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some_script.py

import sys
import time
import random

# ['test_cli.py', 'sub-command', '--option1', '17', '--test-flag']

# fix --test-case 0971v2s983a123-sad3t13rg-re36570-4563 --auto-merge
# close --test-case 
# yolo --420

def print_help():
    print("""Let's do some things with test cases!

Sub-commands:
    fix                  fix a test case
    close                close a test case
    yolo                 DOS Satlab

Options:
    --test-case          id of a test case
    --auto-merge         automatically merge if passing
    --420                fuck it
    --42                 answer
    -h, --help           print help and exit
    """)
    sys.exit(0)


def process_input(arg_list):
    arg_list.pop(0)
    arg_dict = {"sub": arg_list.pop(0)}
    if "--auto-merge" in arg_list:
        arg_dict["merge"] = True
        arg_list.remove("--auto-merge")
    if "--420" in arg_list:
        arg_dict[420] = True
        arg_list.remove("--420")
    if "--42" in arg_list:
        arg_dict[42] = True
        arg_list.remove("--42")
    if "--test-case" in arg_list:
        arg_list.remove("--test-case")
        arg_dict["test-case"] = arg_list
    return arg_dict

def fix(test_cases=None, merge=False):
    for case in test_cases:
        print(f"Hey, I'm fixing {case=}..")
        time.sleep(random.randint(1,5))
        if random.choice([0,1]):
            print("Test was fixed!")
            if merge:
                print(f"merging {case=} in upstream")
        else:
            print("Test wasn't fixed :{")

def close(test_cases=None):
    for case in test_cases:
        print(f"I closed {case=}. Yep")

def yolo(is_420=False, is_42=False):
    if is_42:
        print(f"Put all your money in dodgecoin, brah!!")
    if is_420:
        print("....um.. blaze?")
        time.sleep(random.randint(5,15))
        print("what were we doing?")
        if random.choice([0,1]):
            yolo(is_420, is_42)

def run(processed):
    if processed["sub"] == "fix":
        if "test-case" not in processed:
            print_help()
        fix(processed["test-case"], processed.get("merge"))
    if processed["sub"] == "close":
        if "test-case" not in processed:
            print_help()
        close(processed["test-case"])
    if processed["sub"] == "yolo":
        yolo(processed.get(420), processed.get(42))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if "-h" in sys.argv or "--help" in sys.argv:
        print_help()
    print(sys.argv)
    processed = process_input(sys.argv)
    print(processed)
    run(processed)