commands: Make the hugo command non-global

See #4598

commands/benchmark.go

@@ -23,22 +23,12 @@ import (
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 )
 
-var _ cmder = (*benchmarkCmd)(nil)
-
 type benchmarkCmd struct {
 	benchmarkTimes int
 	cpuProfileFile string
 	memProfileFile string
 
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseBuilderCmd
-}
-
-type cmder interface {
-	getCommand() *cobra.Command
-}
-
-func (c *benchmarkCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newBenchmarkCmd() *benchmarkCmd {
@@ -49,15 +39,14 @@ func newBenchmarkCmd() *benchmarkCmd {
 creating a benchmark.`,
 	}
 
-	initHugoBuilderFlags(cmd)
+	c := &benchmarkCmd{baseBuilderCmd: newBuilderCmd(cmd)}
-	initBenchmarkBuildingFlags(cmd)
-
-	c := &benchmarkCmd{cmd: cmd}
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&c.cpuProfileFile, "cpuprofile", "", "path/filename for the CPU profile file")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&c.memProfileFile, "memprofile", "", "path/filename for the memory profile file")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&c.benchmarkTimes, "count", "n", 13, "number of times to build the site")
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("renderToMemory", false, "render to memory (only useful for benchmark testing)")
+
 	cmd.RunE = c.benchmark
 
 	return c
@@ -67,7 +56,7 @@ func (c *benchmarkCmd) benchmark(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	cfgInit := func(c *commandeer) error {
 		return nil
 	}
-	comm, err := InitializeConfig(false, cfgInit, c.cmd)
+	comm, err := initializeConfig(false, &c.hugoBuilderCommon, c, cfgInit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

commands/check.go

@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*checkCmd)(nil)
 
 type checkCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
 }
 
 func newCheckCmd() *checkCmd {
-	return &checkCmd{cmd: &cobra.Command{
+	return &checkCmd{baseCmd: &baseCmd{cmd: &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "check",
 		Short: "Contains some verification checks",
 	},
-	}
+	}}
-}
-
-func (c *checkCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }

commands/commandeer.go

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ import (
 type commandeer struct {
 	*deps.DepsCfg
 
-	subCmdVs []*cobra.Command
+	h             *hugoBuilderCommon
+	ftch flagsToConfigHandler
 
 	pathSpec    *helpers.PathSpec
 	visitedURLs *types.EvictingStringQueue
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) initFs(fs *hugofs.Fs) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func newCommandeer(running bool, doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error, subCmdVs ...*cobra.Command) (*commandeer, error) {
+func newCommandeer(running bool, h *hugoBuilderCommon, f flagsToConfigHandler, doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error, subCmdVs ...*cobra.Command) (*commandeer, error) {
 
 	var rebuildDebouncer func(f func())
 	if running {
@@ -107,8 +108,9 @@ func newCommandeer(running bool, doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error, sub
 	}
 
 	c := &commandeer{
+		h:                h,
+		ftch:    f,
 		doWithCommandeer: doWithCommandeer,
-		subCmdVs:         append([]*cobra.Command{hugoCmdV}, subCmdVs...),
 		visitedURLs:      types.NewEvictingStringQueue(10),
 		debounce:         rebuildDebouncer,
 	}
@@ -127,8 +129,8 @@ func (c *commandeer) loadConfig(running bool) error {
 	cfg.Running = running
 
 	var dir string
-	if source != "" {
+	if c.h.source != "" {
-		dir, _ = filepath.Abs(source)
+		dir, _ = filepath.Abs(c.h.source)
 	} else {
 		dir, _ = os.Getwd()
 	}
@@ -139,8 +141,9 @@ func (c *commandeer) loadConfig(running bool) error {
 	}
 
 	doWithConfig := func(cfg config.Provider) error {
-		for _, cmdV := range c.subCmdVs {
+
-			initializeFlags(cmdV, cfg)
+		if c.ftch != nil {
+			c.ftch.flagsToConfig(cfg)
 		}
 
 		cfg.Set("workingDir", dir)
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) loadConfig(running bool) error {
 	}
 
 	config, configFiles, err := hugolib.LoadConfig(
-		hugolib.ConfigSourceDescriptor{Fs: sourceFs, Path: source, WorkingDir: dir, Filename: cfgFile},
+		hugolib.ConfigSourceDescriptor{Fs: sourceFs, Path: c.h.source, WorkingDir: dir, Filename: c.h.cfgFile},
 		doWithCommandeer,
 		doWithConfig)
 
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) loadConfig(running bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	logger, err := createLogger(config)
+	logger, err := c.createLogger(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

commands/convert.go

@@ -32,31 +32,34 @@ var (
 	_ cmder = (*convertCmd)(nil)
 )
 
+// TODO(bep) cli refactor
 var outputDir string
 var unsafe bool
 
 type convertCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseBuilderCmd
 }
 
 func newConvertCmd() *convertCmd {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+	cc := &convertCmd{}
+
+	cc.baseBuilderCmd = newBuilderCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "convert",
 		Short: "Convert your content to different formats",
 		Long: `Convert your content (e.g. front matter) to different formats.
 
