1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cli/internal/util/cmd.go b/cli/internal/util/cmd.go
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+++ b/cli/internal/util/cmd.go
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+package util
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// ExitCodeError is a specific error that is returned by the command to specify the exit code
+type ExitCodeError struct {
+	ExitCode int
+}
+
+func (e *ExitCodeError) Error() string { return "exit code error" }
+
+// HelpForCobraCmd returns the help string for a given command
+// Note that this overwrites the output for the command
+func HelpForCobraCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) string {
+	f := cmd.HelpFunc()
+	buf := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	cmd.SetOut(buf)
+	f(cmd, []string{})
+	return buf.String()
+}