo "USER/REPO": Set git repository URL.
• --installer-git-service "HOST": Git host (default github.com).
• --no-readme: Skip README generation.
• --no-git: Skip git init.

Example: Full CLI Tool Setup

# Create a complex tool with multiple subcommands
parseArger project mdd \
  --description "Markdown tools for my blog" \
  --git-repo "DimitriGilbert/mdd" \
  --project-subcommand article \
  --project-subcommand build \
  --project-subcommand deploy

This generates:

• mdd/bin/article (and others)
• mdd/mdd.rc (source this to setup aliases)
• mdd/documentation.md
• mdd/completely.yaml

2. Bash Completion (completely)

Generate bash completion scripts and configuration using completely library.

parseArger completely COMMAND-NAME SCRIPT-FILE [OPTIONS]

Dependency: Requires the completely Ruby gem OR Docker installation. Use --completely-cmd to specify a custom command (e.g., via Docker).

Options:

• --subcommand-directory "DIR": Scan directory for subcommands to include in completion.
• --completion-file "FILE": Output bash script (default completely.bash).
• --yaml-file "FILE": Output intermediate YAML config (default completely.yaml).
• --run-completely: Run the generator (default on). Use --no-run-completely to only output YAML.
• --completely-cmd "CMD": Custom command to run completely (e.g. via Docker).

Example

parseArger completely my-tool ./bin/my-tool --subcommand-directory ./bin

3. Documentation (document)

Generate Markdown documentation from argument definitions.

parseArger document [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --file "FILE": File to document (repeatable).
• --directory "DIR": Document all scripts in directory (repeatable).
• --out "FILE": Output file (stdout if omitted).
• --append-output: Append to existing file (default on).
• --title "TITLE": Main title (default "Usage").
• --tag "##": Markdown tag level.

Example

parseArger document --directory ./bin --out DOCUMENTATION.md

4. HTML Forms (html-form)

Generate a standalone HTML form that maps to the CLI arguments. Useful for web interfaces.

Output: Generates an HTML file you can open in a browser. The form lets users interactively build command-line arguments.

parseArger html-form FILE [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --out "FILE": Output HTML file.
• --command "CMD": The command string to build (defaults to filename).
• --action "URL": Form action URL.
• --js / --no-js: Generate JavaScript for dynamic command building (default on).
• Styling (Bootstrap defaults):

- --form-class, --input-class, --label-class - --checkbox-class, --select-class, etc.

Example

parseArger html-form ./bin/my-script --out form.html

5. Bulk Parse (bulk-parse)

Perform operations on multiple files at once.

parseArger bulk-parse [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --file "FILE", --directory "DIR".
• --bump "VERSION": Bump version number across all files.

Examples

# Bump version to 2.0.0 across multiple specific files
parseArger bulk-parse --file bin/script1.sh --file bin/script2.sh --bump "2.0.0"

# Bump version across all scripts in a directory
parseArger bulk-parse --directory ./bin --bump "1.5.0"

# Bump version across multiple directories
parseArger bulk-parse --directory ./bin --directory ./scripts --bump "3.0.0"