From df1e0af03db13339add48a9bc6350eedb30775ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Jamison <jackqjamison@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:18:21 -0400
Subject: argument parsing and subcommands

---
 snag/main.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'snag/main.c')

diff --git a/snag/main.c b/snag/main.c
index ff7ac64..c6abcb1 100644
--- a/snag/main.c
+++ b/snag/main.c
@@ -1,23 +1,43 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "util.h"
+#include "libargs/args.h"
 #include "pkg_db.h"
 
-void subcmd_install(char* pkgs[], size_t count);
+int cmd_install(char* cmd_name, ArgParser* parser);
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
-	// run install subcommand with each argument as a package
-	subcmd_install(argv+1, argc-1);
+	// create argument parser
+    ArgParser* parser = ap_new_parser();
+	if (parser == NULL) error_out("failed to initialize cli parsing");
+    ap_set_helptext(parser, "Usage: snag <command>");
+    ap_set_version(parser, "0.0");
+
+	// add install subcommand
+	ArgParser* install = ap_new_cmd(parser, "install inst i");
+	if (install == NULL) error_out("failed to initialize install cli subcommand");
+    ap_set_helptext(install, "Usage: snag install [packages]");
+    ap_set_cmd_callback(install, cmd_install);
+
+	// parse the arguments (automatically executes subcommands)
+    if (!ap_parse(parser, argc, argv)) error_out("failed to parse arguments");
+
+	// if no subcommand was specified, parse and execute install as the root command
+	if (!ap_found_cmd(parser)) {
+		if (!ap_parse(install, argc, argv)) error_out("failed to parse arguments");
+		cmd_install("install", install);
+	}
 
+    ap_free(parser);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void subcmd_install(char* pkgs[], size_t count) {
-
-	// install each package listed
-	for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+int cmd_install(char* cmd_name, ArgParser* parser) {
 
-		char* pkgid = pkgs[i];
+	// install each package specified
+	for (int i = 0; i < ap_count_args(parser); i++) {
+		char* pkgid = ap_get_arg_at_index(parser, i);
 
 		// load package description
 		package_info_t info;
@@ -26,4 +46,6 @@ void subcmd_install(char* pkgs[], size_t count) {
 			run_package_install(&info);
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
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