McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils 2.3.0

Command-line parsing API and utilities for console applications. Commonly used types: McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandOption McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.IConsole McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.Prompt McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.ArgumentEscaper A community-maintained fork of Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils, plus many enhancements.

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QuantConnect.Configuration
QuantConnect LEAN Engine: Configuration Project - The Config and argument parser implementation
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QuantConnect LEAN Engine: ToolBox Project - A collection of data downloaders and converters
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Enhancements:

  • Support the POSIX convention for cluster multiple options. For example, -ixd is treated the same as -i -x -d.
  • @bjorg: support SingleOrNoValue notation. --option[:value]
  • New type: Pager. Provides a simple interaction model for displaying console output in a pager.
  • Display help text using the less pager on macOS/Linux.
  • Make suggestions when invalid options or commands are used, but there is a valid one that is similar. (Thanks to @MadbHatter for doing the initial work on this.)
  • Add support for subcommand aliases. Commands can be given multiple names.
  • Obsolete the constructor of [Subcommand] which takes a string.
  • Infer subcommand names from the type name
  • @lvermeulen: Sort subcommands by name in help text. This can be disabled with DefaultHelpTextGenerator.SortCommandsByName.
  • @jcaillon: Add API for UnrecognizedCommandParsingException which includes suggestions for similar options or commands.
  • @TheConstructor: add CommandLineApplication.GetValidationResult()

Bugs fixed:

  • Duplicate subcommand names used to cause undefined behavior. Now, attempting to add a duplicate subcommand name or aliases will cause the library to throw before the app can execute.
  • Fix bug in subcommand name inference. When not specified, the subcommand always matched the entry assembly name. In this update, this convention only applies to the parent command.
  • Add generic overloads of .IsRequired() for CommandOption<T> and CommandArgument<T>.
  • @handcraftedsource: handled nested HelpOptions (fixes #86 - InvalidOperationException when multiple help options were defined)

See more details here: https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v230

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