python-configargparse 0.10.0-2 / usr / lib / python2.7 / dist-packages / configargparse.py

import argparse
import os
import re
import sys
import types

if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
    from io import StringIO
else:
    from StringIO import StringIO

if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
    from ordereddict import OrderedDict
else:
    from collections import OrderedDict


ACTION_TYPES_THAT_DONT_NEED_A_VALUE = set([argparse._StoreTrueAction,
    argparse._StoreFalseAction, argparse._CountAction,
    argparse._StoreConstAction, argparse._AppendConstAction])


# global ArgumentParser instances
_parsers = {}

def initArgumentParser(name=None, **kwargs):
    """Creates a global ArgumentParser instance with the given name,
    passing any args other than "name" to the ArgumentParser constructor.
    This instance can then be retrieved using getArgumentParser(..)
    """

    if name is None:
        name = "default"

    if name in _parsers:
        raise ValueError(("kwargs besides 'name' can only be passed in the"
            " first time. '%s' ArgumentParser already exists: %s") % (
            name, _parsers[name]))

    kwargs.setdefault('formatter_class', argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
    kwargs.setdefault('conflict_handler', 'resolve')
    _parsers[name] = ArgumentParser(**kwargs)


def getArgumentParser(name=None, **kwargs):
    """Returns the global ArgumentParser instance with the given name. The 1st
    time this function is called, a new ArgumentParser instance will be created
    for the given name, and any args other than "name" will be passed on to the
    ArgumentParser constructor.
    """
    if name is None:
        name = "default"

    if len(kwargs) > 0 or name not in _parsers:
        initArgumentParser(name, **kwargs)

    return _parsers[name]



class ArgumentDefaultsRawHelpFormatter(    
    argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, 
    argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
    argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter):
    """HelpFormatter that adds default values AND doesn't do line-wrapping"""
    pass


# used while parsing args to keep track of where they came from
_COMMAND_LINE_SOURCE_KEY = "command_line"
_ENV_VAR_SOURCE_KEY = "environment_variables"
_CONFIG_FILE_SOURCE_KEY = "config_file"
_DEFAULTS_SOURCE_KEY = "defaults"


class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
    """Drop-in replacement for argparse.ArgumentParser that adds support for
    environment variables and .ini or .yaml-style config files.
    """

    def __init__(self,
        prog=None,
        usage=None,
        description=None,
        epilog=None,
        version=None,
        parents=[],
        formatter_class=argparse.HelpFormatter,
        prefix_chars='-',
        fromfile_prefix_chars=None,
        argument_default=None,
        conflict_handler='error',
        add_help=True,

        add_config_file_help=True,
        add_env_var_help=True,

        auto_env_var_prefix=None,

        config_file_parser=None,
        default_config_files=[],
        ignore_unknown_config_file_keys=False,
        allow_unknown_config_file_keys=False,  # deprecated

        args_for_setting_config_path=[],
        config_arg_is_required=False,
        config_arg_help_message="config file path",

        args_for_writing_out_config_file=[],
        write_out_config_file_arg_help_message="takes the current command line "
            "args and writes them out to a config file at the given path, then "
            "exits"
        ):

        """Supports all the same args as the argparse.ArgumentParser
        constructor, as well as the following additional args.

        Additional Args:
            add_config_file_help: Whether to add a description of config file
                syntax to the help message.
            add_env_var_help: Whether to add something to the help message for
                args that can be set through environment variables.
            auto_env_var_prefix: If set to a string instead of None, all config-
                file-settable options will become also settable via environment
                variables whose names are this prefix followed by the config
                file key, all in upper case. (eg. setting this to "foo_" will
                allow an arg like "--my-arg" to also be set via the FOO_MY_ARG
                environment variable)
            config_file_parser: An instance of a parser to be used for parsing
                config files. Default: ConfigFileParser()
            default_config_files: When specified, this list of config files will
                be parsed in order, with the values from each config file
                taking precedence over pervious ones. This allows an application
                to look for config files in multiple standard locations such as
                the install directory, home directory, and current directory:
                ["<install dir>/app_config.ini",
                "~/.my_app_config.ini",
                "./app_config.txt"]
            ignore_unknown_config_file_keys: If true, settings that are found
                in a config file but don't correspond to any defined
                configargparse args will be ignored. If false, they will be
                processed and appended to the commandline like other args, and
                can be retrieved using parse_known_args() instead of parse_args()
            allow_unknown_config_file_keys:
                @deprecated
                Use ignore_unknown_config_file_keys instead.

