argparser : adds subcommands to the argparser

this adds subcommands to the argparser using subparsers, we also set a
default value for func depending on which of the subcommands is
selected.
Also change the formatting of the epilog so it is on two lines.
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2026-01-01 23:17:33 +01:00
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import argparse import argparse
def create_argparser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser: def create_argparser(sync_function, add_function, mount_function) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
"""
Creates an argument parser to parse the command line arguments.
We use subparsers and set a default function for each to perform the correct action.
"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog='unisync', prog='unisync',
description='File synchronisation application', description='File synchronisation application',
epilog=""" epilog="Copyright © 2025 Paul Retourné.\n"
Copyright © 2025 Paul Retourné. "License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.",
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.""" formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
) )
parser.add_argument("local", nargs="?") parser.add_argument("local", nargs="?")
parser.add_argument("remote", nargs="?") parser.add_argument("remote", nargs="?")
parser.set_defaults(func=sync_function)
remote_addr_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group() remote_addr_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
remote_addr_group.add_argument("--ip") remote_addr_group.add_argument("--ip")
remote_addr_group.add_argument("--hostname") remote_addr_group.add_argument("--hostname")
parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to the configuration file", metavar="path_to_config") parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to the configuration file", metavar="path_to_config")
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help='Actions other than synchronisation')
parser_add = subparsers.add_parser('add', help='Add files to be synchronised.')
parser_add.set_defaults(func=add_function)
parser_mount = subparsers.add_parser('mount', help='Mount the remote.')
parser_mount.set_defaults(func=mount_function)
return parser return parser