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+// Package envflag is an extremely small bit of code to make configuration
+// via environment variables a little bit less of a hassle when using
+// the flag package in the standard library.
+package envflag
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// String is a convent way to set value from environment variable,
+// and allow override when a command line flag is set. It's assumed `p` is
+// not nil.
+func String(fl *flag.FlagSet, p *string, name, envvar, usage string) {
+	if v := os.Getenv(envvar); v != "" {
+		*p = v
+	}
+
+	fl.StringVar(p, name, *p, fmt.Sprintf("%s (Environ: '%s')", usage, envvar))
+}
+
+// Bool is a convent way to set value from environment variable,
+// and allow override when a command line flag is set. It's assumed `p` is
+// not nil.
+func Bool(fl *flag.FlagSet, p *bool, name, envvar, usage string) error {
+	if v := os.Getenv(envvar); v != "" {
+		res, err := strconv.ParseBool(v)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bool: cannot parse '%s=%s', %w",
+				envvar, v, err)
+		}
+
+		*p = res
+	}
+
+	fl.BoolVar(p, name, *p, fmt.Sprintf("%s (Environ: '%s')", usage, envvar))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Int is a convent way to set value from environment variable,
+// and allow override when a command line flag is set. It's assumed `p` is
+// not nil.
+func Int(fl *flag.FlagSet, p *int, name, envvar, usage string) error {
+	if v := os.Getenv(envvar); v != "" {
+		res, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Int: cannot parse '%s=%s', %w",
+				envvar, v, err)
+		}
+
+		*p = int(res)
+	}
+
+	fl.IntVar(p, name, *p, fmt.Sprintf("%s (Environ: '%s')", usage, envvar))
+
+	return nil
+}