feat(cli): add --force flag to generate command

96f0d5136990c22fb0a803037f32c890289b6704 · 2026-03-24 16:21:04 -0700 · Matt Van Horn

Removes existing output directory before generating when --force is set.
Prevents the need to manually rm -rf before regeneration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Files touched

M internal/cli/root.go

Diff

commit 96f0d5136990c22fb0a803037f32c890289b6704
Author: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 24 16:21:04 2026 -0700

    feat(cli): add --force flag to generate command
    
    Removes existing output directory before generating when --force is set.
    Prevents the need to manually rm -rf before regeneration.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 internal/cli/root.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/cli/root.go b/internal/cli/root.go
index 39d81e04..3ce4e519 100644
--- a/internal/cli/root.go
+++ b/internal/cli/root.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func newGenerateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var outputDir string
 	var validate bool
 	var refresh bool
+	var force bool
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "generate",
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ func newGenerateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("resolving output path: %w", err)
 			}
+			if force {
+				if err := os.RemoveAll(absOut); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("removing existing output dir: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
 
 			gen := generator.New(apiSpec, absOut)
 			if err := gen.Generate(); err != nil {
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ func newGenerateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&outputDir, "output", "", "Output directory (default: <name>-cli)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&validate, "validate", true, "Run quality gates on the generated project")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&refresh, "refresh", false, "Refresh cached remote spec before generating")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Remove existing output directory before generating")
 
 	return cmd
 }

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