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diff --git a/archinstall/__init__.py b/archinstall/__init__.py
index b0c938ad..865e9844 100644
--- a/archinstall/__init__.py
+++ b/archinstall/__init__.py
@@ -28,64 +28,149 @@ __version__ = "2.3.1.dev0"
storage['__version__'] = __version__
-def initialize_arguments():
- config = {}
+def define_arguments():
+ """
+ Define which explicit arguments do we allow.
+ Refer to https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html for documentation and
+ https://docs.python.org/3/howto/argparse.html for a tutorial
+ Remember that the property/entry name python assigns to the parameters is the first string defined as argument and
+ dashes inside it '-' are changed to '_'
+ """
parser.add_argument("--config", nargs="?", help="JSON configuration file or URL")
parser.add_argument("--creds", nargs="?", help="JSON credentials configuration file")
+ parser.add_argument("--disk_layouts","--disk_layout","--disk-layouts","--disk-layout",nargs="?",
+ help="JSON disk layout file")
parser.add_argument("--silent", action="store_true",
help="WARNING: Disables all prompts for input and confirmation. If no configuration is provided, this is ignored")
- parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true",
+ parser.add_argument("--dry-run","--dry_run",action="store_true",
help="Generates a configuration file and then exits instead of performing an installation")
parser.add_argument("--script", default="guided", nargs="?", help="Script to run for installation", type=str)
+ parser.add_argument("--mount-point","--mount_point",nargs="?",type=str,help="Define an alternate mount point for installation")
+ parser.add_argument("--debug",action="store_true",help="Adds debug info into the log")
+ parser.add_argument("--plugin",nargs="?",type=str)
+
+def parse_unspecified_argument_list(unknowns :list, multiple :bool = False, error :bool = False) -> dict:
+ """We accept arguments not defined to the parser. (arguments "ad hoc").
+ Internally argparse return to us a list of words so we have to parse its contents, manually.
+ We accept following individual syntax for each argument
+ --argument value
+ --argument=value
+ --argument = value
+ --argument (boolean as default)
+ the optional paramters to the function alter a bit its behaviour:
+ * multiple allows multivalued arguments, each value separated by whitespace. They're returned as a list
+ * error. If set any non correctly specified argument-value pair to raise an exception. Else, simply notifies the existence of a problem and continues processing.
+
+ To a certain extent, multiple and error are incompatible. In fact, the only error this routine can catch, as of now, is the event
+ argument value value ...
+ which isn't am error if multiple is specified
+ """
+ tmp_list = unknowns[:] # wastes a few bytes, but avoids any collateral effect of the destructive nature of the pop method()
+ config = {}
+ key = None
+ last_key = None
+ while tmp_list:
+ element = tmp_list.pop(0) # retreive an element of the list
+ if element.startswith('--'): # is an argument ?
+ if '=' in element: # uses the arg=value syntax ?
+ key, value = [x.strip() for x in element[2:].split('=', 1)]
+ config[key] = value
+ last_key = key # for multiple handling
+ key = None # we have the kwy value pair we need
+ else:
+ key = element[2:]
+ config[key] = True # every argument starts its lifecycle as boolean
+ else:
+ if element == '=':
+ continue
+ if key:
+ config[key] = element
+ last_key = key # multiple
+ key = None
+ else:
+ if multiple and last_key:
+ if isinstance(config[last_key],str):
+ config[last_key] = [config[last_key],element]
+ else:
+ config[last_key].append(element)
+ elif error:
+ raise ValueError(f"Entry {element} is not related to any argument")
+ else:
+ print(f" We ignore the entry {element} as it isn't related to any argument")
+ return config
+
+def get_arguments():
+ """ The handling of parameters from the command line
+ Is done on following steps:
+ 0) we create a dict to store the arguments and their values
+ 1) preprocess.
+ We take those arguments which use Json files, and read them into the argument dict. So each first level entry becomes a argument un it's own right
+ 2) Load.
