works but has a weird bug

internal/cli/mfer.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/mfer"
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/pterm/pterm"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@@ -20,12 +22,12 @@ type CLIApp struct {
 	app         *cli.App
 }
 
-func (m *CLIApp) printBanner() {
-	s, _ := pterm.DefaultBigText.WithLetters(pterm.NewLettersFromString(m.appname)).Srender()
+func (mfa *CLIApp) printBanner() {
+	s, _ := pterm.DefaultBigText.WithLetters(pterm.NewLettersFromString(mfa.appname)).Srender()
 	pterm.DefaultCenter.Println(s) // Print BigLetters with the default CenterPrinter
 }
 
-func (m *CLIApp) disableStyling() {
+func (mfa *CLIApp) disableStyling() {
 	pterm.DisableColor()
 	pterm.DisableStyling()
 	pterm.Debug.Prefix.Text = ""
@@ -36,19 +38,19 @@ func (m *CLIApp) disableStyling() {
 	pterm.Fatal.Prefix.Text = ""
 }
 
-func (m *CLIApp) run() {
+func (mfa *CLIApp) run() {
 
 	if NO_COLOR {
 		// shoutout to rob pike who thinks it's juvenile
-		m.disableStyling()
+		mfa.disableStyling()
 	}
 
-	m.printBanner()
+	mfa.printBanner()
 
-	m.app = &cli.App{
-		Name:                 m.appname,
+	mfa.app = &cli.App{
+		Name:                 mfa.appname,
 		Usage:                "Manifest generator",
-		Version:              m.version,
+		Version:              mfa.version,
 		EnableBashCompletion: true,
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			{
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ func (m *CLIApp) run() {
 				Aliases: []string{"gen"},
 				Usage:   "Generate manifest file",
 				Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-					return m.generateManifestOperation(c)
+					return mfa.generateManifestOperation(c)
 				},
 				Flags: []cli.Flag{
 					&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -77,28 +79,40 @@ func (m *CLIApp) run() {
 				Name:  "check",
 				Usage: "Validate files using manifest file",
 				Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-					return m.validateManifestOperation(c)
+					return mfa.validateManifestOperation(c)
 				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
 
-	err := m.app.Run(os.Args)
+	err := mfa.app.Run(os.Args)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		m.exitCode = 1
+		mfa.exitCode = 1
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *CLIApp) validateManifestOperation(c *cli.Context) error {
+func (mfa *CLIApp) validateManifestOperation(c *cli.Context) error {
 	log.Fatal("unimplemented")
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *CLIApp) generateManifestOperation(c *cli.Context) error {
-	fmt.Println("generateManifest()")
-	fmt.Printf("called with arg: %s", c.String("input"))
+func (mfa *CLIApp) generateManifestOperation(c *cli.Context) error {
+	fmt.Println("generateManifestOperation()")
+	fmt.Printf("called with arg: %s\n", c.String("input"))
+
+	opts := &mfer.ManifestScanOptions{
+		IgnoreDotfiles: true,
+		FollowSymLinks: false,
+	}
+	mf, err := mfer.NewFromPath(c.String("input"), opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	spew.Dump(mf)
 
 	/*