From 1b9eed87b9a5fe818af24d778838422408b34866 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: klemek <klemek.dev@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:25:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow args before/after command

---
 DEVELOPMENT.md |  1 -
 README.md      | 10 ++++------
 src/params.py  | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index c8b031e..f9c510d 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@ docker-run           docker run
 - [x] X-Proxy
 - [x] detect root certificate change and update server
 - [x] detect tokens change and update token_manager
-- [ ] allow args before/after command
 - [x] proper doc
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2837a5a..704644b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ See [Docker](#docker) for a quick deployable server.
   <summary>Full CLI Help</summary>
 
 ```txt
-usage: stapler [-h] [--debug | --no-debug] [-d DATA_DIR] [--certificates | --no-certificates] [--certbot | --no-certbot]
-               [--self-signed-path SELF_SIGNED_PATH] [--certbot-conf CERTBOT_CONF] [--certbot-www CERTBOT_WWW]
-               [--host HOST] [--http-port HTTP_PORT] [--https-port HTTPS_PORT] [--https | --no-https] [-t TOKEN_SALT]
-               [--max-size-bytes MAX_SIZE] [-b BIND]
+usage: stapler [-h] [--debug | --no-debug] [-d DATA_DIR] [--certificates | --no-certificates] [--self-signed-path SELF_SIGNED_PATH] [--certbot | --no-certbot] [--certbot-conf CERTBOT_CONF] [--certbot-www CERTBOT_WWW] [--host HOST]
+               [--http-port HTTP_PORT] [--https-port HTTPS_PORT] [--https | --no-https] [-t TOKEN_SALT] [--max-size-bytes MAX_SIZE] [-b BIND]
                COMMAND ...
 
 Static pages as simple as a gzip file
@@ -70,10 +68,10 @@ options:
                         directory where pages are/will be stored (default: ./data)
   --certificates, --no-certificates
                         Handle certificates (default: true)
-  --certbot, --no-certbot
-                        Use Certbot (default: true)
   --self-signed-path SELF_SIGNED_PATH
                         Self-signed certificates dir (default: ./data/.certificates)
+  --certbot, --no-certbot
+                        Use Certbot (default: true)
   --certbot-conf CERTBOT_CONF
                         Certbot config dir (default: /etc/letsencrypt)
   --certbot-www CERTBOT_WWW
diff --git a/src/params.py b/src/params.py
index 531a50d..e70b986 100644
--- a/src/params.py
+++ b/src/params.py
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ def __add_arg_int(
     )
 
 
+def __add_arg_bool(
+    parser: argparse.ArgumentParser,
+    *flags: str,
+    default: bool,
+    help_txt: str,
+    dest: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    parser.add_argument(
+        *flags,
+        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+        help=f"{help_txt} (default: {str(default).lower()})",
+        default=default,
+        dest=dest,
+    )
+
+
 def parse_parameters(args: typing.Sequence[str]) -> Parameters:
     default_values = Parameters()
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -94,11 +110,11 @@ def parse_parameters(args: typing.Sequence[str]) -> Parameters:
         default=default_values.data_dir,
         help_txt="directory where pages are/will be stored",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
+    __add_arg_bool(
+        parser,
         "--certificates",
-        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-        help="Handle certificates (default: true)",
         default=default_values.with_certificates,
+        help_txt="Handle certificates",
         dest="with_certificates",
     )
     __add_arg_str(
@@ -108,11 +124,11 @@ def parse_parameters(args: typing.Sequence[str]) -> Parameters:
         default=default_values.self_signed_path,
         help_txt="Self-signed certificates dir",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
+    __add_arg_bool(
+        parser,
         "--certbot",
-        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-        help="Use Certbot (default: true)",
         default=default_values.with_certbot,
+        help_txt="Use Certbot",
         dest="with_certbot",
     )
     __add_arg_str(
@@ -150,11 +166,11 @@ def parse_parameters(args: typing.Sequence[str]) -> Parameters:
         default=default_values.https_port,
         help_txt="server https port",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
+    __add_arg_bool(
+        parser,
         "--https",
-        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-        help="Use https (implies --certificates) (default: true)",
         default=default_values.https,
+        help_txt="Use https (implies --certificates)",
     )
     __add_arg_str(
         parser,