                If true, settings that are found in a config file but don't
                correspond to any defined configargparse args, will still be
                processed and appended to the command line (eg. for
                parsing with parse_known_args()). If false, they will be ignored.

            args_for_setting_config_path: A list of one or more command line
                args to be used for specifying the config file path
                (eg. ["-c", "--config-file"]). Default: []
            config_arg_is_required: When args_for_setting_config_path is set,
                set this to True to always require users to provide a config path.
            config_arg_help_message: the help message to use for the
                args listed in args_for_setting_config_path.
            args_for_writing_out_config_file: A list of one or more command line
                args to use for specifying a config file output path. If
                provided, these args cause configargparse to write out a config
                file with settings based on the other provided commandline args,
                environment variants and defaults, and then to exit.
                (eg. ["-w", "--write-out-config-file"]). Default: []
            write_out_config_file_arg_help_message: The help message to use for
                the args in args_for_writing_out_config_file.
        """
        self._add_config_file_help = add_config_file_help
        self._add_env_var_help = add_env_var_help
        self._auto_env_var_prefix = auto_env_var_prefix

        # extract kwargs that can be passed to the super constructor
        kwargs_for_super = dict((k, v) for k, v in locals().items() if k in [
            "prog", "usage", "description", "epilog", "version", "parents",
            "formatter_class", "prefix_chars", "fromfile_prefix_chars",
            "argument_default", "conflict_handler", "add_help" ])
        if sys.version_info >= (3, 3) and "version" in kwargs_for_super:
            del kwargs_for_super["version"]  # version arg deprecated in v3.3

        argparse.ArgumentParser.__init__(self, **kwargs_for_super)

        # parse the additionial args
        if config_file_parser is None:
            self._config_file_parser = ConfigFileParser()
        else:
            self._config_file_parser = config_file_parser
        self._default_config_files = default_config_files
        self._ignore_unknown_config_file_keys = ignore_unknown_config_file_keys \
                                            or allow_unknown_config_file_keys
        if args_for_setting_config_path:
            self.add_argument(*args_for_setting_config_path, dest="config_file",
                required=config_arg_is_required, help=config_arg_help_message,
                is_config_file_arg=True)

        if args_for_writing_out_config_file:
            self.add_argument(*args_for_writing_out_config_file,
                dest="write_out_config_file_to_this_path",
                metavar="CONFIG_OUTPUT_PATH",
                help=write_out_config_file_arg_help_message,
                is_write_out_config_file_arg=True)

    def parse_args(self, args = None, namespace = None,
                   config_file_contents = None, env_vars = os.environ):
        """Supports all the same args as the ArgumentParser.parse_args(..),
        as well as the following additional args.

        Additional Args:
            args: a list of args as in argparse, or a string (eg. "-x -y bla")
            config_file_contents: String. Used for testing.
            env_vars: Dictionary. Used for testing.
        """
        args, argv = self.parse_known_args(args = args,
            namespace = namespace,
            config_file_contents = config_file_contents,
            env_vars = env_vars)
        if argv:
            self.error('unrecognized arguments: %s' % ' '.join(argv))
        return args


    def parse_known_args(self, args = None, namespace = None,
                         config_file_contents = None, env_vars = os.environ):
        """Supports all the same args as the ArgumentParser.parse_args(..),
        as well as the following additional args.

