package envflag import ( "flag" "log" "os" ) var enable = flag.Bool("envflag.enable", false, "Whether to enable reading flags from environment variables additionally to command line. "+ "Command line flag values have priority over values from envoronment vars. "+ "Flags are read only from command line if this flag isn't set") // Parse parses environment vars and command-line flags. // // Flags set via command-line override flags set via environment vars. // // This function must be called instead of flag.Parse() before using any flags in the program. func Parse() { flag.Parse() if !*enable { return } // Remember explicitly set command-line flags. flagsSet := make(map[string]bool) flag.Visit(func(f *flag.Flag) { flagsSet[f.Name] = true }) // Obtain the remaining flag values from environment vars. flag.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if flagsSet[f.Name] { // The flag is explicitly set via command-line. return } // Get flag value from environment var. if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(f.Name); ok { if err := f.Value.Set(v); err != nil { // Do not use lib/logger here, since it is uninitialized yet. log.Fatalf("cannot set flag %s to %q, which is read from environment variable: %s", f.Name, v, err) } } }) }