Silence errors and usage helper upon pipeline failure

cmd/debricked/main.go

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/debricked/cli/pkg/cmd/root"
 	"os"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	if err := root.NewRootCmd().Execute(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }

pkg/cmd/scan/scan.go

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $ debricked scan . `+exampleFlags)
 }
 
 func RunE(s *scan.IScanner) func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		path := ""
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			path = args[0]
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ func RunE(s *scan.IScanner) func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			scanCmdError = errors.New("scanner was nil")
 		}
 
-		if scanCmdError != nil {
+		if scanCmdError == scan.FailPipelineErr {
+			cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+			cmd.SilenceErrors = true
+			return scanCmdError
+		} else if scanCmdError != nil {
 			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n", color.RedString("⨯"), scanCmdError.Error()))
 		}
 

pkg/cmd/scan/scan_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/debricked/cli/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/debricked/cli/pkg/scan"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -65,6 +66,25 @@ func TestRunENoPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRunEFailPipelineErr(t *testing.T) {
+	var s scan.IScanner
+	mock := &scannerMock{}
+	mock.setErr(scan.FailPipelineErr)
+	s = mock
+	runE := RunE(&s)
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
+	err := runE(cmd, nil)
+	if err != scan.FailPipelineErr {
+		t.Error("failed to assert that scan. FailPipelineErr occurred. Error:", err)
+	}
+	if !cmd.SilenceUsage {
+		t.Error("failed to assert that usage was silenced")
+	}
+	if !cmd.SilenceErrors {
+		t.Error("failed to assert that errors were silenced")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRunEError(t *testing.T) {
 	runE := RunE(nil)
 	err := runE(nil, []string{"."})
@@ -76,8 +96,14 @@ func TestRunEError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type scannerMock struct{}
+type scannerMock struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (s *scannerMock) Scan(_ scan.IOptions) error {
+	return s.err
+}
 
-func (*scannerMock) Scan(_ scan.IOptions) error {
-	return nil
+func (s *scannerMock) setErr(err error) {
+	s.err = err
 }

pkg/scan/scanner.go

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	BadOptsErr = errors.New("failed to type case IOptions")
+	BadOptsErr      = errors.New("failed to type case IOptions")
+	FailPipelineErr = errors.New("")
 )
 
 type IScanner interface {
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func (dScanner *DebrickedScanner) Scan(o IOptions) error {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("For full details, visit: %s\n\n", color.BlueString(result.DetailsUrl))
 	if failPipeline {
-		return errors.New("")
+		return FailPipelineErr
 	}
 
 	return nil