 See convert's subcommands toJSON, toTOML and toYAML for more information.`,
 		RunE: nil,
-	}
+	})
 
-	cmd.AddCommand(
+	cc.cmd.AddCommand(
 		&cobra.Command{
 			Use:   "toJSON",
 			Short: "Convert front matter to JSON",
 			Long: `toJSON converts all front matter in the content directory
 to use JSON for the front matter.`,
 			RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-				return convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.JSONLead)[0]))
+				return cc.convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.JSONLead)[0]))
 			},
 		},
 		&cobra.Command{
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ to use JSON for the front matter.`,
 			Long: `toTOML converts all front matter in the content directory
 to use TOML for the front matter.`,
 			RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-				return convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.TOMLLead)[0]))
+				return cc.convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.TOMLLead)[0]))
 			},
 		},
 		&cobra.Command{
@@ -74,29 +77,26 @@ to use TOML for the front matter.`,
 			Long: `toYAML converts all front matter in the content directory
 to use YAML for the front matter.`,
 			RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-				return convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.YAMLLead)[0]))
+				return cc.convertContents(rune([]byte(parser.YAMLLead)[0]))
 			},
 		},
 	)
 
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputDir, "output", "o", "", "filesystem path to write files to")
+	// TODO(bep) cli refactor
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
+	//	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputDir, "output", "o", "", "filesystem path to write files to")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&unsafe, "unsafe", false, "enable less safe operations, please backup first")
+	//	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("source", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
+	//	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&unsafe, "unsafe", false, "enable less safe operations, please backup first")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("source", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
 
-	return &convertCmd{cmd: cmd}
+	return cc
 }
 
-func (c *convertCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
+func (cc *convertCmd) convertContents(mark rune) error {
-	return c.cmd
-}
-
-func convertContents(mark rune) error {
 	if outputDir == "" && !unsafe {
 		return newUserError("Unsafe operation not allowed, use --unsafe or set a different output path")
 	}
 
-	c, err := InitializeConfig(false, nil)
+	c, err := initializeConfig(false, &cc.hugoBuilderCommon, cc, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

commands/env.go

@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*envCmd)(nil)
 
 type envCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *envCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newEnvCmd() *envCmd {
-	return &envCmd{cmd: &cobra.Command{
+	return &envCmd{baseCmd: newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "env",
 		Short: "Print Hugo version and environment info",
 		Long:  `Print Hugo version and environment info. This is useful in Hugo bug reports.`,
@@ -43,6 +39,6 @@ func newEnvCmd() *envCmd {
 
 			return nil
 		},
-	},
+	}),
 	}
 }

commands/gen.go

@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*genCmd)(nil)
 
 type genCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newGenCmd() *genCmd {
 	cc := &genCmd{}
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "gen",
 		Short: "A collection of several useful generators.",
-	}
+	})
 
 	cc.cmd.AddCommand(
 		newGenautocompleteCmd().getCommand(),

commands/genautocomplete.go

@@ -26,17 +26,13 @@ type genautocompleteCmd struct {
 	// bash for now (zsh and others will come)
 	autocompleteType string
 
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genautocompleteCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newGenautocompleteCmd() *genautocompleteCmd {
 	cc := &genautocompleteCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "autocomplete",
 		Short: "Generate shell autocompletion script for Hugo",
 		Long: `Generates a shell autocompletion script for Hugo.
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ or just source them in directly:
 
 			return nil
 		},
-	}
+	})
 
 	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cc.autocompleteTarget, "completionfile", "", "/etc/bash_completion.d/hugo.sh", "autocompletion file")
 	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cc.autocompleteType, "type", "", "bash", "autocompletion type (currently only bash supported)")

commands/genchromastyles.go

@@ -30,23 +30,19 @@ type genChromaStyles struct {
 	style          string
 	highlightStyle string
 	linesStyle     string
-	cmd            *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genChromaStyles) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 // TODO(bep) highlight
 func createGenChromaStyles() *genChromaStyles {
 	g := &genChromaStyles{
-		cmd: &cobra.Command{
+		baseCmd: newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 			Use:   "chromastyles",
 			Short: "Generate CSS stylesheet for the Chroma code highlighter",
 			Long: `Generate CSS stylesheet for the Chroma code highlighter for a given style. This stylesheet is needed if pygmentsUseClasses is enabled in config.
 
