Alternativ to pflag?

[jkroepke]

Hi,

I would like to ask if there is an alternative CLI parser to pflag is planned? Last commit 2 years ago and I feel the project is dead.

https://github.com/spf13/pflag

I tried to use stdlib flag, but I miss some features like StringSlices

[jxsl13]

the project is not dead but it is finished, lol

[jkroepke]

That one more reason to switch away. If the project considered as finished, but it does not support features like TextVar. Then it can be considered as outdated.

However, reading spf13/pflag#385, there are different opinions.

Finished, Outdated, Unmaintained, Dead. At the end, a lot of bugs are opened and there is active maintenance.

[fredbi]

Hello, I am the OP for spf13/pflag#385.
It looks like my proposal for help with cleaning up and upgrading the venerable spf13/pflag has been a long shot.
Initially, I merely wanted to clean it up and extend it with generics (like here: https://github.com/fredbi/gflag).

The main reason for clinging to pflag was the use of cobra and viper. But koanf looks like a reasonable alternative.
Let me know if you guys need help with hosting a hard-fork of pflag with a more up-to-date approach and cleaner interface.

[jxsl13]

I'm using a combination of cobra and koanf, which would add an additional dependency.