Demo of default command with commander

log.txt

→ ./tester.rb             
initialized with .
Compile called
→ ./tester.rb --dir .
initialized with .
Compile called
→ ./tester.rb deploy                
initialized with .
Deploy called
→ ./tester.rb deploy --dir .
initialized with .
Deploy called

tester.rb

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

class Woody
  VERSION = "1.0"
  def initialize(dir)
    puts "initialized with #{dir}"
  end

  def compile *args
    puts "Compile called"
  end

  def deploy *args
    puts "Deploy called"
  end
end

require 'commander/import'


program :name, 'woody'
program :version, Woody::VERSION
program :description, 'Podcast static site generator'

default_command :compile

$dir = "."
global_option '--dir', '--dir path/to/site', "Specifies path to Woody site directory, if not the current directory" do |dir|
  $dir = dir
end

command :compile do |c|
  c.description = "Compiles the site"
  c.option "--no-add", "Don't ask to add new metadata"
  c.action do |args, options|
    site = Woody.new($dir)
    site.compile(options)
  end
end
alias_command :c, :compile

command :deploy do |c|
  c.description = "Deploys the site"
  c.action do |args, options|
    site = Woody.new($dir)
    site.deploy
  end
end
alias_command :d, :deploy