[Question] How to create a command and subcommands

[ramsesgarate]

Hello, I would like to know if with commander it is possible to create a command that is executed with a main command that does not show the help and at the same time can have subcommands, I mean something like this:

$ my-cli
> hello world

$ my-cli -s
> hello world with option s

$ my-cli addition 2 2
> Result is 4

$ my-cli subtraction 8 2
> Result is 6

[shadowspawn]

Yes. that is a supported setup. The main command can have an action handler, and that will get called instead of showing the help when a subcommand is not specified.

[shadowspawn]

However, another approach is to specify a default command. A reason for doing it with a default command is to avoid having the top-level options as global options, like the -s in your example.

Does it make sense to do: my-cli -s addition 2 2 ?

See for example: #1616 #1750

[ramsesgarate]

Thank you very much, leaving a default command worked for me!

[shadowspawn]

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