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The help flag didn't get processed when a config file was required. #606

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@phlptp phlptp commented Jun 18, 2021

This fixes issue #553

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CLI::FileError fe("ne");
bool caught_error{false};
try {
// the config file might generate a FileError but that should not be processed until later in the process
// to allow for help, version and other errors to generate first.
_process_config_file();
// process env shouldn't throw but no reason to process it if config generated an error
_process_env();
} catch(const CLI::FileError &fe2) {
fe = fe2;
caught_error = true;
}
// callbacks and help_flags can generate exceptions which should take priority over the config file error if one
// exists
_process_callbacks();
_process_help_flags();

if(caught_error) {
throw CLI::FileError(std::move(fe));
}

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I'd be tempted to use a unique_ptr here (really need an optional), but this should get refactored by the error handling update whenever that comes, so I think this is fine.

@henryiii henryiii merged commit f27822d into CLIUtils:master Jun 21, 2021
@henryiii henryiii deleted the help_config_required branch June 21, 2021 16:13
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@henryiii henryiii added this to the v2.0 milestone Jun 24, 2021
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