        Additional Args:
            args: a list of args as in argparse, or a string (eg. "-x -y bla")
            config_file_contents: String. Used for testing.
            env_vars: Dictionary. Used for testing.
        """
        if args is None:
            args = sys.argv[1:]
        elif type(args) == str:
            args = args.split()
        else:
            args = list(args)

        for a in self._actions:
            a.is_positional_arg = not a.option_strings

        # maps string describing the source (eg. env var) to a settings dict
        # to keep track of where values came from (used by print_values())
        self._source_to_settings = OrderedDict()
        if args:
            a_v_pair = (None, list(args))  # copy args list to isolate changes
            self._source_to_settings[_COMMAND_LINE_SOURCE_KEY] = {'': a_v_pair}

        # handle auto_env_var_prefix __init__ arg by setting a.env_var as needed
        if self._auto_env_var_prefix is not None:
            for a in self._actions:
                config_file_keys = self.get_possible_config_keys(a)
                if config_file_keys and not (a.env_var or a.is_positional_arg
                    or a.is_config_file_arg or a.is_write_out_config_file_arg):
                    stripped_config_file_key = config_file_keys[0].strip(
                        self.prefix_chars)
                    a.env_var = (self._auto_env_var_prefix +
                                 stripped_config_file_key).replace('-', '_').upper()

        # add env var settings to the commandline that aren't there already
        env_var_args = []
        actions_with_env_var_values = [a for a in self._actions
            if not a.is_positional_arg and a.env_var and a.env_var in env_vars
                and not already_on_command_line(args, a.option_strings)]
        for action in actions_with_env_var_values:
            key = action.env_var
            value = env_vars[key]
            env_var_args += self.convert_setting_to_command_line_arg(
                action, key, value)

        args += env_var_args

        if env_var_args:
            self._source_to_settings[_ENV_VAR_SOURCE_KEY] = OrderedDict(
                [(a.env_var, (a, env_vars[a.env_var]))
                    for a in actions_with_env_var_values])


        # prepare for reading config file(s)
        known_config_keys = dict((config_key, action) for action in self._actions
            for config_key in self.get_possible_config_keys(action))

        # open the config file(s)
        if config_file_contents:
            stream = StringIO(config_file_contents)
            stream.name = "method arg"
            config_streams = [stream]
        else:
            config_streams = self._open_config_files(args)

        # parse each config file
        for stream in config_streams[::-1]:
            try:
                config_settings = self._config_file_parser.parse(stream)
            except ConfigFileParserException as e:
                self.error(e)
            finally:
                if hasattr(stream, "close"):
                    stream.close()

            # add each config setting to the commandline unless it's there already
            config_args = []
            for key, value in config_settings.items():
                if key in known_config_keys:
                    action = known_config_keys[key]
                    discard_this_key = already_on_command_line(
                        args, action.option_strings)
                else:
                    action = None
                    discard_this_key = self._ignore_unknown_config_file_keys or \
                        already_on_command_line(
                            args,
                            self.get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting(key))

                if not discard_this_key:
                    config_args += self.convert_setting_to_command_line_arg(
                        action, key, value)
                    source_key = "%s|%s" %(_CONFIG_FILE_SOURCE_KEY, stream.name)
                    if source_key not in self._source_to_settings:
                        self._source_to_settings[source_key] = OrderedDict()
                    self._source_to_settings[source_key][key] = (action, value)

            args += config_args


        # save default settings for use by print_values()
        default_settings = OrderedDict()
        for action in self._actions:
            cares_about_default_value = (not action.is_positional_arg or
                action.nargs in [OPTIONAL, ZERO_OR_MORE])
            if (already_on_command_line(args, action.option_strings) or
                    not cares_about_default_value or
                    action.default is None or
                    action.default == SUPPRESS or
                    type(action) in ACTION_TYPES_THAT_DONT_NEED_A_VALUE):
                continue
            else:
                if action.option_strings:
                    key = action.option_strings[-1]
                else:
                    key = action.dest
                default_settings[key] = (action, str(action.default))

        if default_settings:
            self._source_to_settings[_DEFAULTS_SOURCE_KEY] = default_settings

        # parse all args (including commandline, config file, and env var)
        namespace, unknown_args = argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_known_args(
            self, args=args, namespace=namespace)

