Add support for default values for flags and args

README.md

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ $ gem install bashly
 ```
 
 
+Prerequisites
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+The bash scripts generated by bashly require bash 4 or higher due to heavy
+use of associative arrays.
+
+
 What is Bashly
 --------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -159,6 +166,7 @@ bash function.
 `name`     | The name of the argument.
 `help`     | The message to display when using `--help`. Can have multiple lines.
 `required` | Specify if this argument is required. Note that once you define an optional argument (without required: true) then you cannot define required arguments after it.
+`default`  | The value to use in case it is not provided by the user. Implies that this argument is optional.
 
 ### Flag options
 
@@ -173,6 +181,7 @@ short form).
 `help`     | The text to display when using `--help`. Can have multiple lines.
 `arg`      | If the flag requires an argument, specify its name here.
 `required` | Specify if this flag is required.
+`default`  | The value to use in case it is not provided by the user. Implies that this flag is optional, and only makes sense when the flag has an argument.
 
 #### Special handling for -v and -h
 

examples/colors/colorly

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/command-default/ftp

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ ftp_upload_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ ftp_download_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/command-groups/ftp

@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ ftp_download_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -390,6 +392,7 @@ ftp_upload_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -432,6 +435,7 @@ ftp_login_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -474,6 +478,7 @@ ftp_logout_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/commands-nested/cli

@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ cli_dir_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -473,6 +475,7 @@ cli_dir_list_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -533,6 +536,7 @@ cli_dir_remove_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -600,6 +604,7 @@ cli_file_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -654,6 +659,7 @@ cli_file_show_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -708,6 +714,7 @@ cli_file_edit_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/commands/cli

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ cli_download_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ cli_upload_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/config-ini/configly

@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -447,6 +448,7 @@ configly_set_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ configly_get_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.parse_requirements
@@ -543,6 +546,7 @@ configly_list_parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/custom-includes/download

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/custom-strings/download

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ parse_requirements() {
 
     esac
   done
+  # :command.default_assignments
 }
 
 # :command.initialize

examples/default-values/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Minimal Example
+==================================================
+
+This example was generated with:
+
+    $ bashly init --minimal
+    $ bashly generate