go-cli-base

A simple Go cli which you can use as a base for creating your own. Decoupled from any external framework and easy to support new flags.

Running

Set your $GOPATH to the root of the go-cli-base directory (if your directory is under ~ then you should set it as ~/go-cli-base/) by running export GOPATH=~/go-cli-base/

Set your $GOBIN to the bin/ directory under go-cli-base by running export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin

Install the cli by running go install main/main.go. You should now have an executable called main in your go-cli-base/bin directory.

Now, simply run main -h from the go-cli-base/bin directory.

Setup

Built with Go version 1.5.3, so I recommend using this or a newer version of Go

Testing

After doing the setup, run go test ../tests

Adding new flags

To add a new flag, simple add a new entry to the AcceptedFlags map in the flags.go file. Create a function to execute when that flag is present, and voilà!