        # handle any args that have is_write_out_config_file_arg set to true
        user_write_out_config_file_arg_actions = [a for a in self._actions
            if getattr(a, "is_write_out_config_file_arg", False)]
        if user_write_out_config_file_arg_actions:
            output_file_paths = []
            for action in user_write_out_config_file_arg_actions:
                # check if the user specified this arg on the commandline
                output_file_path = getattr(namespace, action.dest, None)
                if output_file_path:
                    # validate the output file path
                    try:
                        with open(output_file_path, "w") as output_file:
                            output_file_paths.append(output_file_path)
                    except IOError as e:
                        raise ValueError("Couldn't open %s for writing: %s" % (
                            output_file_path, e))

            if output_file_paths:
                # generate the config file contents
                config_items = self.get_items_for_config_file_output(
                    self._source_to_settings, namespace)
                contents = self._config_file_parser.serialize(config_items)
                for output_file_path in output_file_paths:
                    with open(output_file_path, "w") as output_file:
                        output_file.write(contents)
                if len(output_file_paths) == 1:
                    output_file_paths = output_file_paths[0]
                self.exit(0, "Wrote config file to " + str(output_file_paths))
        return namespace, unknown_args

    def get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting(self, key):
        """Compute a commandline arg key to be used for a config file setting
        that doesn't correspond to any defined configargparse arg (and so
        doesn't have a user-specified commandline arg key).

        Args:
            key: The config file key that was being set.
        """
        key_without_prefix_chars = key.strip(self.prefix_chars)
        command_line_key = self.prefix_chars[0]*2 + key_without_prefix_chars

        return command_line_key

    def get_items_for_config_file_output(self, source_to_settings,
                                         parsed_namespace):
        """Does the inverse of config parsing by taking parsed values and
        converting them back to a string representing config file contents.

        Args:
            source_to_settings: the dictionary created within parse_known_args()
            parsed_namespace: namespace object created within parse_known_args()
        Returns:
            an OrderedDict with the items to be written to the config file
        """
        config_file_items = OrderedDict()
        for source, settings in source_to_settings.items():
            if source == _COMMAND_LINE_SOURCE_KEY:
                _, existing_command_line_args = settings['']
                for action in self._actions:
                    config_file_keys = self.get_possible_config_keys(action)
                    if config_file_keys and not action.is_positional_arg and \
                        already_on_command_line(existing_command_line_args,
                                                action.option_strings):
                        value = getattr(parsed_namespace, action.dest, None)
                        if value is not None:
                            if type(value) is bool:
                                value = str(value).lower()
                            elif type(value) is list:
                                value = "["+", ".join(map(str, value))+"]"
                            config_file_items[config_file_keys[0]] = value

            elif source == _ENV_VAR_SOURCE_KEY:
                for key, (action, value) in settings.items():
                    config_file_keys = self.get_possible_config_keys(action)
                    if config_file_keys:
                        value = getattr(parsed_namespace, action.dest, None)
                        if value is not None:
                            config_file_items[config_file_keys[0]] = value
            elif source.startswith(_CONFIG_FILE_SOURCE_KEY):
                for key, (action, value) in settings.items():
                    config_file_items[key] = value
            elif source == _DEFAULTS_SOURCE_KEY:
                for key, (action, value) in settings.items():
                    config_file_keys = self.get_possible_config_keys(action)
                    if config_file_keys:
                        value = getattr(parsed_namespace, action.dest, None)
                        if value is not None:
                            config_file_items[config_file_keys[0]] = value
        return config_file_items

    def convert_setting_to_command_line_arg(self, action, key, value):
        """Converts a config file or env var key/value to a list of
        commandline args to append to the commandline.