 See https://help.farbox.com/pygments.html for preview of available styles`,
-		},
+		}),
 	}
 
 	g.cmd.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

commands/gendoc.go

@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ var _ cmder = (*genDocCmd)(nil)
 
 type genDocCmd struct {
 	gendocdir string
-	cmd       *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genDocCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newGenDocCmd() *genDocCmd {
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ url: %s
 
 	cc := &genDocCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "doc",
 		Short: "Generate Markdown documentation for the Hugo CLI.",
 		Long: `Generate Markdown documentation for the Hugo CLI.
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ for rendering in Hugo.`,
 
 			return nil
 		},
-	}
+	})
 
 	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cc.gendocdir, "dir", "/tmp/hugodoc/", "the directory to write the doc.")
 

commands/gendocshelper.go

@@ -29,20 +29,16 @@ var (
 
 type genDocsHelper struct {
 	target string
-	cmd    *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genDocsHelper) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func createGenDocsHelper() *genDocsHelper {
 	g := &genDocsHelper{
-		cmd: &cobra.Command{
+		baseCmd: newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 			Use:    "docshelper",
 			Short:  "Generate some data files for the Hugo docs.",
 			Hidden: true,
-		},
+		}),
 	}
 
 	g.cmd.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

commands/genman.go

@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ var _ cmder = (*genManCmd)(nil)
 
 type genManCmd struct {
 	genmandir string
-	cmd       *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *genManCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newGenManCmd() *genManCmd {
 	cc := &genManCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "man",
 		Short: "Generate man pages for the Hugo CLI",
 		Long: `This command automatically generates up-to-date man pages of Hugo's
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ in the "man" directory under the current directory.`,
 
 			return nil
 		},
-	}
+	})
 
 	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cc.genmandir, "dir", "man/", "the directory to write the man pages.")
 

commands/helpers.go

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 // used by Hugo. Commands and flags are implemented using Cobra.
 package commands
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
 const (
 	ansiEsc    = "\u001B"
 	clearLine  = "\r\033[K"
@@ -22,6 +30,15 @@ const (
 	showCursor = ansiEsc + "[?25h"
 )
 
+type flagsToConfigHandler interface {
+	flagsToConfig(cfg config.Provider)
+}
+
+type cmder interface {
+	flagsToConfigHandler
+	getCommand() *cobra.Command
+}
+
 // commandError is an error used to signal different error situations in command handling.
 type commandError struct {
 	s         string

commands/hugo.go

@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/parser"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	"regexp"
-
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib"
@@ -54,137 +52,123 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/nitro"
 )
 
-// Hugo represents the Hugo sites to build. This variable is exported as it
+type baseCmd struct {
-// is used by at least one external library (the Hugo caddy plugin). We should
+	cmd *cobra.Command
-// provide a cleaner external API, but until then, this is it.
-var Hugo *hugolib.HugoSites
-
-// Reset resets Hugo ready for a new full build. This is mainly only useful
-// for benchmark testing etc. via the CLI commands.
-func Reset() error {
-	Hugo = nil
-	return nil
 }
 
-// HugoCmd is Hugo's root command.
+type baseBuilderCmd struct {
-// Every other command attached to HugoCmd is a child command to it.
+	hugoBuilderCommon
-var HugoCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	*baseCmd
-	Use:   "hugo",
+}
-	Short: "hugo builds your site",
+
-	Long: `hugo is the main command, used to build your Hugo site.
+func (c *baseCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	return c.cmd
+}
+
+func newBaseCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) *baseCmd {
+	return &baseCmd{cmd: cmd}
+}
+
+func newBuilderCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) *baseBuilderCmd {
+	bcmd := &baseBuilderCmd{baseCmd: &baseCmd{cmd: cmd}}
+	bcmd.hugoBuilderCommon.handleFlags(cmd)
+	return bcmd
+}
+
+// TODO(bep) cli refactor need root?
+func (c *baseCmd) flagsToConfig(cfg config.Provider) {
+	initializeFlags(c.cmd, cfg)
+}
+
+type hugoCmd struct {
+
+	//cacheDir        string
+	//contentDir      string
+	//layoutDir       string
+	//destination     string
+	//theme           string
+	//themesDir       string
+	//logI18nWarnings bool
+	//disableKinds []string
+
+	*baseBuilderCmd
+}
+
+func newHugoCmd() *hugoCmd {
+	cc := &hugoCmd{}
+
+	cc.baseBuilderCmd = newBuilderCmd(&cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "hugo",
+		Short: "hugo builds your site",
+		Long: `hugo is the main command, used to build your Hugo site.
 
 Hugo is a Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 built with love by spf13 and friends in Go.
 
