package cli
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
)
// TakesValue returns true of the flag takes a value, otherwise false
func (f *StringFlag) TakesValue() bool {
return true
}
// GetUsage returns the usage string for the flag
func (f *StringFlag) GetUsage() string {
return f.Usage
// GetCategory returns the category for the flag
func (f *StringFlag) GetCategory() string {
return f.Category
// GetValue returns the flags value as string representation and an empty
// string if the flag takes no value at all.
func (f *StringFlag) GetValue() string {
return f.Value
// GetDefaultText returns the default text for this flag
func (f *StringFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
if f.DefaultText != "" {
return f.DefaultText
if f.Value == "" {
return fmt.Sprintf("%q", f.Value)
// GetEnvVars returns the env vars for this flag
func (f *StringFlag) GetEnvVars() []string {
return f.EnvVars
// Apply populates the flag given the flag set and environment
func (f *StringFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
if val, _, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {
f.Value = val
f.HasBeenSet = true
for _, name := range f.Names() {
if f.Destination != nil {
set.StringVar(f.Destination, name, f.Value, f.Usage)
continue
set.String(name, f.Value, f.Usage)
return nil
// Get returns the flag’s value in the given Context.
func (f *StringFlag) Get(ctx *Context) string {
return ctx.String(f.Name)
// String looks up the value of a local StringFlag, returns
// "" if not found
func (cCtx *Context) String(name string) string {
if fs := cCtx.lookupFlagSet(name); fs != nil {
return lookupString(name, fs)
return ""
func lookupString(name string, set *flag.FlagSet) string {
f := set.Lookup(name)
if f != nil {
parsed := f.Value.String()
return parsed