use clap::{arg, App, Arg, ArgGroup}; fn main() { // Create application like normal let matches = App::new("myapp") // Add the version arguments .arg(arg!(--"set-ver" "set version manually").required(false)) .arg(arg!(--major "auto inc major")) .arg(arg!(--minor "auto inc minor")) .arg(arg!(--patch "auto inc patch")) // Create a group, make it required, and add the above arguments .group( ArgGroup::new("vers") .required(true) .args(&["set-ver", "major", "minor", "patch"]), ) // Arguments can also be added to a group individually, these two arguments // are part of the "input" group which is not required .arg(arg!([INPUT_FILE] "some regular input").group("input")) .arg( arg!(--"spec-in" "some special input argument") .required(false) .group("input"), ) // Now let's assume we have a -c [config] argument which requires one of // (but **not** both) the "input" arguments .arg( Arg::new("config") .short('c') .takes_value(true) .requires("input"), ) .get_matches(); // Let's assume the old version 1.2.3 let mut major = 1; let mut minor = 2; let mut patch = 3; // See if --set-ver was used to set the version manually let version = if let Some(ver) = matches.value_of("set-ver") { ver.to_string() } else { // Increment the one requested (in a real program, we'd reset the lower numbers) let (maj, min, pat) = ( matches.is_present("major"), matches.is_present("minor"), matches.is_present("patch"), ); match (maj, min, pat) { (true, _, _) => major += 1, (_, true, _) => minor += 1, (_, _, true) => patch += 1, _ => unreachable!(), }; format!("{}.{}.{}", major, minor, patch) }; println!("Version: {}", version); // Check for usage of -c if matches.is_present("config") { let input = matches .value_of("INPUT_FILE") .unwrap_or_else(|| matches.value_of("spec-in").unwrap()); println!( "Doing work using input {} and config {}", input, matches.value_of("config").unwrap() ); } }