 Complete documentation is available at http://gohugo.io/.`,
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-
+			cfgInit := func(c *commandeer) error {
-		cfgInit := func(c *commandeer) error {
+				if cc.buildWatch {
-			if buildWatch {
+					c.Set("disableLiveReload", true)
-				c.Set("disableLiveReload", true)
+				}
+				return nil
 			}
-			return nil
-		}
 
-		c, err := InitializeConfig(buildWatch, cfgInit)
+			c, err := initializeConfig(cc.buildWatch, &cc.hugoBuilderCommon, cc, cfgInit)
-		if err != nil {
+			if err != nil {
-			return err
+				return err
-		}
+			}
 
-		return c.build()
+			return c.build()
-	},
+		},
+	})
+
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cc.cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cc.quiet, "quiet", false, "build in quiet mode")
+
+	// Set bash-completion
+	validConfigFilenames := []string{"json", "js", "yaml", "yml", "toml", "tml"}
+	_ = cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("config", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, validConfigFilenames)
+
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&cc.verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose output")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&cc.debug, "debug", "", false, "debug output")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cc.logging, "log", false, "enable Logging")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cc.logFile, "logFile", "", "log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)")
+	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cc.verboseLog, "verboseLog", false, "verbose logging")
+
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.buildWatch, "watch", "w", false, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
+
+	// Set bash-completion
+	_ = cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("logFile", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, []string{})
+
+	return cc
 }
 
-var hugoCmdV *cobra.Command
+type hugoBuilderCommon struct {
+	source  string
+	baseURL string
 
-type flagVals struct {
-}
-
-// Flags that are to be added to commands.
-var (
-	// TODO(bep) var vs string
 	buildWatch bool
+
+	gc bool
+
+	// TODO(bep) var vs string
 	logging    bool
 	verbose    bool
 	verboseLog bool
 	debug      bool
 	quiet      bool
-)
 
-var (
-	gc      bool
-	baseURL string
-	//cacheDir        string
-	//contentDir      string
-	//layoutDir       string
 	cfgFile string
-	//destination     string
 	logFile string
-	//theme           string
-	//themesDir       string
-	source string
-	//logI18nWarnings bool
-	//disableKinds []string
-)
-
-// Execute adds all child commands to the root command HugoCmd and sets flags appropriately.
-func Execute() {
-	HugoCmd.SetGlobalNormalizationFunc(helpers.NormalizeHugoFlags)
-
-	HugoCmd.SilenceUsage = true
-
-	AddCommands()
-
-	if c, err := HugoCmd.ExecuteC(); err != nil {
-		if isUserError(err) {
-			c.Println("")
-			c.Println(c.UsageString())
-		}
-
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
 }
 
-// AddCommands adds child commands to the root command HugoCmd.
+func (cc *hugoBuilderCommon) handleFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-func AddCommands() {
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newServerCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newVersionCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newEnvCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newConfigCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newCheckCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newBenchmarkCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newConvertCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newNewCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newListCmd().getCommand())
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newImportCmd().getCommand())
-
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(newGenCmd().getCommand())
-
-}
-
-// initHugoBuilderFlags initializes all common flags, typically used by the
-// core build commands, namely hugo itself, server, check and benchmark.
-func initHugoBuilderFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	initHugoBuildCommonFlags(cmd)
-}
-
-func initRootPersistentFlags() {
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)")
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&quiet, "quiet", false, "build in quiet mode")
-
-	// Set bash-completion
-	validConfigFilenames := []string{"json", "js", "yaml", "yml", "toml", "tml"}
-	_ = HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("config", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, validConfigFilenames)
-}
-
-// initHugoBuildCommonFlags initialize common flags related to the Hugo build.
-// Called by initHugoBuilderFlags.
-func initHugoBuildCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("cleanDestinationDir", false, "remove files from destination not found in static directories")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("buildDrafts", "D", false, "include content marked as draft")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("buildFuture", "F", false, "include content with publishdate in the future")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("buildExpired", "E", false, "include expired content")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("contentDir", "c", "", "filesystem path to content directory")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("layoutDir", "l", "", "filesystem path to layout directory")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("cacheDir", "", "", "filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/")
@@ -194,9 +178,9 @@ func initHugoBuildCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("themesDir", "", "", "filesystem path to themes directory")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("uglyURLs", false, "(deprecated) if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("canonifyURLs", false, "(deprecated) if true, all relative URLs will be canonicalized using baseURL")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&baseURL, "baseURL", "b", "", "hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.baseURL, "baseURL", "b", "", "hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("enableGitInfo", false, "add Git revision, date and author info to the pages")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gc, "gc", false, "enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.gc, "gc", false, "enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build")
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&nitro.AnalysisOn, "stepAnalysis", false, "display memory and timing of different steps of the program")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("templateMetrics", false, "display metrics about template executions")
@@ -218,33 +202,74 @@ func initHugoBuildCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("theme", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{"themes"})
 }
 
