"""A single place for constructing and exposing the main parser
"""
import os
import sys
from pip import __version__
from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
from pip._internal.cli.parser import (
ConfigOptionParser, UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter,
)
from pip._internal.commands import (
commands_dict, get_similar_commands, get_summaries,
)
from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError
from pip._internal.utils.misc import get_prog
__all__ = ["create_main_parser", "parse_command"]
def create_main_parser():
"""Creates and returns the main parser for pip's CLI
"""
parser_kw = {
'usage': '\n%prog <command> [options]',
'add_help_option': False,
'formatter': UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter(),
'name': 'global',
'prog': get_prog(),
}
parser = ConfigOptionParser(**parser_kw)
parser.disable_interspersed_args()
pip_pkg_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..",
))
parser.version = 'pip %s from %s (python %s)' % (
__version__, pip_pkg_dir, sys.version[:3],
)
# add the general options
gen_opts = cmdoptions.make_option_group(cmdoptions.general_group, parser)
parser.add_option_group(gen_opts)
parser.main = True # so the help formatter knows
# create command listing for description
command_summaries = get_summaries()
description = [''] + ['%-27s %s' % (i, j) for i, j in command_summaries]
parser.description = '\n'.join(description)
return parser
def parse_command(args):
parser = create_main_parser()
# Note: parser calls disable_interspersed_args(), so the result of this
# call is to split the initial args into the general options before the
# subcommand and everything else.
# For example:
# args: ['--timeout=5', 'install', '--user', 'INITools']
# general_options: ['--timeout==5']
# args_else: ['install', '--user', 'INITools']
general_options, args_else = parser.parse_args(args)
# --version
if general_options.version:
sys.stdout.write(parser.version)
sys.stdout.write(os.linesep)
sys.exit()
# pip || pip help -> print_help()
if not args_else or (args_else[0] == 'help' and len(args_else) == 1):
parser.print_help()
sys.exit()
# the subcommand name
cmd_name = args_else[0]
if cmd_name not in commands_dict:
guess = get_similar_commands(cmd_name)
msg = ['unknown command "%s"' % cmd_name]
if guess:
msg.append('maybe you meant "%s"' % guess)
raise CommandError(' - '.join(msg))
# all the args without the subcommand
cmd_args = args[:]
cmd_args.remove(cmd_name)
return cmd_name, cmd_args