Removed unused test files, added comments to cmds

* Added comments to all cmds files
* Removed unused test files
* Removed unimplemented command 'update'

cmds/all.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmds
 
 import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+// init the "all" command
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(allCmd)
 	allCmd.Run = allRun
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ var allCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generate all templates from table definitions",
 }
 
+// allRun executes every sqlboiler command, starting with structs
 func allRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	err := outHandler(generateStructs())
 	if err != nil {

cmds/config.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 )
 
+// cfg holds the configuration file data from config.toml
 var cfg = struct {
 	Postgres struct {
 		User   string `toml:"user"`
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ var cfg = struct {
 	} `toml:"postgres"`
 }{}
 
+// init reads the config.toml configuration file into the cfg variable
 func init() {
 	_, err := toml.DecodeFile("config.toml", &cfg)
 	if err == nil {

cmds/delete.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// init the "delete" command
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(deleteCmd)
 	deleteCmd.Run = deleteRun
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generate delete statement helpers from table definitions",
 }
 
+// deleteRun executes the delete command, and generates the delete statement
+// boilerplate from the template file.
 func deleteRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	err := outHandler(generateDeletes())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ func deleteRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// generateDeletes returns a slice of each template execution result.
+// Each of these results holds a delete statement generated from the delete template.
 func generateDeletes() [][]byte {
 	t, err := template.New("delete.tpl").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"makeGoColName": makeGoColName,

cmds/insert.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// init the "insert" command
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(insertCmd)
 	insertCmd.Run = insertRun
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ var insertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generate insert statement helpers from table definitions",
 }
 
+// insertRun executes the insert command, and generates the insert statement
+// boilerplate from the template file.
 func insertRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	err := outHandler(generateInserts())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ func insertRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// generateInserts returns a slice of each template execution result.
+// Each of these results holds an insert statement generated from the insert template.
 func generateInserts() [][]byte {
 	t, err := template.New("insert.tpl").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"makeGoColName":          makeGoColName,
@@ -45,8 +50,8 @@ func generateInserts() [][]byte {
 	return outputs
 }
 
-// makeGoInsertParamNames takes a [][]DBData and returns a comma seperated
+// makeGoInsertParamNames takes a []DBTable and returns a comma seperated
-// list of parameter names for the insert statement
+// list of parameter names for the insert statement template.
 func makeGoInsertParamNames(data []dbdrivers.DBTable) string {
 	var paramNames string
 	for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {
@@ -58,8 +63,8 @@ func makeGoInsertParamNames(data []dbdrivers.DBTable) string {
 	return paramNames
 }
 
-// makeGoInsertParamFlags takes a [][]DBData and returns a comma seperated
+// makeGoInsertParamFlags takes a []DBTable and returns a comma seperated
-// list of parameter flags for the insert statement
+// list of parameter flags for the insert statement template.
 func makeGoInsertParamFlags(data []dbdrivers.DBTable) string {
 	var paramFlags string
 	for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {

cmds/select.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// init the "select" command
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(selectCmd)
 	selectCmd.Run = selectRun
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ var selectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generate select statement helpers from table definitions",
 }
 
+// selectRun executes the select command, and generates the select statement
+// boilerplate from the select file.
 func selectRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	err := outHandler(generateSelects())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ func selectRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// generateSelects returns a slice of each template execution result.
+// Each of these results holds a select statement generated from the select template.
 func generateSelects() [][]byte {
 	t, err := template.New("select.tpl").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"makeGoColName":        makeGoColName,
@@ -44,6 +49,10 @@ func generateSelects() [][]byte {
 	return outputs
 }
 
+// makeSelectParamNames takes a []DBTable and returns a comma seperated
+// list of parameter names with for the select statement template.
+// It also uses the table name to generate the "AS" part of the statement, for
+// example: var_name AS table_name_var_name, ...
 func makeSelectParamNames(tableName string, data []dbdrivers.DBTable) string {
 	var paramNames string
 	for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {

cmds/select_test.go

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package cmds

cmds/shared.go

@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pobri19/sqlboiler/dbdrivers"
 )
 
+// tplData is used to pass data to the template
 type tplData struct {
 	TableName string
 	TableData []dbdrivers.DBTable
 }
 
+// errorQuit displays an error message and then exits the application.
 func errorQuit(err error) {
 	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s\n---\n\nRun 'sqlboiler --help' for usage.", err))
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }
 