-func initBenchmarkBuildingFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+// Hugo represents the Hugo sites to build. This variable is exported as it
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("renderToMemory", false, "render to memory (only useful for benchmark testing)")
+// is used by at least one external library (the Hugo caddy plugin). We should
+// provide a cleaner external API, but until then, this is it.
+var Hugo *hugolib.HugoSites
+
+// Reset resets Hugo ready for a new full build. This is mainly only useful
+// for benchmark testing etc. via the CLI commands.
+func Reset() error {
+	Hugo = nil
+	return nil
 }
 
-// init initializes flags.
+var (
-func init() {
+	hugoCommand = newHugoCmd()
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose output")
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "", false, "debug output")
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&logging, "log", false, "enable Logging")
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&logFile, "logFile", "", "log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)")
-	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&verboseLog, "verboseLog", false, "verbose logging")
 
-	initRootPersistentFlags()
+	// HugoCmd is Hugo's root command.
-	initHugoBuilderFlags(HugoCmd)
+	// Every other command attached to HugoCmd is a child command to it.
-	initBenchmarkBuildingFlags(HugoCmd)
+	HugoCmd = hugoCommand.getCommand()
+)
 
-	HugoCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&buildWatch, "watch", "w", false, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
+// Execute adds all child commands to the root command HugoCmd and sets flags appropriately.
-	hugoCmdV = HugoCmd
+func Execute() {
+	HugoCmd.SetGlobalNormalizationFunc(helpers.NormalizeHugoFlags)
 
-	// Set bash-completion
+	HugoCmd.SilenceUsage = true
-	_ = HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("logFile", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, []string{})
+
+	addAllCommands()
+
+	if c, err := HugoCmd.ExecuteC(); err != nil {
+		if isUserError(err) {
+			c.Println("")
+			c.Println(c.UsageString())
+		}
+
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+}
+
+// addAllCommands adds child commands to the root command HugoCmd.
+func addAllCommands() {
+	addCommands(
+		newServerCmd(),
+		newVersionCmd(),
+		newEnvCmd(),
+		newConfigCmd(),
+		newCheckCmd(),
+		newBenchmarkCmd(),
+		newConvertCmd(),
+		newNewCmd(),
+		newListCmd(),
+		newImportCmd(),
+		newGenCmd(),
+	)
+}
+
+func addCommands(commands ...cmder) {
+	for _, command := range commands {
+		HugoCmd.AddCommand(command.getCommand())
+	}
 }
 
 // InitializeConfig initializes a config file with sensible default configuration flags.
-func InitializeConfig(running bool, doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error, subCmdVs ...*cobra.Command) (*commandeer, error) {
+func initializeConfig(running bool,
+	h *hugoBuilderCommon,
+	f flagsToConfigHandler,
+	doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error) (*commandeer, error) {
 
-	c, err := newCommandeer(running, doWithCommandeer, subCmdVs...)
+	c, err := newCommandeer(running, h, f, doWithCommandeer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -253,7 +278,7 @@ func InitializeConfig(running bool, doWithCommandeer func(c *commandeer) error,
 
 }
 
-func createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
+func (c *commandeer) createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
 	var (
 		logHandle       = ioutil.Discard
 		logThreshold    = jww.LevelWarn
@@ -262,7 +287,7 @@ func createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
 		stdoutThreshold = jww.LevelError
 	)
 
-	if verboseLog || logging || (logFile != "") {
+	if c.h.verboseLog || c.h.logging || (c.h.logFile != "") {
 		var err error
 		if logFile != "" {
 			logHandle, err = os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
@@ -275,7 +300,7 @@ func createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
 				return nil, newSystemError(err)
 			}
 		}
-	} else if !quiet && cfg.GetBool("verbose") {
+	} else if !c.h.quiet && cfg.GetBool("verbose") {
 		stdoutThreshold = jww.LevelInfo
 	}
 
@@ -283,7 +308,7 @@ func createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
 		stdoutThreshold = jww.LevelDebug
 	}
 
-	if verboseLog {
+	if c.h.verboseLog {
 		logThreshold = jww.LevelInfo
 		if cfg.GetBool("debug") {
 			logThreshold = jww.LevelDebug
@@ -381,7 +406,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) fullBuild() error {
 		langCount map[string]uint64
 	)
 
-	if !quiet {
+	if !c.h.quiet {
 		fmt.Print(hideCursor + "Building sites … ")
 		defer func() {
 			fmt.Print(showCursor + clearLine)
@@ -424,7 +449,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) fullBuild() error {
 		s.ProcessingStats.Static = langCount[s.Language.Lang]
 	}
 
