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authorChristopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>2016-04-27 16:23:59 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-05-06 10:30:56 +0100
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scripts/lib/argparse_oe: show subparser help for unrecognized args
As an example, `recipetool create foo bar baz` shows `recipetool: error: unrecognized arguments: bar baz` and then displays the main help, not the help for the create command. Fix by saving the subparser name and using it in parse_args() to look up the subparser. Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/argparse_oe.py49
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/lib/argparse_oe.py b/scripts/lib/argparse_oe.py
index 95b42e75ea..75002d02af 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/argparse_oe.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/argparse_oe.py
@@ -27,15 +27,20 @@ class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
def error_subcommand(self, message, subcommand):
if subcommand:
- for action in self._actions:
- if isinstance(action, argparse._SubParsersAction):
- for choice, subparser in action.choices.items():
- if choice == subcommand:
- subparser.error(message)
- return
+ action = self._get_subparser_action()
+ try:
+ subparser = action._name_parser_map[subcommand]
+ except KeyError:
+ self.error('no subparser for name "%s"' % subcommand)
+ else:
+ subparser.error(message)
+
self.error(message)
def add_subparsers(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ if 'dest' not in kwargs:
+ kwargs['dest'] = '_subparser_name'
+
ret = super(ArgumentParser, self).add_subparsers(*args, **kwargs)
# Need a way of accessing the parent parser
ret._parent_parser = self
@@ -48,6 +53,38 @@ class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
def add_subparser_group(self, groupname, groupdesc, order=0):
self._subparser_groups[groupname] = (groupdesc, order)
+ def parse_args(self, args=None, namespace=None):
+ """Parse arguments, using the correct subparser to show the error."""
+ args, argv = self.parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+ if argv:
+ message = 'unrecognized arguments: %s' % ' '.join(argv)
+ if self._subparsers:
+ subparser = self._get_subparser(args)
+ subparser.error(message)
+ else:
+ self.error(message)
+ sys.exit(2)
+ return args
+
+ def _get_subparser(self, args):
+ action = self._get_subparser_action()
+ if action.dest == argparse.SUPPRESS:
+ self.error('cannot get subparser, the subparser action dest is suppressed')
+
+ name = getattr(args, action.dest)
+ try:
+ return action._name_parser_map[name]
+ except KeyError:
+ self.error('no subparser for name "%s"' % name)
+
+ def _get_subparser_action(self):
+ if not self._subparsers:
+ self.error('cannot return the subparser action, no subparsers added')
+
+ for action in self._subparsers._group_actions:
+ if isinstance(action, argparse._SubParsersAction):
+ return action
+
class ArgumentSubParser(ArgumentParser):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):