fish-shell/share/functions/fish_opt.fish

# This is a helper function for `fish_opt`. It does some basic validation of the arguments.
function __fish_opt_validate_args --no-scope-shadowing
    if not set -q _flag_short
        or test 1 -ne (string length -- $_flag_short)
        printf (_ "%s: The --short flag is required and must be a single character\n") fish_opt >&2
        return 1
    end

    return 0
end

# The `fish_opt` command.
function fish_opt -d 'Produce an option specification suitable for use with `argparse`.'
    set -l options h/help 's/short=' 'l/long=' o/optional-val r/required-val
    set options $options L-long-only M-multiple-vals
    argparse -n fish_opt --max-args=0 --exclusive=r,o --exclusive=M,o $options -- $argv
    or return

    if set -q _flag_help
        __fish_print_help fish_opt
        return 0
    end

    __fish_opt_validate_args
    or return

    set -l opt_spec $_flag_short

    if set -q _flag_long
        if set -q _flag_long_only
            set opt_spec "$opt_spec-"
        else
            set opt_spec "$opt_spec/"
        end
        set opt_spec "$opt_spec$_flag_long"
    end

    if set -q _flag_multiple_vals
        set opt_spec "$opt_spec=+"
    else if set -q _flag_required_val
        set opt_spec "$opt_spec="
    else if set -q _flag_optional_val
        and set opt_spec "$opt_spec=?"
    end

    echo $opt_spec
end