fix: properly parse all types of command line arg values (GodotModdin…

…g#103)

* fix: properly parse all types of command line arg values

* refactor: adjust code line in doc comments

* refactor: add cmdline arg fixing wrapper function

* fix: also cover args without =

addons/mod_loader/mod_loader_utils.gd

@@ -188,25 +188,80 @@ static func _get_verbosity() -> int:
 # Check if the provided command line argument was present when launching the game
 static func is_running_with_command_line_arg(argument: String) -> bool:
 	for arg in OS.get_cmdline_args():
-		if arg == argument:
+		if argument == arg.split("=")[0]:
 			return true
 
 	return false
 
 
 # Get the command line argument value if present when launching the game
 static func get_cmd_line_arg_value(argument: String) -> String:
-	for arg in OS.get_cmdline_args():
-		if (arg as String).find("=") > -1:
-			var key_value := (arg as String).split("=")
-			# True if the checked argument matches a user-specified arg key
-			# (eg. checking `--mods-path` will match with `--mods-path="C://mods"`
-			if key_value[0] == argument:
-				return key_value[1]
+	var args := get_fixed_cmdline_args()
+
+	for arg_index in args.size():
+		var arg := args[arg_index] as String
+
+		var key := arg.split("=")[0]
+		if key == argument:
+			# format: `--arg=value` or `--arg="value"`
+			if "=" in arg:
+				var value := arg.trim_prefix(argument + "=")
+				value = value.trim_prefix('"').trim_suffix('"')
+				value = value.trim_prefix("'").trim_suffix("'")
+				return value
+
+			# format: `--arg value` or `--arg "value"`
+			elif arg_index +1 < args.size() and not args[arg_index +1].begins_with("--"):
+				return args[arg_index + 1]
 
 	return ""
 
 
+static func get_fixed_cmdline_args() -> PoolStringArray:
+	return fix_godot_cmdline_args_string_space_splitting(OS.get_cmdline_args())
+
+
+# Reverses a bug in Godot, which splits input strings at spaces even if they are quoted
+# e.g. `--arg="some value" --arg-two 'more value'` becomes `[ --arg="some, value", --arg-two, 'more, value' ]`
+static func fix_godot_cmdline_args_string_space_splitting(args: PoolStringArray) -> PoolStringArray:
+	if not OS.has_feature("editor"): # only happens in editor builds
+		return args
+	if OS.has_feature("Windows"): # windows is unaffected
+		return args
+
+	var fixed_args := PoolStringArray([])
+	var fixed_arg := ""
+	# if we encounter an argument that contains `=` followed by a quote,
+	# or an argument that starts with a quote, take all following args and
+	# concatenate them into one, until we find the closing quote
+	for arg in args:
+		var arg_string := arg as String
+		if '="' in arg_string or '="' in fixed_arg or \
+				arg_string.begins_with('"') or fixed_arg.begins_with('"'):
+			if not fixed_arg == "":
+				fixed_arg += " "
+			fixed_arg += arg_string
+			if arg_string.ends_with('"'):
+				fixed_args.append(fixed_arg.trim_prefix(" "))
+				fixed_arg = ""
+				continue
+		# same thing for single quotes
+		elif "='" in arg_string or "='" in fixed_arg \
+				or arg_string.begins_with("'") or fixed_arg.begins_with("'"):
+			if not fixed_arg == "":
+				fixed_arg += " "
+			fixed_arg += arg_string
+			if arg_string.ends_with("'"):
+				fixed_args.append(fixed_arg.trim_prefix(" "))
+				fixed_arg = ""
+				continue
+
+		else:
+			fixed_args.append(arg_string)
+
+	return fixed_args
+
+
 # Returns the current time as a string in the format hh:mm:ss
 static func get_time_string() -> String:
 	var date_time = Time.get_datetime_dict_from_system()