Merge pull request #71 from ESMCI/fix_test_issue_update_flag

Fix test issue update flag

Author: jedwards4b

git_fleximod/cli.py

@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-import argparse
+import argparse, os, sys
+from importlib.resources import files
 from git_fleximod import utils
 
 __version__ = "0.9.4"
 
+class CustomArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    def print_help(self, file=None):
+        # First print the default help message
+        super().print_help(file)
+
+        # Then append the contents of README.md
+        candidate_paths = [
+            os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share", "your-package", "README.md"),
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "README.md")  # fallback for dev
+        ]
+        for path in candidate_paths:
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                with open(path) as f:
+                    print( f.read(), file=file)
+                    return
+        print( "README.md not found.", file=file)
+
 def find_root_dir(filename=".gitmodules"):
     """ finds the highest directory in tree
     which contains a file called filename """
@@ -32,7 +50,7 @@ def get_parser():
     description = """
     %(prog)s manages checking out groups of gitsubmodules with additional support for Earth System Models
     """
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    parser = CustomArgumentParser(
         description=description, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
     )
 

tests/conftest.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def logger():
      "submodule_name": "test_optional",
      "status1" : "test_optional MPIserial_2.5.0-3-gd82ce7c is out of sync with .gitmodules MPIserial_2.4.0",
      "status2" : "test_optional at tag MPIserial_2.4.0",
-     "status3" : "test_optional not checked out, out of sync at tag MPIserial_2.5.1, expected tag is MPIserial_2.4.0 (optional)",
+     "status3" : "test_optional not checked out, out of sync at tag MPIserial_2.5.4, expected tag is MPIserial_2.4.0 (optional)",
      "status4" : "test_optional at tag MPIserial_2.4.0",
      "gitmodules_content": """
      [submodule "test_optional"]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def logger():
      "submodule_name": "test_alwaysoptional",
      "status1" : "test_alwaysoptional MPIserial_2.3.0 is out of sync with .gitmodules e5cf35c",
      "status2" : "test_alwaysoptional at hash e5cf35c",
-     "status3" : "out of sync at tag MPIserial_2.5.1, expected tag is e5cf35c",
+     "status3" : "out of sync at tag MPIserial_2.5.4, expected tag is e5cf35c",
      "status4" : "test_alwaysoptional at hash e5cf35c",
      "gitmodules_content": """
     [submodule "test_alwaysoptional"]