Changed the name and delimiter of --option

Fixes #259.

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Version history
 **3.0.0rc3**
 
 - Added support for SQLAlchemy 2 (PR by rbuffat with help from mhauru)
+- Renamed ``--option`` to ``--options`` and made its values delimited by commas
 
 **3.0.0rc2**
 

README.rst

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ The following built-in generators are available:
 Generator-specific options
 ==========================
 
-The following options can be turned on by passing them using ``--option`` (can be used
-multiple times):
+The following options can be turned on by passing them using ``--options`` (multiple
+values must be delimited by commas, e.g. ``--options noconstraints,nobidi``):
 
 * ``tables``
 

src/sqlacodegen/cli.py

@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
     parser.add_argument("url", nargs="?", help="SQLAlchemy url to the database")
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--option", nargs="*", help="options passed to the generator class"
+        "--options", help="options (comma-delimited) passed to the generator class"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--version", action="store_true", help="print the version number and exit"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--schemas", help="load tables from the given schemas (comma separated)"
+        "--schemas", help="load tables from the given schemas (comma-delimited)"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--generator",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="generator class to use",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--tables", help="tables to process (comma-separated, default: all)"
+        "--tables", help="tables to process (comma-delimited, default: all)"
     )
     parser.add_argument("--noviews", action="store_true", help="ignore views")
     parser.add_argument("--outfile", help="file to write output to (default: stdout)")
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@ def main() -> None:
     metadata = MetaData()
     tables = args.tables.split(",") if args.tables else None
     schemas = args.schemas.split(",") if args.schemas else [None]
+    options = set(args.option.split(",")) if args.options else set()
     for schema in schemas:
         metadata.reflect(engine, schema, not args.noviews, tables)
 
     # Instantiate the generator
     generator_class = generators[args.generator].load()
-    generator = generator_class(metadata, engine, set(args.option or ()))
+    generator = generator_class(metadata, engine, options)
 
     # Open the target file (if given)
     with ExitStack() as stack: