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Add --quiet to podman artifact ls #29530

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type listFlagType struct {
format string
noHeading bool
noTrunc bool
quiet bool
}

type artifactListOutput struct {
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_ = listCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&artifactListOutput{}))
flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.noHeading, "noheading", "n", false, "Do not print column headings")
flags.BoolVar(&listFlag.noTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate output")
flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Display only artifact digests")
}

func list(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
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})
}

if listFlag.quiet && !cmd.Flags().Changed("format") {

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The --quiet + --format interaction silently ignores --quiet (format wins). Should end with an error: quiet and format flags cannot be used together.

for _, a := range artifacts {
fmt.Println(a.Digest)

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Maybe for a clean approach, I would split code into two functions: quietOut(listed) and outputTemplate(cmd, listed).

}
return nil
}

headers := report.Headers(artifactListOutput{}, map[string]string{
"REPOSITORY": "REPOSITORY",
"Tag": "TAG",
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Print results with a Go template.

@@option noheading

#### **--quiet**, **-q**

Lists only the artifact digests.

## EXAMPLES

List artifacts in the local store
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cd734b558ceb 12.58MB
```

List only artifact digests
```
$ podman artifact ls --quiet
ab609fad386d
cd734b558ceb
```



## SEE ALSO
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions test/e2e/artifact_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman artifact", func() {
Expect(noHeaderOutput).To(HaveLen(2))
Expect(noHeaderOutput).ToNot(ContainElement("REPOSITORY"))

// check with --quiet and verify only the (truncated) digests are printed

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Please add coverage for the --quiet --no-trunc combination.

quietSession := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("artifact", "ls", "--quiet")
quietOutput := quietSession.OutputToStringArray()
Expect(quietOutput).To(HaveLen(2))
Expect(quietOutput).ToNot(ContainElement("REPOSITORY"))
Expect(quietOutput).To(ContainElement(defaultOutput))
for _, digest := range quietOutput {
Expect(digest).To(HaveLen(12))
}

// Check if .VirtualSize is reported correctly
virtualSizeFormatSession := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("artifact", "ls", "--format", "{{.VirtualSize}}")
virtualSizes := virtualSizeFormatSession.OutputToStringArray()
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