Is it possible to use 'generic' value as the default command?

Let me try to explain.

I have this CLI:

my-cli something-else

my-cli -h

I want to be able to use what I want as the first argument. Something like this:

// Instead of:
.command('build <entry>')
// just:
.command('<entry>')

is that clear?

A more real example:

prog
    .command('<entry>')
    .describe('List your entries')
    .option('a, --add')
    .action((entry, opts) => {
      console.log('You said:')
      console.log(entry)
     })

I need to be able to run my-cli hello and not only using my-cli a hello

[galvez]

My solution to this problem:

const makeDefault = (argv, defaultCommand) => {
  argv = [ ...argv ]
  argv.splice(2, 0, 'defaultCommand')
  return argv
}

prog.parse(injectArgv(process.argv, 'myDefaultCommand'))

[galvez]

Heh, ended up migrating to https://github.com/tj/commander.js/

It has variadic arguments. Didn’t mess up with my CLI help text. Nice.