        Args:
            action: The action corresponding to this setting, or None if this
                is a config file setting that doesn't correspond to any
                defined configargparse arg.
            key: The config file key or env var name
            value: The raw value string from the config file or env var
        """
        if type(value) != str:
            raise ValueError("type(value) != str: %s" % str(value))

        args = []
        if action is None:
            command_line_key = \
                self.get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting(key)
        else:
            command_line_key = action.option_strings[-1]

        if value.lower() == "true":
            if action is not None:
                if type(action) not in ACTION_TYPES_THAT_DONT_NEED_A_VALUE:
                    self.error("%s set to 'True' rather than a value" % key)
            args.append( command_line_key )
        elif value.startswith("[") and value.endswith("]"):
            if action is not None:
                if type(action) != argparse._AppendAction:
                    self.error(("%s can't be set to a list '%s' unless its "
                        "action type is changed to 'append'") % (key, value))
            for list_elem in value[1:-1].split(","):
                args.append( command_line_key )
                args.append( list_elem.strip() )
        else:
            if action is not None:
                if type(action) in ACTION_TYPES_THAT_DONT_NEED_A_VALUE:
                    self.error("%s is a flag but is being set to '%s'" % (
                        key, value))
            args.append( command_line_key )
            args.append( value )
        return args

    def get_possible_config_keys(self, action):
        """This method decides which actions can be set in a config file and
        what their keys will be. It returns a list of 0 or more config keys that
        can be used to set the given action's value in a config file.
        """
        keys = []
        for arg in action.option_strings:
            if any([arg.startswith(2*c) for c in self.prefix_chars]):
                keys += [arg[2:], arg] # eg. for '--bla' return ['bla', '--bla']

        return keys


    def _open_config_files(self, command_line_args):
        """Tries to parse config file path(s) from within command_line_args. 
        Returns a list of opened config files, including files specified on the 
        commandline as well as any default_config_files specified in the
        constructor that are present on disk.

        Args:
            command_line_args: List of all args (already split on spaces)
        """
        # open any default config files
        config_files = [open(f) for f in map(
            os.path.expanduser, self._default_config_files) if os.path.isfile(f)]

        if not command_line_args:
            return config_files

        # list actions with is_config_file_arg=True. Its possible there is more
        # than one such arg.
        user_config_file_arg_actions = [
            a for a in self._actions if getattr(a, "is_config_file_arg", False)]

        if not user_config_file_arg_actions:
            return config_files

        for action in user_config_file_arg_actions:
            # try to parse out the config file path by using a clean new
            # ArgumentParser that only knows this one arg/action.
            arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                prefix_chars=self.prefix_chars,
                add_help=False)

            arg_parser._add_action(action)

            # make parser not exit on error by replacing its error method.
            # Otherwise it sys.exits(..) if, for example, config file 
            # is_required=True and user doesn't provide it.
            def error_method(self, message):
                pass
            arg_parser.error = types.MethodType(error_method, arg_parser)

            # check whether the user provided a value 
            parsed_arg = arg_parser.parse_known_args(args=command_line_args)
            if not parsed_arg:
                continue
            namespace, _ = parsed_arg
            user_config_file = getattr(namespace, action.dest, None)
            if not user_config_file:
                continue
            # validate the user-provided config file path
            user_config_file = os.path.expanduser(user_config_file)
            if not os.path.isfile(user_config_file):
                self.error('File not found: %s' % user_config_file)

            config_files += [open(user_config_file)]

        return config_files

    def format_values(self):
        """Returns a string with all args and settings and where they came from
        (eg. commandline, config file, enviroment variable or default)
        """
        source_key_to_display_value_map = {
            _COMMAND_LINE_SOURCE_KEY: "Command Line Args: ",
            _ENV_VAR_SOURCE_KEY: "Environment Variables:\n",
            _CONFIG_FILE_SOURCE_KEY: "Config File (%s):\n",
            _DEFAULTS_SOURCE_KEY: "Defaults:\n"
        }

        r = StringIO()
        for source, settings in self._source_to_settings.items():
            source = source.split("|")
            source = source_key_to_display_value_map[source[0]] % tuple(source[1:])
            r.write(source)
            for key, (action, value) in settings.items():
                if key:
                    r.write("  %-19s%s\n" % (key+":", value))
                else:
                    if type(value) is str:
                        r.write("  %s\n" % value)
                    elif type(value) is list:
                        r.write("  %s\n" % ' '.join(value))

