clan-cli: manage sub-commands via python argparse

pkgs/clan-cli/clan.py

@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
 # !/usr/bin/env python3
-import subprocess
-import sys
+import argparse
+
+import clan_admin
 
 
-def showhelp() -> None:
-    print('''
-    usage:
-    clan admin ...
-    clan join ...
-    clan delete ...
-    ''')
+# this will be the entrypoint under /bin/clan (see pyproject.toml config)
+def clan() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="cLAN tool")
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
 
+    # init clan admin
+    parser_admin = subparsers.add_parser("admin")
+    clan_admin.make_parser(parser_admin)
 
-try:
-    cmd = f'clan-{sys.argv[1]}'
-except:  # noqa
-    showhelp()
-
-try:
-    subprocess.Popen([cmd] + sys.argv[2:])
-except FileNotFoundError:
-    print(f'command {cmd} not found')
-    exit(2)

pkgs/clan-cli/clan_admin.py

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def git(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         ] + args.git_args
     )
 
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="clan-admin")
+# takes a (sub)parser and configures it
+def make_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "-f",
         "--folder",
@@ -118,5 +118,9 @@ parser_git = subparser.add_parser("git", help="control the clan repo via git")
     parser_git.add_argument("git_args", nargs="*")
     parser_git.set_defaults(func=git)
 
+
+# entry point if this file is executed directly
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="clan-admin")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.func(args)

pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include = ["clan.py"]
 name = "clan"
 description = "cLAN CLI tool"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-scripts = {clan = "clan:my_cli"}
+scripts = {clan = "clan:clan"}
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov . --cov-report term --cov-fail-under=100 --no-cov-on-fail"