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Consider adding and using a proper CLI parser

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Description

See: https://github.com/microsoft/edit/pull/143#issuecomment-2897277505
...and following. The benefits are rather obvious including correct -- handling.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the discussion in microsoft/edit#143, especially the linked issue comment and following thread, then locate the current command-line argument handling. Define the parser's required behavior, including correct -- handling, and consider the work complete when the CLI consistently parses the documented arguments and tests cover the relevant cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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