v0.7.0 bump version

.changes/unreleased/Changed-20250210-165532.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Changed
+body: Hosts passed to `exec host` now checked against default SSH config files
+time: 2025-02-10T16:55:32.936776556-06:00

cmd/host.go

@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-// Holds command list to run
+// Holds list of hosts to run commands on
 var hostsList []string
+
+// Holds command list to run
 var cmdList []string
 
 func init() {
 
-	hostExecCommand.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&hostsList, "hosts", "m", nil, "Accepts space-separated names of hosts.")
+	hostExecCommand.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&hostsList, "hosts", "m", nil, "Accepts space-separated names of hosts. Specify multiple times for multiple hosts.")
-	hostExecCommand.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&cmdList, "command", "c", nil, "Accepts space-separated names of commands.")
+	hostExecCommand.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&cmdList, "command", "c", nil, "Accepts space-separated names of commands. Specify multiple times for multiple commands.")
 	parseS3Config()
 
 }
@@ -42,13 +44,18 @@ func Host(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if hostsList == nil {
 		logging.ExitWithMSG("error: hosts must be specified", 1, &backyConfOpts.Logger)
 	}
-	// host is only checked when we read the SSH File
+
-	// so a check may not be needed here
-	// but we can check if the host is in the config file
 	for _, h := range hostsList {
+		// check if h exists in the config file
 		_, hostFound := backyConfOpts.Hosts[h]
 		if !hostFound {
-			logging.ExitWithMSG("host "+h+" not found", 1, &backyConfOpts.Logger)
+			// check if h exists in the SSH config file
+			hostFoundInConfig, s := backy.CheckIfHostHasHostName(h)
+			if !hostFoundInConfig {
+				logging.ExitWithMSG("host "+h+" not found", 1, &backyConfOpts.Logger)
+			}
+			// create host with hostname and host
+			backyConfOpts.Hosts[h] = &backy.Host{Host: h, HostName: s}
 		}
 	}
 	if cmdList == nil {

cmd/version.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const versionStr = "0.6.1"
+const versionStr = "0.7.0"
 
 var (
 	versionCmd = &cobra.Command{

pkg/backy/backy.go

@@ -34,15 +34,17 @@ var Sprintf = fmt.Sprintf
 func (command *Command) RunCmd(cmdCtxLogger zerolog.Logger, opts *ConfigOpts) ([]string, error) {
 
 	var (
-		outputArr     []string
+		ArgsStr       string // concatenating the arguments
-		ArgsStr       string
 		cmdOutBuf     bytes.Buffer
 		cmdOutWriters io.Writer
+		errSSH        error
 
 		envVars = environmentVars{
 			file: command.Env,
 			env:  command.Environment,
 		}
+
+		outputArr []string // holds the output strings returned by processes
 	)
 
 	// Get the command type
@@ -53,13 +55,13 @@ func (command *Command) RunCmd(cmdCtxLogger zerolog.Logger, opts *ConfigOpts) ([
 		ArgsStr += fmt.Sprintf(" %s", v)
 	}
 
+	// print the user's password if it is updated
 	if command.Type == "user" {
 		if command.UserOperation == "password" {
 			cmdCtxLogger.Info().Str("password", command.UserPassword).Msg("user password to be updated")
 		}
 	}
 
-	var errSSH error
 	// is host defined
 	if command.Host != nil {
 		outputArr, errSSH = command.RunCmdSSH(cmdCtxLogger, opts)

pkg/backy/ssh.go

@@ -757,3 +757,12 @@ func (h *Host) DetectOS(opts *ConfigOpts) (string, error) {
 	osName := string(output)
 	return osName, nil
 }
+
+func CheckIfHostHasHostName(host string) (bool, string) {
+	HostName, err := ssh_config.DefaultUserSettings.GetStrict(host, "HostName")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	println(HostName)
+	return HostName != "", HostName
+}