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Bassam (Sam) Khouri a78d98b92d Augment Option to support default as flag option (#830)
In some use cases, there is a need to have an option argument behave
like a flag.

This change introduced 4 new intialiazers to `Option` that accept a
`defaultAsFlag` value.

With the following usage:

```swift
struct Example: ParsableCommand {
    @Option(defaultAsFlag: "default", help: "Set output format.")
    var format: String?
    func run() {
        print("Format: \(format ?? "none")")
    }
}
```

The `defaultAsFlag` parameter creates a hybrid that supports both patterns:
  - **Flag behavior**: `--format` (sets format to "default")
  - **Option behavior**: `--format json` (sets format to "json")
  - **No usage**: format remains `nil`

As a user of the command line tool, the `--help` output clearly distinguishes
between the the hybrid and regular usages.

```
OPTIONS:
  --format [<format>]     Set output format. (default as flag: default)
````

Note the `(default as flag: ...)` text instead of regular `(default: ...)`,
and the optional value syntax `[<value>]` instead of required `<value>`.

Fixes: #829
2026-03-23 14:47:26 -05:00

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// swift-tools-version:6.0
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This source file is part of the Swift Argument Parser open source project
//
// Copyright (c) 2020 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
//
// See https://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
import PackageDescription
var package = Package(
name: "swift-argument-parser",
products: [
.library(
name: "ArgumentParser",
targets: ["ArgumentParser"]),
.plugin(
name: "GenerateDoccReference",
targets: ["GenerateDoccReference"]),
.plugin(
name: "GenerateManual",
targets: ["GenerateManual"]),
],
dependencies: [],
targets: [
// Core Library
.target(
name: "ArgumentParser",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParserToolInfo"],
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt"]),
.target(
name: "ArgumentParserTestHelpers",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserToolInfo"],
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt"]),
.target(
name: "ArgumentParserToolInfo",
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt"]),
// Plugins
.plugin(
name: "GenerateDoccReference",
capability: .command(
intent: .custom(
verb: "generate-docc-reference",
description:
"Generate a documentation reference for a specified target."),
permissions: [
.writeToPackageDirectory(
reason: "This command generates documentation.")
]),
dependencies: ["generate-docc-reference"]),
.plugin(
name: "GenerateManual",
capability: .command(
intent: .custom(
verb: "generate-manual",
description: "Generate a manual entry for a specified target.")),
dependencies: ["generate-manual"]),
// Examples
.executableTarget(
name: "roll",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/roll"),
.executableTarget(
name: "math",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/math"),
.executableTarget(
name: "repeat",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/repeat"),
.executableTarget(
name: "color",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/color"),
.executableTarget(
name: "default-as-flag",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/default-as-flag"
),
// Tools
.executableTarget(
name: "generate-docc-reference",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserToolInfo"],
path: "Tools/generate-docc-reference"),
.executableTarget(
name: "generate-manual",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserToolInfo"],
path: "Tools/generate-manual"),
// Tests
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserEndToEndTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt"]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserExampleTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["Snapshots"],
resources: [.copy("CountLinesTest.txt")]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserGenerateDoccReferenceTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["Snapshots"]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserGenerateManualTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["Snapshots"]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserPackageManagerTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt"]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserToolInfoTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParserToolInfo"],
exclude: ["Examples"]),
.testTarget(
name: "ArgumentParserUnitTests",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser", "ArgumentParserTestHelpers"],
exclude: ["CMakeLists.txt", "Snapshots"]),
]
)
#if os(macOS)
package.targets.append(contentsOf: [
// Examples
.executableTarget(
name: "count-lines",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Examples/count-lines"),
// Tools
.executableTarget(
name: "changelog-authors",
dependencies: ["ArgumentParser"],
path: "Tools/changelog-authors"),
])
#endif