commit 825b5dc807ddda56605800ee8f89852ced5b1307
Author: Foil-hat-guy <dev@foilhatguy.casa>
Date:   Tue Apr 15 00:10:39 2025 +0300

    First commit.

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module code.foilhatguy.casa/ui
+
+go 1.19
+
+require github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
diff --git a/ui.go b/ui.go
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+// This package provides --quiet and --verbose flags for cli and corresponding output print functions PrintOut and PrintVerbose.
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+var stdOutput io.Writer
+var verboseOutput io.Writer
+
+func init() {
+	outputFlagSet := pflag.NewFlagSet("output", pflag.ContinueOnError)
+	outputFlagSet.ParseErrorsWhitelist.UnknownFlags = true
+	outputFlagSet.SetOutput(nil)
+
+	isVerbose := outputFlagSet.BoolP("verbose", "V", false, "If set adds additional details to output.")
+	isQuiet := outputFlagSet.BoolP("quiet", "q", false, "If set makes no output at all.")
+
+	err := outputFlagSet.Parse(os.Args)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	SetupOutputMode(*isQuiet, *isVerbose)
+}
+
+func SetupOutputMode(isQuiet bool, isVerbose bool) {
+	if isQuiet {
+		stdOutput = io.Discard
+		verboseOutput = io.Discard
+        return
+	}
+
+	if isVerbose {
+        stdOutput = os.Stdout
+		verboseOutput = os.Stdout
+        return
+	}
+
+    stdOutput = os.Stdout
+    verboseOutput = io.Discard
+}
+
+func PrintOut(a ...any) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = fmt.Fprintln(stdOutput, a...)
+	return
+}
+
+func PrintVerbose(a ...any) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = fmt.Fprintln(verboseOutput, a...)
+	return
+}