Fix lowercase names (MDAnalysis#117)

docs/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 * Replace Boolean ``debug`` option in  ``setup_logging`` by more flexible integer
   ``level`` parameter.
+* Change handling of lowercase module names
 
 v0.1.28 (2023-09-29)
 ------------------------------------------

src/mdacli/__main__.py

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 A command line interface (CLI) to the analysis modules of MDAnalysis.
 
 The modules are all structured as part of a single mdacli wrapper, and invoked
-with commands like `mda RMSD`. This command uses the class
-:class:`MDAnalysis.analysis.rms.RMSD` for calculating the RMSD.
+with commands like `mda RMSD` (The lowercase `mda rmsd` is also supported).
+This command uses the class :class:`MDAnalysis.analysis.rms.RMSD` for
+calculating the RMSD.
 Documentation for each module can be found at the respective sections on the
 `MDAnalysis Documentation`_, as well as
 `mda command -h`.

src/mdacli/cli.py

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def cli(name,
 
             # Get the correct ArgumentParser instance from all subparsers
             # `[0]` selects the first subparser where our analysises live in.
-            _key = analysis_callable.__name__.lower()
+            _key = analysis_callable.__name__
             ap_sup = ap._subparsers._group_actions[0].choices[_key]
             arg_grouped_dict = split_argparse_into_groups(ap_sup, args)
 

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ def test_case_insensitive(args):
     subprocess.check_call(["mda", args, "-h"])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('args', ("RMSF", "rmsf"))
+def test_case_insensitive_with_flags(args):
+    """Test for module name being case insensitive with additional flags."""
+    # Check if it still works if the module name is not the second argument
+    subprocess.check_call(['mda', '--debug', args, "-h"])
+
+
 def test_running_analysis(tmpdir):
     """Test running a complete analysis."""
     with tmpdir.as_cwd():