feat: Use structs for CLI-validation errors returned by Cobra. #2266
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This pull request converts a bunch of
fmt.Errorf
errors into structs implementing theerror
interface.Similar to #2178, the goal of this pull request is to make it easier for callers of a Cobra command to determine why a command failed without having to resort to regex matching or parsing the error message. This pull request goes a bit further, covering all types of CLI validation-related errors (with the exception of
pflag
-created ones) and adding methods to get the specific details of the errors.Giving callers this info enables them to do new things such as:
The error structs added are:
InvalidArgCountError
InvalidArgValueError
UnknownSubcommandError
RequiredFlagError
FlagGroupError
Tests and documentation have been updated as well.