+ We convert the predefined argument list directly into the dict vía the vars() función. Non specified arguments are loaded with value None or false if they are booleans (action="store_true").
+ The name is chosen according to argparse conventions. See above (the first text is used as argument name, but underscore substitutes dash)
+ We then load all the undefined arguments. In this case the names are taken as written.
+ Important. This way explicit command line arguments take precedence over configuración files.
+ 3) Amend
+ Change whatever is needed on the configuration dictionary (it could be done in post_process_arguments but this ougth to be left to changes anywhere else in the code, not in the arguments dictionary
+ """
+ config = {}
args, unknowns = parser.parse_known_args()
+ # preprocess the json files.
+ # TODO Expand the url access to the other JSON file arguments ?
if args.config is not None:
try:
# First, let's check if this is a URL scheme instead of a filename
parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(args.config)
if not parsed_url.scheme: # The Profile was not a direct match on a remote URL, it must be a local file.
- with open(args.config) as file:
- config = json.load(file)
+ if not json_stream_to_structure('--config',args.config,config):
+ exit(1)
else: # Attempt to load the configuration from the URL.
with urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request(args.config, headers={'User-Agent': 'ArchInstall'})) as response:
- config = json.loads(response.read())
+ config.update(json.loads(response.read()))
except Exception as e:
raise ValueError(f"Could not load --config because: {e}")
if args.creds is not None:
- with open(args.creds) as file:
- config.update(json.load(file))
-
- # Installation can't be silent if config is not passed
+ if not json_stream_to_structure('--creds',args.creds,config):
+ exit(1)
+ # load the parameters. first the known, then the unknowns
+ config.update(vars(args))
+ config.update(parse_unspecified_argument_list(unknowns))
+ # amend the parameters (check internal consistency)
+ # Installation can't be silent if config is not passed
+ if args.config is not None :
config["silent"] = args.silent
+ else:
+ config["silent"] = False
- for arg in unknowns:
- if '--' == arg[:2]:
- if '=' in arg:
- key, val = [x.strip() for x in arg[2:].split('=', 1)]
- else:
- key, val = arg[2:], True
- config[key] = val
-
- config["script"] = args.script
+ # avoiding a compatibility issue
+ if 'dry-run' in config:
+ del config['dry-run']
+ return config
- if args.dry_run is not None:
- config["dry-run"] = args.dry_run
+def post_process_arguments(arguments):
+ storage['arguments'] = arguments
+ if arguments.get('mount_point'):
+ storage['MOUNT_POINT'] = arguments['mount_point']
- return config
+ if arguments.get('debug',False):
+ log(f"Warning: --debug mode will write certain credentials to {storage['LOG_PATH']}/{storage['LOG_FILE']}!", fg="red", level=logging.WARNING)
+ from .lib.plugins import plugins, load_plugin # This initiates the plugin loading ceremony
+ if arguments.get('plugin', None):
+ load_plugin(arguments['plugin'])
-arguments = initialize_arguments()
-storage['arguments'] = arguments
-if arguments.get('debug'):
- log(f"Warning: --debug mode will write certain credentials to {storage['LOG_PATH']}/{storage['LOG_FILE']}!", fg="red", level=logging.WARNING)
-if arguments.get('mount-point'):
- storage['MOUNT_POINT'] = arguments['mount-point']
+ if arguments.get('disk_layouts', None) is not None:
+ if 'disk_layouts' not in storage:
+ storage['disk_layouts'] = {}
+ if not json_stream_to_structure('--disk_layouts',arguments['disk_layouts'],storage['disk_layouts']):
+ exit(1)
-from .lib.plugins import plugins, load_plugin # This initiates the plugin loading ceremony
-if arguments.get('plugin', None):
- load_plugin(arguments['plugin'])
+define_arguments()
+arguments = get_arguments()
+post_process_arguments(arguments)
# TODO: Learn the dark arts of argparse... (I summon thee dark spawn of cPython)