-	if gc {
+	if c.h.gc {
 		count, err := Hugo.GC()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -447,13 +472,13 @@ func (c *commandeer) build() error {
 	}
 
 	// TODO(bep) Feedback?
-	if !quiet {
+	if !c.h.quiet {
 		fmt.Println()
 		Hugo.PrintProcessingStats(os.Stdout)
 		fmt.Println()
 	}
 
-	if buildWatch {
+	if c.h.buildWatch {
 		watchDirs, err := c.getDirList()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -481,7 +506,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) serverBuild() error {
 	}
 
 	// TODO(bep) Feedback?
-	if !quiet {
+	if !c.h.quiet {
 		fmt.Println()
 		Hugo.PrintProcessingStats(os.Stdout)
 		fmt.Println()
@@ -613,7 +638,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) copyStaticTo(dirs *src.Dirs, publishDir string) (uint64, er
 }
 
 func (c *commandeer) timeTrack(start time.Time, name string) {
-	if quiet {
+	if c.h.quiet {
 		return
 	}
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
@@ -765,7 +790,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) recreateAndBuildSites(watching bool) (err error) {
 	if err := c.initSites(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if !quiet {
+	if !c.h.quiet {
 		c.Logger.FEEDBACK.Println("Started building sites ...")
 	}
 	return Hugo.Build(hugolib.BuildCfg{CreateSitesFromConfig: true})
@@ -775,7 +800,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) resetAndBuildSites() (err error) {
 	if err = c.initSites(); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if !quiet {
+	if !c.h.quiet {
 		c.Logger.FEEDBACK.Println("Started building sites ...")
 	}
 	return Hugo.Build(hugolib.BuildCfg{ResetState: true})
@@ -811,7 +836,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) rebuildSites(events []fsnotify.Event) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	visited := c.visitedURLs.PeekAllSet()
-	doLiveReload := !buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
+	doLiveReload := !c.h.buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
 	if doLiveReload && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableFastRender") {
 
 		// Make sure we always render the home pages
@@ -833,7 +858,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) fullRebuild() {
 		jww.ERROR.Println("Failed to reload config:", err)
 	} else if err := c.recreateAndBuildSites(true); err != nil {
 		jww.ERROR.Println(err)
-	} else if !buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload") {
+	} else if !c.h.buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload") {
 		livereload.ForceRefresh()
 	}
 }
@@ -1013,7 +1038,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) newWatcher(dirList ...string) (*watcher.Batcher, error) {
 						}
 					}
 
-					if !buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload") {
+					if !c.h.buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload") {
 						// Will block forever trying to write to a channel that nobody is reading if livereload isn't initialized
 
 						// force refresh when more than one file
@@ -1030,7 +1055,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) newWatcher(dirList ...string) (*watcher.Batcher, error) {
 				}
 
 				if len(dynamicEvents) > 0 {
-					doLiveReload := !buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
+					doLiveReload := !c.h.buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
 					onePageName := pickOneWriteOrCreatePath(dynamicEvents)
 
 					c.Logger.FEEDBACK.Println("\nChange detected, rebuilding site")

commands/import_jekyll.go

@@ -35,27 +35,23 @@ import (
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 )
 
-var _ cmder = (*newThemeCmd)(nil)
+var _ cmder = (*importCmd)(nil)
 
 type importCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *importCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newImportCmd() *importCmd {
 	cc := &importCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "import",
 		Short: "Import your site from others.",
 		Long: `Import your site from other web site generators like Jekyll.
 
 Import requires a subcommand, e.g. ` + "`hugo import jekyll jekyll_root_path target_path`.",
 		RunE: nil,
-	}
+	})
 
 	importJekyllCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "jekyll",
@@ -74,9 +70,6 @@ Import from Jekyll requires two paths, e.g. ` + "`hugo import jekyll jekyll_root
 
 }
 
-func init() {
-}
-
 func (i *importCmd) importFromJekyll(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	if len(args) < 2 {

commands/limit_darwin.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*limitCmd)(nil)
 
 type limitCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
 }
 
 func newLimitCmd() *limitCmd {
@@ -58,11 +58,7 @@ This is primarily to ensure that Hugo can watch enough files on some OSs`,
 		},
 	}
 
-	return &limitCmd{cmd: ccmd}
+	return &limitCmd{baseCmd: newBaseCmd(ccmd)}
-}
-
-func (c *limitCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func init() {

commands/list.go

@@ -24,24 +24,21 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*listCmd)(nil)
 
 type listCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	hugoBuilderCommon
-}
+	*baseCmd
-
-func (c *listCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newListCmd() *listCmd {
 	cc := &listCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "Listing out various types of content",
 		Long: `Listing out various types of content.
 
