clean up some command line parsing

git-anchor/Actions/Base.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using GitAnchor.Lib;
-
 namespace GitAnchor.Actions;
 
-/** represent a function type matching either of the below class members */
-// public delegate Task<ActivityStatusCode> Callable();
-
 public abstract class BaseAction {
     public virtual void Run()
     {

git-anchor/Actions/Create.cs

@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@ public class Create : BaseAction
     {
         string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
 
-        string? backupName = args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--name") || arg.StartsWith("-n"));
         string? token = args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--token"));
+
+        string? backupName = args.FirstOrDefault(
+            arg => arg.StartsWith("--name") || arg.StartsWith("-n"))?
+            .Split("=")[1].Trim();
+
         bool verbose = args.Any(arg => arg.StartsWith("--verbose")
             || arg.StartsWith("-v"));
 
         // find or configure the default backup directory
-        DirectoryInfo backupDir = FileSystemTools.SetUpMainBackupFile() ?? throw new Exception("Encountered a problem creating main backup directory");
+        DirectoryInfo backupDir = FileSystemTools.SetUpMainBackupFile()
+            ?? throw new Exception("Encountered a problem creating main backup directory");
 
         // create backup file
         DirectoryInfo? anchorDir = FileSystemTools.SetUpAnchor(backupDir, backupName);
@@ -46,6 +51,16 @@ public class Create : BaseAction
             Console.WriteLine($"Found {privateRepos.Count()} private repos and {publicRepos.Count()} public repos.");
         }
 
+        // get user confirmation to proceed
+        Console.WriteLine($"\n\nProceed to clone {repos.Count()} repositories? (y/n)");
+        string? response = Console.ReadLine();
+
+        if (response?.ToLower() != "y")
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Aborting...");
+            return ActivityStatusCode.Ok;
+        }
+
         // set up, update directories for hosting projects
         HashSet<Repository> newProjects = Volumes.PopulateBackupDirectories(uniqueRepos, anchorDir);
 
@@ -68,7 +83,7 @@ public class Create : BaseAction
         Console.WriteLine($"Preparing to clone {taskPool.Count} repositories. Starting...");
 
         // start a timer to track progress
-        ProgressReporter reporter = new();
+        using var reporter = new ProgressReporter();
         reporter.Start();
 
         Parallel.ForEach(taskPool, task => task.Start());

git-anchor/Actions/Pull.cs

@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ namespace GitAnchor.Actions
             // act on provided arguments
             string? token = args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--token"));
             bool verbose = args.Any(arg => arg.StartsWith("--verbose") || arg.StartsWith("-v"));
-            string? anchorName = args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--name") || arg.StartsWith("-n"))
+            string anchorName = args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--name") || arg.StartsWith("-n"))?.Split("=")[1].Trim()
                 ?? throw new Exception("No anchor name provided");
 
+            anchorName = anchorName.Split("=")[1].Trim();
+
             // find (or create) the anchor in question
             var anchor = Volumes.GetAnchor(mainBackupDir, anchorName) ?? FileSystemTools.SetUpAnchor(mainBackupDir, anchorName);
             var projectDirectories = anchor?.GetDirectories();
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ namespace GitAnchor.Actions
             }
 
             // start progress tracker
-            ProgressReporter reporter = new();
+            using var reporter = new ProgressReporter();
             reporter.Start();
 
             Parallel.ForEach(taskPool, task => task.Start());

git-anchor/Lib/ProgressReporter.cs

@@ -2,14 +2,24 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace GitAnchor.Lib;
 
-public class ProgressReporter : Stopwatch
+public class ProgressReporter : Stopwatch, IDisposable
 {
     public ProgressReporter()
     {
+        // progress = new();
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        this.Stop();
+        // progress = null!;
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
     }
 
     public override string ToString()
     {
+        // progress.ProgressChanged += (sender, message) => Console.WriteLine(message);
+
         var elapsed = this.ElapsedMilliseconds < 1000
             ? this.ElapsedMilliseconds
             : this.ElapsedMilliseconds / 1000;