[SR-1605] [SwiftPM] Add options to sub commands that directly take values

[swift-ci]

Previous ID	SR-1605
Radar	None
Original Reporter	bhargavg (JIRA User)
Type	Bug
Status	Resolved
Resolution	Done

Additional Detail from JIRA

Votes	0
Component/s	Package Manager
Labels	Bug
Assignee	@abertelrud
Priority	Medium

md5: 07b00d8a2386e5e58b08aadca7eb2ee1

Issue Description:

After moving to swift package sub command, the syntax for invoking init mode looks odd:

$ swift-package init executable
$ #or
$ swift-package init=executable

IMHO, this could be improved by adding a --type=executable option to init mode.

$ # Suggested
$ swift-package init --type=executable

/cc @abertelrud

[abertelrud]

I definitely agree — the mechanical renaming of the options left this really confusing. I will fix this forthwith.

[abertelrud]

I do have to figure out how to add another level of option here... I do have a refactoring of the option definition infrastructure in mind, but I don't want to block this fix on that work, so this warrants a more targeted fix.

And the same thing will probably be needed for the other commands, e.g. generate-xcodeproj etc.

[abertelrud]

I have gone through and cleaned this up. Since it will be a visible change, I've sent out the new syntax to [email protected] to increase the likelihood that interested parties get a chance to comment. I'll stage the PR in a moment and so there's some time for discussion before landing the change.

[abertelrud]

#370