 List requires a subcommand, e.g. ` + "`hugo list drafts`.",
 		RunE: nil,
-	}
+	})
 
 	cc.cmd.AddCommand(
 		&cobra.Command{
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ List requires a subcommand, e.g. ` + "`hugo list drafts`.",
 					c.Set("buildDrafts", true)
 					return nil
 				}
-				c, err := InitializeConfig(false, cfgInit)
+				c, err := initializeConfig(false, &cc.hugoBuilderCommon, cc, cfgInit)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ posted in the future.`,
 					c.Set("buildFuture", true)
 					return nil
 				}
-				c, err := InitializeConfig(false, cfgInit)
+				c, err := initializeConfig(false, &cc.hugoBuilderCommon, cc, cfgInit)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ expired.`,
 					c.Set("buildExpired", true)
 					return nil
 				}
-				c, err := InitializeConfig(false, cfgInit)
+				c, err := initializeConfig(false, &cc.hugoBuilderCommon, cc, cfgInit)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -153,7 +150,8 @@ expired.`,
 		},
 	)
 
-	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
+	// TODO(bep) cli refactor
+	//	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
 	cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("source", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
 
 	return cc

commands/list_config.go

@@ -25,27 +25,23 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*configCmd)(nil)
 
 type configCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *configCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newConfigCmd() *configCmd {
 	cc := &configCmd{}
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "config",
 		Short: "Print the site configuration",
 		Long:  `Print the site configuration, both default and custom settings.`,
 		RunE:  cc.printConfig,
-	}
+	})
 
 	return cc
 }
 
 func (c *configCmd) printConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	cfg, err := InitializeConfig(false, nil, c.cmd)
+	cfg, err := initializeConfig(false, nil, c, nil)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

commands/new.go

@@ -33,15 +33,11 @@ type newCmd struct {
 	contentEditor string
 	contentType   string
 
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *newCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newNewCmd() *newCmd {
-	ccmd := &newCmd{}
+	ccmd := &newCmd{baseCmd: newBaseCmd(nil)}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "new [path]",
 		Short: "Create new content for your site",
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ If archetypes are provided in your theme or site, they will be used.`,
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ccmd.contentType, "kind", "k", "", "content type to create")
 	// TODO(bep) cli refactor
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
+	//	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&source, "source", "s", "", "filesystem path to read files relative from")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("source", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&ccmd.contentEditor, "editor", "", "edit new content with this editor, if provided")
 
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ func (n *newCmd) newContent(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	c, err := InitializeConfig(false, cfgInit)
+	c, err := initializeConfig(false, nil, n, cfgInit)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

commands/new_site.go

@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ var _ cmder = (*newSiteCmd)(nil)
 type newSiteCmd struct {
 	configFormat string
 
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *newSiteCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newNewSiteCmd() *newSiteCmd {
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ Use ` + "`hugo new [contentPath]`" + ` to create new content.`,
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ccmd.configFormat, "format", "f", "toml", "config & frontmatter format")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("force", false, "init inside non-empty directory")
 
-	ccmd.cmd = cmd
+	ccmd.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(cmd)
 
 	return ccmd
 

commands/new_theme.go

@@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*newThemeCmd)(nil)
 
 type newThemeCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *newThemeCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newNewThemeCmd() *newThemeCmd {
-	ccmd := &newThemeCmd{}
+	ccmd := &newThemeCmd{newBaseCmd(nil)}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "theme [name]",
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ as you see fit.`,
 }
 
 func (n *newThemeCmd) newTheme(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	c, err := InitializeConfig(false, nil)
+	c, err := initializeConfig(false, nil, n, nil)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

commands/release.go

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	HugoCmd.AddCommand(createReleaser().cmd)
+	// TODO(bep) cli refactor
+	//HugoCmd.AddCommand(createReleaser().cmd)
 }
 
 type releaseCommandeer struct {

commands/server.go

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import (
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 )
 