        return r.getvalue()

    def print_values(self, file = sys.stdout):
        """Prints the format_values() string (to sys.stdout or another file)."""
        file.write(self.format_values())

    def format_help(self):
        msg = ""
        added_config_file_help = False
        added_env_var_help = False
        if self._add_config_file_help:
            default_config_files = self._default_config_files
            cc = 2*self.prefix_chars[0]  # eg. --
            config_settable_args = [(arg, a) for a in self._actions for arg in
                a.option_strings if self.get_possible_config_keys(a) and not
                (a.dest == "help" or a.is_config_file_arg or
                 a.is_write_out_config_file_arg)]
            config_path_actions = [a for a in
                self._actions if getattr(a, "is_config_file_arg", False)]

            if config_settable_args and (default_config_files or
                                         config_path_actions):
                self._add_config_file_help = False  # prevent duplication
                added_config_file_help = True

                msg += ("Args that start with '%s' (eg. %s) can also be set in "
                        "a config file") % (cc, config_settable_args[0][0])
                config_arg_string = " or ".join(a.option_strings[0]
                    for a in config_path_actions if a.option_strings)
                if config_arg_string:
                    config_arg_string = "specified via " + config_arg_string
                if default_config_files or config_arg_string:
                    msg += " (%s)." % " or ".join(default_config_files +
                                                 [config_arg_string])
                msg += " " + self._config_file_parser.get_syntax_description()

        if self._add_env_var_help:
            env_var_actions = [(a.env_var, a) for a in self._actions
                               if getattr(a, "env_var", None)]
            for env_var, a in env_var_actions:
                env_var_help_string = "   [env var: %s]" % env_var
                if not a.help:
                    a.help = ""
                if env_var_help_string not in a.help:
                    a.help += env_var_help_string
                    added_env_var_help = True
                    self._add_env_var_help = False  # prevent duplication

        if added_env_var_help or added_config_file_help:
            value_sources = ["defaults"]
            if added_config_file_help:
                value_sources = ["config file values"] + value_sources
            if added_env_var_help:
                value_sources = ["environment variables"] + value_sources
            msg += (" If an arg is specified in more than one place, then "
                "commandline values override %s.") % (
                " which override ".join(value_sources))
        if msg:
            self.description = (self.description or "") + " " + msg

        return argparse.ArgumentParser.format_help(self)


class ConfigFileParser(object):

    def parse(self, stream):
        """Parses a config file and return a dictionary of settings"""

        settings = OrderedDict()
        for i, line in enumerate(stream):
            line = line.strip()
            if not line or line[0] in ["#", ";", "["] or line.startswith("---"):
                continue
            white_space = "\\s*"
            key = "(?P<key>[^:=;#\s]+?)"
            value1 = white_space+"[:=]"+white_space+"(?P<value>[^;#]+?)"
            value2 = white_space+"[\s]"+white_space+"(?P<value>[^;#\s]+?)"
            comment = white_space+"(?P<comment>\\s[;#].*)?"

            key_only_match = re.match("^" + key + comment + "$", line)
            if key_only_match:
                key = key_only_match.group("key")
                settings[key] = "true"
                continue

            key_value_match = re.match("^"+key+value1+comment+"$", line) or \
                                re.match("^"+key+value2+comment+"$", line)
            if key_value_match:
                key = key_value_match.group("key")
                value = key_value_match.group("value")
                settings[key] = value
                continue

            raise ConfigFileParserException("Unexpected line %s in %s: %s" % \
                                            (i, stream.name, line))
        return settings

    def serialize(self, items):
        """Does the inverse of config parsing by taking parsed values and
        converting them back to a string representing config file contents.

