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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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Portions of this software were derived from third-party works licensed under
terms compatible with the above MIT license:

The algorithm for permuting arguments is from musl-libc, and is used under the
MIT License:
Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
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# getopt

A Go `getopt`.
Package `getopt` provides a zero-dependency Go implementation of the Unix getopt function for parsing command-line options.

The `getopt` package supports parsing options using the POSIX convention, supporting short options (e.g., `-a`) and option arguments. It also supports GNU extensions, including support for long options (e.g., `--option`), options with optional arguments, and permuting non-option parameters.

## Install

```
go get github.com/jon-codes/getopt
```

## Usage

This package emulates the C `getopt` function, but uses a state machine to encapsulate variables (instead of the global `optind`, `optopt`, `optarg` used in C). Rather than implement a high-level interface for defining CLI flags, it aims to implement an accurate emulation of C `getopt` that can be used by higher-level tools.

Collect all options into a slice:

```go
state := getopt.NewState(os.Args)
config := getopt.Config{Opts: getopt.OptStr(`ab:c::`)}
opts, err := state.Parse(config)
```

Iterate over each option for finer control:

```go
state := getopt.NewState(os.Args)
config := getopt.Config{Opts: getopt.OptStr(`ab:c::`)}

for opt, err := range state.All(config) {
if err != nil {
break
}
switch opt.Char {
case 'a':
fmt.Printf("Found opt a\n")
case 'b':
fmt.Printf("Found opt b with arg %s\n", opt.OptArg)
case 'c':
fmt.Printf("Found opt c")
if opt.OptArg != "" {
fmt.Printf(" with arg %s", opt.OptArg)
}
fmt.Printf("\n")
}
}
```
# Behavior

This package uses [GNU libc] as a reference for behavior, since many expect the
non-standard features it provides.

It supports the same configuration options as the GNU options via [Mode](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#Mode):
- [ModeGNU](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModeGNU): enables default behavior.
- [ModePosix](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModePosix): enables the '+' compatibility mode, disabling permuting arguments and terminating parsing on the first parameter.
- [ModeInOrder](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModeInOrder): enables the '-' optstring prefix mode, treating all parameters as though they were arguments to an option with character code 1.

The specific libc function that is emulated can be configured via [Func](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#Func):
- [FuncGetOpt](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOpt): parse only traditional POSIX short options (e.g., -a).
- [FuncGetOptLong](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOptLong): parse short options, and GNU extension long options (e.g.,
--option).
- [FuncGetOptLongOnly](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOptLongOnly): parse short and long options, but allow long options to begin with a single dash (like [pkg/flag](https://pkg.go.dev/flag)).

The parser differs from GNU libc's getopt in the following ways:
- It accepts multi-byte runes in short and long option definitions.
- This package does not implement the same argument permutation as GNU libc.
The value of OptInd and order of arguments mid-parsing may differ, and only
the final order is validated against the GNU implementation.

## API Documentation

The full API documentation can be found at [pkg.go.dev](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt).

## Acknowledgements

The algorithm for permuting arguments is from [musl-libc](https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/COPYRIGHT), and is used under the linked MIT License:

| Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
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This package emulates the C getopt function, but uses a state machine to
encapsulate variables (instead of the global optind, optopt, optarg used in C).
Rather than implement a high-level interface for defining CLI flags, it aims to
implement an accurate emulation of getopt that can be used by higher-level
implement an accurate emulation of C getopt that can be used by higher-level
tools.
Collect all options into a slice:
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The parser differs from GNU libc's getopt in the following ways:
- It accepts multi-byte runes in short and long option definitions.
- This package does not implement the same argument permutation as GNU libc.
The value of OptInd and order of arguments mid-parsing may differ, and only
the final order is validated against the GNU implementation.
# Acknowledgements
The algorithm for permuting arguments is from [musl-libc], and is used under the linked MIT License:
Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
[getopt]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getopt.3.html
[GNU libc]: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
[musl-libc]: https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/COPYRIGHT
*/
package getopt

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return res, ErrDone
}

// TODO: cite permutation algo source (musl libc)
// The algorithm for permuting arguments is from [musl-libc], and is used under the MIT License:
// Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
pStart := s.optInd
if s.args[s.optInd] == "" || s.args[s.optInd] == "-" || []rune(s.args[s.optInd])[0] != '-' {
switch c.Mode {
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