From c9047cfbc62191ccbe47c2ca0896eb4b192a7223 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Riedstra <mitch@riedstra.dev>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:22:11 -0400
Subject: Initial

---
 go.mod  |  3 +++
 main.go | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 go.mod
 create mode 100644 main.go

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87c20db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module riedstra.dev/go/envflag
+
+go 1.11.0
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c50dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// 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
+}
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