+// processTemplate takes a template and returns a slice of byte slices.
+// Each byte slice in the slice of bytes is the output of the template execution.
 func processTemplate(t *template.Template) ([][]byte, error) {
 	var outputs [][]byte
 	for i := 0; i < len(cmdData.TablesInfo); i++ {
@@ -46,9 +50,12 @@ func processTemplate(t *template.Template) ([][]byte, error) {
 
 }
 
+// outHandler loops over the slice of byte slices, outputting them to either
+// the OutFile if it is specified with a flag, or to Stdout if no flag is specified.
 func outHandler(data [][]byte) error {
 	nl := []byte{'\n'}
 
+	// Use stdout if no outfile is specified
 	var out *os.File
 	if cmdData.OutFile == nil {
 		out = os.Stdout
@@ -68,6 +75,10 @@ func outHandler(data [][]byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// makeGoColName takes a column name in the format of "column_name" and converts
+// it into a go styled object variable name of "ColumnName".
+// makeGoColName also fully uppercases "ID" components of names, for example
+// "column_name_id" to "ColumnNameID".
 func makeGoColName(name string) string {
 	s := strings.Split(name, "_")
 
@@ -82,11 +93,16 @@ func makeGoColName(name string) string {
 	return strings.Join(s, "")
 }
 
+// makeGoVarName takes a variable name in the format of "var_name" and converts
+// it into a go styled variable name of "varName".
+// makeGoVarName also fully uppercases "ID" components of names, for example
+// "var_name_id" to "varNameID".
 func makeGoVarName(name string) string {
 	s := strings.Split(name, "_")
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
-		if s[i] == "id" {
+		// Only uppercase if not a single word variable
+		if s[i] == "id" && i > 0 {
 			s[i] = "ID"
 			continue
 		}
@@ -102,6 +118,9 @@ func makeGoVarName(name string) string {
 	return strings.Join(s, "")
 }
 
+// makeDBColName takes a table name in the format of "table_name" and a
+// column name in the format of "column_name" and returns a name used in the
+// `db:""` component of an object in the format of "table_name_column_name"
 func makeDBColName(tableName, colName string) string {
 	return tableName + "_" + colName
 }

cmds/sqlboiler.go

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// CmdData holds the table schema a slice of (column name, column type) slices.
+// It also holds a slice of all of the table names sqlboiler is generating against,
+// the database driver chosen by the driver flag at runtime, and a pointer to the
+// output file, if one is specified with a flag.
 type CmdData struct {
 	TablesInfo [][]dbdrivers.DBTable
 	TableNames []string
@@ -16,8 +20,14 @@ type CmdData struct {
 	OutFile    *os.File
 }
 
+// cmdData is used globally by all commands to access the table schema data,
+// the database driver and the output file. cmdData is initialized by
+// the root SQLBoiler cobra command at run time, before other commands execute.
 var cmdData *CmdData
 
+// init initializes the sqlboiler flags, such as driver, table, and output file.
+// It also sets the global preRun hook and postRun hook. Every command will execute
+// these hooks before and after running to initialize the shared state.
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.PersistentFlags().StringP("driver", "d", "", "The name of the driver in your config.toml")
 	SQLBoiler.PersistentFlags().StringP("table", "t", "", "A comma seperated list of table names")
@@ -26,6 +36,7 @@ func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.PersistentPostRun = sqlBoilerPostRun
 }
 
+// SQLBoiler is the root app command
 var SQLBoiler = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "sqlboiler",
 	Short: "SQL Boiler generates boilerplate structs and statements",
@@ -33,15 +44,44 @@ var SQLBoiler = &cobra.Command{
 		`Complete documentation is available at http://github.com/pobri19/sqlboiler`,
 }
 
+// sqlBoilerPostRun cleans up the output file and database connection once
+// all commands are finished running.
 func sqlBoilerPostRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	cmdData.OutFile.Close()
 	cmdData.DBDriver.Close()
 }
 
+// sqlBoilerPreRun executes before all commands start running. Its job is to
+// initialize the shared state object (cmdData). Initialization tasks include
+// assigning the database driver based off the driver flag and opening the database connection,
+// retrieving a list of all the tables in the database (if specific tables are not provided
+// via a flag), building the table schema for use in the templates, and opening the output file
+// handle if one is specified with a flag.
 func sqlBoilerPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	var err error
 	cmdData = &CmdData{}
 
