👏 `pigeon create identity` works!

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Don't use the Go version yet. If you want something stable, there is a [Ruby ver
 
  |Done?|Verb        |Noun    | Flag / arg 1  | Flag 2    |
  |-----|------------|--------|---------------|-----------|
- |     |create      |identity|               |           |
  |     |show        |identity|               |           |
  |     |create      |draft   |               |           |
  |     |show        |blob    |               |           |
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ Don't use the Go version yet. If you want something stable, there is a [Ruby ver
  |     |show        |peers   |               |           |
  |     |show        |peers   | --blocked     |           |
  |     |unfollow    |peer    |               |           |
+ |  X  |create      |identity|               |           |
  |  X  |help        |        |               |           |
  |  X  |version     |        |               |           |
 

cli.go

@@ -9,27 +9,40 @@ import (
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "pigeon",
-	Short: "Pigeon is a peer-to-peer database for offline systems",
+	Short: "Pigeon is a peer-to-peer database for offline systems.",
 	Long: `Pigeon is an off-grid, serverless, peer-to-peer
 	database for building software that works on poor internet
 	connections, or entirely offline.`,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("It works!")
-	},
 }
 
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
-	Short: "This is the short description of version",
+	Short: "Print the software version.",
-	Long:  `This one is longer.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		fmt.Printf("Pigeon CLI Client (Golang), version %s\n", Version)
 	},
 }
 
+var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "create [resource]",
+	Short: "Create various resources",
+	Long:  `Creates resources, such as identities, drafts, messages, blobs, etc..`,
+}
+
+var createIdentityCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "identity",
+	Short: "Create a new identity.",
+	Long:  `Creates a new identity.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println(createOrShowIdentity())
+	},
+}
+
 // BootstrapCLI wires up all the relevant commands.
 func BootstrapCLI() {
+	createCmd.AddCommand(createIdentityCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		os.Exit(1)

util.go

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ import (
 	"log"
 )
 
+func createOrShowIdentity() string {
+	var pubKey []byte
+	oldKey := GetConfig("private_key")
+	if len(oldKey) == 0 {
+		newKey, _ := CreateIdentity()
+		pubKey = newKey
+	} else {
+		pubKey = oldKey
+	}
+	return encodeUserMhash(pubKey)
+}
+
 // CreateIdentity is used by the CLI to create an ED25519
 // keypair and store it to disk. It returns the private key
 // as a Base32 encoded string
@@ -18,16 +30,7 @@ func CreateIdentity() (ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PrivateKey) {
 	return pub, priv
 }
 
-// EncodeUserMhash Takes a []byte and converts it to a B32
+func encodeUserMhash(pubKey []byte) string {
-// string in the format "USER.DATA.ED25519"
+	sigil := "USER."
-// func EncodeUserMhash(pubKey []byte) string {
+	return sigil + B32Encode(pubKey)
-// 	b32 := B32Encode(pubKey)
+}
-// 	b32Length := len(b32)
-
-// 	if b32Length != 52 {
-// 		m := "Expected %s to be 52 bytes long. Got %d"
-// 		log.Fatal(m, b32, b32Length)
-// 	}
-
-// 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", UserSigil, b32)
-// }