-var _ cmder = (*serverCmd)(nil)
-
 type serverCmd struct {
+	hugoBuilderCommon
+
 	disableLiveReload bool
 	navigateToChanged bool
 	renderToDisk      bool
@@ -53,17 +53,31 @@ type serverCmd struct {
 
 	disableFastRender bool
 
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
 }
 
-func (c *serverCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
+func (cc *serverCmd) handleFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	return c.cmd
+	// TODO(bep) cli refactor fields vs strings
+	cc.cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&cc.serverPort, "port", "p", 1313, "port on which the server will listen")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().IntVar(&cc.liveReloadPort, "liveReloadPort", -1, "port for live reloading (i.e. 443 in HTTPS proxy situations)")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.serverInterface, "bind", "", "127.0.0.1", "interface to which the server will bind")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.serverWatch, "watch", "w", true, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.noHTTPCache, "noHTTPCache", false, "prevent HTTP caching")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.serverAppend, "appendPort", "", true, "append port to baseURL")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.disableLiveReload, "disableLiveReload", false, "watch without enabling live browser reload on rebuild")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.navigateToChanged, "navigateToChanged", false, "navigate to changed content file on live browser reload")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.renderToDisk, "renderToDisk", false, "render to Destination path (default is render to memory & serve from there)")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.disableFastRender, "disableFastRender", false, "enables full re-renders on changes")
+
+	cc.cmd.Flags().String("memstats", "", "log memory usage to this file")
+	cc.cmd.Flags().String("meminterval", "100ms", "interval to poll memory usage (requires --memstats), valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\".")
+
 }
 
 func newServerCmd() *serverCmd {
 	cc := &serverCmd{}
 
-	cc.cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	cc.baseCmd = newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "server",
 		Aliases: []string{"serve"},
 		Short:   "A high performance webserver",
@@ -80,24 +94,7 @@ automatically rebuild the site. It will then live reload any open browser pages
 and push the latest content to them. As most Hugo sites are built in a fraction
 of a second, you will be able to save and see your changes nearly instantly.`,
 		RunE: cc.server,
-	}
+	})
-
-	initHugoBuilderFlags(cc.cmd)
-
-	// TODO(bep) cli refactor fields vs strings
-	cc.cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&cc.serverPort, "port", "p", 1313, "port on which the server will listen")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().IntVar(&cc.liveReloadPort, "liveReloadPort", -1, "port for live reloading (i.e. 443 in HTTPS proxy situations)")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.serverInterface, "bind", "", "127.0.0.1", "interface to which the server will bind")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.serverWatch, "watch", "w", true, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.noHTTPCache, "noHTTPCache", false, "prevent HTTP caching")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.serverAppend, "appendPort", "", true, "append port to baseURL")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.disableLiveReload, "disableLiveReload", false, "watch without enabling live browser reload on rebuild")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.navigateToChanged, "navigateToChanged", false, "navigate to changed content file on live browser reload")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.renderToDisk, "renderToDisk", false, "render to Destination path (default is render to memory & serve from there)")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cc.disableFastRender, "disableFastRender", false, "enables full re-renders on changes")
-
-	cc.cmd.Flags().String("memstats", "", "log memory usage to this file")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().String("meminterval", "100ms", "interval to poll memory usage (requires --memstats), valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\".")
 
 	return cc
 }
@@ -122,10 +119,6 @@ func (f noDirFile) Readdir(count int) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func init() {
-
-}
-
 var serverPorts []int
 
 func (s *serverCmd) server(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -212,7 +205,7 @@ func (s *serverCmd) server(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				serverPort = serverPorts[0]
 			}
 
-			baseURL, err := s.fixURL(language, baseURL, serverPort)
+			baseURL, err := s.fixURL(language, s.baseURL, serverPort)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -232,7 +225,7 @@ func (s *serverCmd) server(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		jww.ERROR.Println("memstats error:", err)
 	}
 
-	c, err := InitializeConfig(true, cfgInit, s.cmd)
+	c, err := initializeConfig(true, &s.hugoBuilderCommon, s, cfgInit)
 	// TODO(bep) cli refactor
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -308,7 +301,7 @@ func (f *fileServer) createEndpoint(i int) (*http.ServeMux, string, string, erro
 	httpFs := afero.NewHttpFs(f.c.Fs.Destination)
 	fs := filesOnlyFs{httpFs.Dir(absPublishDir)}
 
-	doLiveReload := !buildWatch && !f.c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
+	doLiveReload := !f.s.buildWatch && !f.c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload")
 	fastRenderMode := doLiveReload && !f.c.Cfg.GetBool("disableFastRender")
 
 	if i == 0 && fastRenderMode {

commands/version.go

@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@ import (
 var _ cmder = (*versionCmd)(nil)
 
 type versionCmd struct {
-	cmd *cobra.Command
+	*baseCmd
-}
-
-func (c *versionCmd) getCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.cmd
 }
 
 func newVersionCmd() *versionCmd {
 	return &versionCmd{
-		&cobra.Command{
+		newBaseCmd(&cobra.Command{
 			Use:   "version",
 			Short: "Print the version number of Hugo",
 			Long:  `All software has versions. This is Hugo's.`,
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ func newVersionCmd() *versionCmd {
 				printHugoVersion()
 				return nil
 			},
-		},
+		}),
 	}
 }