proper hook behavior

src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim

@@ -628,10 +628,10 @@ func postPropagateCheck(c: CliCfg) =
 
 func propagate(c: var CliCfg) =
   for child in c.subcommands.mitems:
-    # push the preSub to the lowest subcommand
-    if child.subcommands.len != 0 and child.preSub == nil:
-      child.preSub = c.preSub
-      child.postSub = c.postSub
+    # push the hooks to the lowest subcommand unless another one exists on the way
+    if child.subcommands.len != 0:
+      child.preSub = child.preSub or c.preSub
+      child.postSub = child.postSub or c.postSub
     else:
       child.pre = c.preSub
       child.post = c.postSub
@@ -861,8 +861,7 @@ func generateCliHelpProc(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode): NimNode =
 
   result = quote do:
     proc `printHelpName`() =
-      echo bb(
-        render(
+      let help =
         newHwylCliHelp(
           header = `header`,
           footer = `footer`,
@@ -872,8 +871,7 @@ func generateCliHelpProc(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode): NimNode =
           flags = `helpFlags`,
           styles = `styles`,
         )
-        )
-      )
+      echo help.render().bb()
 
 proc checkVal(p: OptParser) =
   if p.val == "":
@@ -1314,18 +1312,18 @@ func hwylCliImpl(cfg: CliCfg): NimNode =
   let runProcName = ident("run" & name)
   let runBody = nnkStmtList.newTree()
 
-  # move to proc?
   if cfg.pre != nil:
     runBody.add cfg.pre
-  if cfg.run != nil:
-    runBody.add cfg.run
-  if cfg.post != nil:
-    runBody.add cfg.post
 
   # args and subcommands need to be mutually exclusive -> implement using a CommandKind?
   if hasSubcommands cfg:
     runBody.add genSubcommandHandler(cfg)
 
+  if cfg.run != nil:
+    runBody.add cfg.run
+  if cfg.post != nil:
+    runBody.add cfg.post
+
   result = newTree(nnkStmtList)
 
   result.add quote do:

tests/cli/clis/subHooks.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import std/[strformat]
+import hwylterm, hwylterm/hwylcli
+
+hwylCli:
+  name "subcommands"
+  preSub:
+    echo "preSub from root!"
+  postSub:
+    echo "postSub from root!"
+  subcommands:
+    [a]
+    ... "subcommand 'a'"
+    run:
+      echo "inside sub 'a'"
+    [b]
+    ... "subcommand 'b'"
+    run:
+      echo "inside sub 'b'"
+    subcommands:
+      [a]
+      ... "subcommand 'b a'"
+      run:
+        echo "inside sub 'b a'"
+    [c]
+    ... "subcommand 'c'"
+    preSub:
+      echo "preSub from 'c'!"
+    run:
+      echo "inside sub c"
+    subcommands:
+      [a]
+      ... "subcommand 'c a'"
+      run:
+        echo "inside sub 'c a'"

tests/cli/tester.nim

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import std/[unittest]
+import std/[os, unittest]
 import ./lib
 
-preCompileTestModules()
+if commandLineParams().len == 0:
+  preCompileTestModules()
 
 suite "hwylcli":
 
@@ -68,3 +69,17 @@ flags:
          output (output.txt)
   -h --help  
          show this help""")
+  okWithArgs("subHooks", "a", """preSub from root!
+inside sub 'a'
+postSub from root!""")
+  okWithArgs("subHooks", "b a", """preSub from root!
+inside sub 'b a'
+postSub from root!
+inside sub 'b'""")
+  okWithArgs("subHooks", "c a","""preSub from 'c'!
+inside sub 'c a'
+postSub from root!
+inside sub c""")
+
+
+