cobra-cli is a command-line tool for bootstrapping and extending Go applications built with the Cobra command-line framework. It turns repetitive project setup into two practical operations: initialize an application and add commands to it. section 12.12 section 12.2
Use cobra-cli to create the application structure incrementally:
- Run cobra-cli init from the project root to generate main.go, create cmd, and place root.go inside it. section 12.3
- Run cobra-cli add worker to generate a worker.go command skeleton under cmd. section 12.6
- Customize the generated command by defining flags in init and implementing its Run function. section 12.6
- Attach each command to rootCmd with rootCmd.AddCommand so the application can dispatch it. section 12.6
Generating and running a worker command
Start with "$ cobra-cli init", then generate the command with "$ cobra-cli add worker". The generated worker command already supports help and a Run handler; after adding host, port, name, and dbtype flags, its Run function can construct a worker and start its API. section 12.3 section 12.6
$ cobra-cli init Your Cobra application is ready at /home/t/workspace/personal/manning/code/ch12
The initialization output makes the tool's first step concrete: one command reports that the Cobra application is ready at the project path. section 12.3
