Fix shorthand combination edge case

Fixes: #2188

command.go

@@ -643,13 +643,14 @@ func shortHasNoOptDefVal(name string, fs *flag.FlagSet) bool {
 	return flag.NoOptDefVal != ""
 }
 
-func stripFlags(args []string, c *Command) []string {
+func stripFlags(args []string, c *Command) ([]string, []string) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		return args
+		return args, nil
 	}
 	c.mergePersistentFlags()
 
 	commands := []string{}
+	flagsThatConsumeNextArg := []string{} // We use this to avoid repeating the same lengthy logic for parsing shorthand combinations in argsMinusFirstX
 	flags := c.Flags()
 
 Loop:
@@ -665,31 +666,68 @@ Loop:
 			// delete arg from args.
 			fallthrough // (do the same as below)
 		case strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && len(s) == 2 && !shortHasNoOptDefVal(s[1:], flags):
+			flagsThatConsumeNextArg = append(flagsThatConsumeNextArg, s)
 			// If '-f arg' then
 			// delete 'arg' from args or break the loop if len(args) <= 1.
 			if len(args) <= 1 {
 				break Loop
 			} else {
 				args = args[1:]
-				continue
+			}
+		case strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") && !strings.HasPrefix(s, "--") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && len(s) > 2:
+			shorthandCombination := s[1:] // Skip the leading "-"
+			lastPos := len(shorthandCombination) - 1
+			for i, shorthand := range shorthandCombination {
+				if !shortHasNoOptDefVal(string(shorthand), flags) {
+					// We found a shorthand that needs a value.
+
+					if i == lastPos {
+						// Since we're at the end of the shorthand combination, this means that the
+						// value for the shorthand is given in the next argument. (e.g. '-xyzf arg',
+						// where -x, -y, -z are boolean flags, and -f is a flag that needs a value).
+
+						// The whole combination will take a value.
+						flagsThatConsumeNextArg = append(flagsThatConsumeNextArg, s)
+
+						if len(args) <= 1 {
+							break Loop
+						} else {
+							args = args[1:]
+						}
+					} else {
+						// Since the shorthand combination doesn't end here, this means that the
+						// value for the shorthand is given in the same argument, meaning we don't
+						// have to consume the next one. (e.g. '-xyzfarg', where -x, -y, -z are
+						// boolean flags, and -f is a flag that needs a value).
+					}
+
+					break
+				}
 			}
 		case s != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(s, "-"):
 			commands = append(commands, s)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return commands
+	return commands, flagsThatConsumeNextArg
 }
 
 // argsMinusFirstX removes only the first x from args.  Otherwise, commands that look like
 // openshift admin policy add-role-to-user admin my-user, lose the admin argument (arg[4]).
 // Special care needs to be taken not to remove a flag value.
-func (c *Command) argsMinusFirstX(args []string, x string) []string {
+func (c *Command) argsMinusFirstX(args, flagsThatConsumeNextArg []string, x string) []string {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		return args
 	}
-	c.mergePersistentFlags()
-	flags := c.Flags()
+
+	consumesNextArg := func(flag string) bool {
+		for _, f := range flagsThatConsumeNextArg {
+			if flag == f {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}
 
 Loop:
 	for pos := 0; pos < len(args); pos++ {
@@ -698,13 +736,8 @@ Loop:
 		case s == "--":
 			// -- means we have reached the end of the parseable args. Break out of the loop now.
 			break Loop
-		case strings.HasPrefix(s, "--") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && !hasNoOptDefVal(s[2:], flags):
-			fallthrough
-		case strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && len(s) == 2 && !shortHasNoOptDefVal(s[1:], flags):
-			// This is a flag without a default value, and an equal sign is not used. Increment pos in order to skip
-			// over the next arg, because that is the value of this flag.
+		case consumesNextArg(s):
 			pos++
-			continue
 		case !strings.HasPrefix(s, "-"):
 			// This is not a flag or a flag value. Check to see if it matches what we're looking for, and if so,
 			// return the args, excluding the one at this position.
@@ -730,22 +763,23 @@ func (c *Command) Find(args []string) (*Command, []string, error) {
 	var innerfind func(*Command, []string) (*Command, []string)
 
 	innerfind = func(c *Command, innerArgs []string) (*Command, []string) {
-		argsWOflags := stripFlags(innerArgs, c)
+		argsWOflags, flagsThatConsumeNextArg := stripFlags(innerArgs, c)
 		if len(argsWOflags) == 0 {
 			return c, innerArgs
 		}
 		nextSubCmd := argsWOflags[0]
 
 		cmd := c.findNext(nextSubCmd)
 		if cmd != nil {
-			return innerfind(cmd, c.argsMinusFirstX(innerArgs, nextSubCmd))
+			return innerfind(cmd, c.argsMinusFirstX(innerArgs, flagsThatConsumeNextArg, nextSubCmd))
 		}
 		return c, innerArgs
 	}
 
 	commandFound, a := innerfind(c, args)
 	if commandFound.Args == nil {
-		return commandFound, a, legacyArgs(commandFound, stripFlags(a, commandFound))
+		argsWOflags, _ := stripFlags(a, commandFound)
+		return commandFound, a, legacyArgs(commandFound, argsWOflags)
 	}
 	return commandFound, a, nil
 }

command_test.go

@@ -693,6 +693,30 @@ func TestStripFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"-p", "bar"},
 			[]string{"bar"},
 		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-s", "value", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-s=value", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-svalue", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-ps", "value", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-ps=value", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-psvalue", "bar"},
+			[]string{"bar"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	c := &Command{Use: "c", Run: emptyRun}
@@ -702,7 +726,7 @@ func TestStripFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	c.Flags().BoolP("bool", "b", false, "")
 
 	for i, test := range tests {
-		got := stripFlags(test.input, c)
+		got, _ := stripFlags(test.input, c)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.output, got) {
 			t.Errorf("(%v) Expected: %v, got: %v", i, test.output, got)
 		}
@@ -2688,11 +2712,13 @@ func TestHelpflagCommandExecutedWithoutVersionSet(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 	var foo, bar string
+	var persist bool
 	root := &Command{
 		Use: "root",
 	}
 	root.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&foo, "foo", "f", "", "")
 	root.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&bar, "bar", "b", "something", "")
+	root.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&persist, "persist", "p", false, "")
 
 	child := &Command{
 		Use: "child",
@@ -2755,6 +2781,38 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"--foo", "child", "--bar", "something", "child"},
 			[]string{"--foo", "child", "--bar", "something"},
 		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-f", "value", "child"},
+			[]string{"-f", "value"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-f=value", "child"},
+			[]string{"-f=value"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-fvalue", "child"},
+			[]string{"-fvalue"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-pf", "value", "child"},
+			[]string{"-pf", "value"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-pf=value", "child"},
+			[]string{"-pf=value"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-pfvalue", "child"},
+			[]string{"-pfvalue"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-pf", "child", "child"},
+			[]string{"-pf", "child"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-pf", "child", "-pb", "something", "child"},
+			[]string{"-pf", "child", "-pb", "something"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {