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argv-formatter
Bizarro minimist: transform an options object into into a process.argv
-like array. Helpful for using child_process
and passing complex arguments more easily.
Setup
$ npm install --save argv-formatter
API
-> formatter.format(object)Array
Accepts an object
of containing options and arguments and returns an array of arguments.
- options with a value of
true
will be included with a flag only ({R: true}
->['-R']
) - options that are falsey will be removed
- all values will be stringified, (
{D: new Date(0)}
->['-D', 'Thurs Jan 1 1970...']
) - arguments can be passed under the
_
key as a value or array of values
Examples
To generate arguments to a git log
command for printing the short hashes of commits that have changed our test files:
var args = formatter.format({
_: './test/*',
format: '%h'
});
console.log(args.join(' ')); // --format=%h ./test/*
git-log-parser uses this to spawn a git
process:
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
var formatter = require('argv-formatter');
var args = formatter.format(options);
var child = spawn('git', ['log'].concat(args));