        Args:
            items: an OrderedDict with items to be written to the config file
        Returns:
            contents of config file as a string
        """
        r = StringIO()
        for key, value in items.items():
            r.write("%s = %s\n" % (key, value))
        return r.getvalue()

    def get_syntax_description(self):
        msg = ("The recognized syntax for setting (key, value) pairs is based "
               "on the INI and YAML formats (e.g. key=value or foo=TRUE). "
               "For full documentation of the differences from the standards "
               "please refer to the ConfigArgParse documentation.")
        return msg

class ConfigFileParserException(Exception):
    """Raised when config file parsing failed.
    """
    pass



def add_argument(self, *args, **kwargs):
    """
    This method supports the same args as ArgumentParser.add_argument(..)
    as well as the additional args below.

    Additional Args:
        env_var: If set, the value of this environment variable will override
            any config file or default values for this arg (but can itself
            be overriden on the commandline). Also, if auto_env_var_prefix is
            set in the constructor, this env var name will be used instead of
            the automatic name.
        is_config_file_arg: If True, this arg is treated as a config file path
            This provides an alternative way to specify config files in place of
            the ArgumentParser(fromfile_prefix_chars=..) mechanism.
            Default: False
        is_write_out_config_file_arg: If True, this arg will be treated as a
            config file path, and, when it is specified, will cause
            configargparse to write all current commandline args to this file
            as config options and then exit.
            Default: False
    """

    env_var = kwargs.pop("env_var", None)

    is_config_file_arg = kwargs.pop(
        "is_config_file_arg", None) or kwargs.pop(
        "is_config_file", None)  # for backward compat.

    is_write_out_config_file_arg = kwargs.pop(
        "is_write_out_config_file_arg", None)

    action = self.original_add_argument_method(*args, **kwargs)

    action.is_positional_arg = not action.option_strings
    action.env_var = env_var
    action.is_config_file_arg = is_config_file_arg
    action.is_write_out_config_file_arg = is_write_out_config_file_arg

    if action.is_positional_arg and env_var:
        raise ValueError("env_var can't be set for a positional arg.")
    if action.is_config_file_arg and type(action) != argparse._StoreAction:
        raise ValueError("arg with is_config_file_arg=True must have "
                         "action='store'")
    if action.is_write_out_config_file_arg:
        error_prefix = "arg with is_write_out_config_file_arg=True "
        if type(action) != argparse._StoreAction:
            raise ValueError(error_prefix + "must have action='store'")
        if is_config_file_arg:
                raise ValueError(error_prefix + "can't also have "
                                                "is_config_file_arg=True")

    return action


def already_on_command_line(existing_args, potential_command_line_args):
    """Utility method for checking if any of the existing_args is
    already present in existing_args
    """
    return any(potential_arg in existing_args
               for potential_arg in potential_command_line_args)



# wrap ArgumentParser's add_argument(..) method with the one above
argparse._ActionsContainer.original_add_argument_method = argparse._ActionsContainer.add_argument
argparse._ActionsContainer.add_argument = add_argument


# add all public classes and constants from argparse module's namespace to this
# module's namespace so that the 2 modules are truly interchangeable
HelpFormatter = argparse.HelpFormatter
RawDescriptionHelpFormatter = argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
RawTextHelpFormatter = argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter
ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter = argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
ArgumentError = argparse.ArgumentError
ArgumentTypeError = argparse.ArgumentTypeError
Action = argparse.Action
FileType = argparse.FileType
Namespace = argparse.Namespace
ONE_OR_MORE = argparse.ONE_OR_MORE
OPTIONAL = argparse.OPTIONAL
REMAINDER = argparse.REMAINDER
SUPPRESS = argparse.SUPPRESS
ZERO_OR_MORE = argparse.ZERO_OR_MORE

# create shorter aliases for the key methods and class names
getArgParser = getArgumentParser
getParser = getArgumentParser

ArgParser = ArgumentParser
Parser = ArgumentParser

argparse._ActionsContainer.add_arg = argparse._ActionsContainer.add_argument
argparse._ActionsContainer.add = argparse._ActionsContainer.add_argument

ArgumentParser.parse = ArgumentParser.parse_args
ArgumentParser.parse_known = ArgumentParser.parse_known_args

RawFormatter = RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
DefaultsFormatter = ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
DefaultsRawFormatter = ArgumentDefaultsRawHelpFormatter