Bizarro minimist: transform an options object into argv
npm install argv-formatterargv-formatter
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Bizarro minimist: transform an options object into into a process.argv-like array. Helpful for using child_process and passing complex arguments more easily.
``bash`
$ npm install --save argv-formatter
#### formatter.format(object) -> Array
Accepts an object of containing options and arguments and returns an array of arguments.
* options with a value of true will be included with a flag only ({R: true} -> ['-R']){D: new Date(0)}
* options that are falsey will be removed
* all values will be stringified, ( -> ['-D', 'Thurs Jan 1 1970...'])_
* arguments can be passed under the key as a value or array of values
To generate arguments to a git log command for printing the short hashes of commits that have changed our test files:`js
var args = formatter.format({
_: './test/*',
format: '%h'
});
console.log(args.join(' ')); // --format=%h ./test/*
`
git-log-parser uses this to spawn a git process:
`js``
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
var formatter = require('argv-formatter');
var args = formatter.format(options);
var child = spawn('git', ['log'].concat(args));