+	// Initialize the cmdData.DBDriver
+	initDBDriver()
+
+	// Connect to the driver database
+	if err = cmdData.DBDriver.Open(); err != nil {
+		errorQuit(err)
+	}
+
+	// Initialize the cmdData.TableNames
+	initTableNames()
+
+	// Initialize the cmdData.TablesInfo
+	initTablesInfo()
+
+	// Initialize the cmdData.OutFile
+	initOutFile()
+}
+
+// initDBDriver attempts to set the cmdData DBDriver based off the passed in
+// driver flag value. If an invalid flag string is provided the program will exit.
+func initDBDriver() {
 	// Retrieve driver flag
 	driverName := SQLBoiler.PersistentFlags().Lookup("driver").Value.String()
 	if driverName == "" {
@@ -60,11 +100,15 @@ func sqlBoilerPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	// Connect to the driver database
+	if cmdData.DBDriver == nil {
-	if err = cmdData.DBDriver.Open(); err != nil {
+		errorQuit(errors.New("An invalid driver name was provided"))
-		errorQuit(err)
 	}
+}
 
+// initTableNames will create a string slice out of the passed in table flag value
+// if one is provided. If no flag is provided, it will attempt to connect to the
+// database to retrieve all "public" table names, and build a slice out of that result.
+func initTableNames() {
 	// Retrieve the list of tables
 	tn := SQLBoiler.PersistentFlags().Lookup("table").Value.String()
 
@@ -78,6 +122,7 @@ func sqlBoilerPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	// If no table names are provided attempt to process all tables in database
 	if len(cmdData.TableNames) == 0 {
 		// get all table names
+		var err error
 		cmdData.TableNames, err = cmdData.DBDriver.GetAllTableNames()
 		if err != nil {
 			errorQuit(err)
@@ -87,7 +132,11 @@ func sqlBoilerPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			errorQuit(errors.New("No tables found in database, migrate some tables first"))
 		}
 	}
+}
 
+// initTablesInfo builds a description of each table (column name, column type)
+// and assigns it to cmdData.TablesInfo, the slice of dbdrivers.DBTable slices.
+func initTablesInfo() {
 	// loop over table Names and build TablesInfo
 	for i := 0; i < len(cmdData.TableNames); i++ {
 		tInfo, err := cmdData.DBDriver.GetTableInfo(cmdData.TableNames[i])
@@ -97,7 +146,12 @@ func sqlBoilerPreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		cmdData.TablesInfo = append(cmdData.TablesInfo, tInfo)
 	}
+}
 
+// initOutFile opens a file handle to the file name specified by the out flag.
+// If no file name is provided, out will remain nil and future output will be
+// piped to Stdout instead of to a file.
+func initOutFile() {
 	// open the out file filehandle
 	outf := SQLBoiler.PersistentFlags().Lookup("out").Value.String()
 	if outf != "" {

cmds/structs.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// init the "struct" command
 func init() {
 	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(structCmd)
 	structCmd.Run = structRun
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ var structCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generate structs from table definitions",
 }
 
+// deleteRun executes the struct command, and generates the struct definitions
+// boilerplate from the template file.
 func structRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	err := outHandler(generateStructs())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ func structRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// generateStructs returns a slice of each template execution result.
+// Each of these results holds a struct definition generated from the struct template.
 func generateStructs() [][]byte {
 	t, err := template.New("struct.tpl").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"makeGoColName": makeGoColName,

cmds/structs_test.go

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package cmds
-
-import "testing"
-
-func testVerifyStructArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	err := verifyStructArgs([]string{})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("Expected an error")
-	}
-
-	err = verifyStructArgs([]string{"hello"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected error nil, got: %s", err)
-	}
-}

cmds/update.go

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package cmds
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	SQLBoiler.AddCommand(updateCmd)
-	updateCmd.Run = updateRun
-}
-
-var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "update",
-	Short: "Generate update statement helpers from table definitions",
-}
-
-func updateRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	out := generateUpdates()
-
-	for _, v := range out {
-		os.Stdout.Write(v)
-	}
-}
-
-func generateUpdates() [][]byte {
-	return [][]byte{}
-}