Seems like this is supported, but I can't get multiple arguments to work

[colinta]

This is the docstring for punt.

I would like to have multiple --watch options, but I can't figure out a syntax that supports it.

"""Watches current path (or another path) for changes and executes
command(s) when a change is detected.  Uses watchdog to track file changes.

Usage:
    punt [-w <path> ...] [-l] [--] <commands>...
    punt (-h | --help)
    punt --version

Options:
    -w <path> ..., --watch <path> ...  Which path to watch [default: current directory]
    -l, --local                        Only tracks local files (disables recusive)
"""
# blablabla
arguments = docopt(__doc__, version='punt v1.6')
print repr(arguments)

> punt -w dir1 dir2  -- make
{'--': False,
 '--help': False,
 '--local': False,
 '--version': False,
 '--watch': 'dir1',
 '-h': False,
 '<commands>': ['dir2', '--', 'make']}

> punt -w dir1 -w dir2  -- make
{'--': True,
 '--help': False,
 '--local': False,
 '--version': False,
 '--watch': 'dir2',
 '-h': False,
 '<commands>': ['make']}

[keleshev]

I'm sorry, but at this point only multiple positional arguments are supported. When I have time I plan to implement the syntax for multiple options:

-w <path> ...

[colinta]

Just wanted to make sure I wasn't using it wrong! :-)

[keleshev]

I will reopen this issue, since this is something I want "todo".

BTW, will be interesting to see: what workaround are you going to make? or stop using docopt?

[colinta]

I dunno, I don't want to promise that i'll look at the code and send a pull request, but I might.

The multiple-watch-folders thing is not a feature that I urgently need, so sticking with docopt for now! :-)

[keleshev]

@colinta I added support for the syntax [-w <path> ...] which can be used as > punt -w dir1 -w dir2. It is now in experimental branch.

After more testing this will get into master branch and then released as 0.5.0 to PyPI during the upcoming week.

Any feedback is appreciated.

[colinta]

I'll play with it and let you know if I find anything. Thanks!

[colinta]

http://github.com/colinta/punt/tree/experimental/

It works great! Thanks Vladimir! I'll leave it on my experimental branch until this gets merged into master.

[keleshev]

Great! I'll close this issue as soon as this change is on PyPI.

[keleshev]

0.5.0 is now out and on PyPI

[colinta]

Thanks for the heads up, Vladimir! punt v1.8 can be released!

[shabbyrobe]

Woohoo! I will bring the PHP port up to speed tonight.

[kyle-fritz-zocdoc]

Is there a way to specify multiple options in a similar way, but using the [options] shortcut as part of the usage section? The following didn't seem to work for me:

Naval Fate.

Usage:
  naval_fate.py ship [options]

Options:
  --speed <kn> ...  Speed in knots.

argv: ship --speed=20 --speed=30

[keleshev]

@kyle-fritz-zocdoc no, unfortunately (or luckily).

[binarytrails]

In of my projects, I tried to use this feature with the -e option in the following line:

script.py [-v] (-i) <interface> [-e <ip> -c] ((-h) <directory> | (-f) <frontend> (-a) <address>)

So it looks like:

script.py [-v] (-i) <interface> [-e <ips> ... -c] ((-h) <directory> | (-f) <frontend> (-a) <address>)

I also tried:

script.py [-v] (-i) <interface> [-e <ips> ...] [-c] ((-h) <directory> | (-f) <frontend> (-a) <address>)

Unfortunately, it does not works. Any suggestions?

UPDATE
I solved this issue by moving the -e to the end:

script.py [-v] (-i) <interface> [-c] ((-h) <directory> | (-f) <frontend> (-a) <address> [-e <ips> ...])