What should I do if I have a case when a subcommand can also be arg?

[erayerdin]

For the sake of simplicity, let's say we have a similar application named mkdir. It's the same as good old mkdir but a little bit spicier.

mkdir foo  # creates a dir named "foo"

The spicy side is that it also creates folders based on some templates:

mkdir template foo --name py
# creates foo/__init__.py, including directory

The template here is a subcommand. But, what if I'd like to create a directory named template?

mkdir template

It would clash with the subcommand I think.

What are your ideas about this?

[ldm0]

If you want to provide template as an arg, use mkdir -- template.

[erayerdin]

Thanks.