[TRACKER] Command line-related issues

[Calinou]

This issue tracks bugs related to command line support in Godot.

Command-line argument handling

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1. -s flag fails in tools=no builds without project #17778
   discussion topic:core +2
   
2. OS.get_cmdline_args() does not include --rendering-method CLI argument #81080
   bug needs testing topic:core +3

Command-line debugger

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1. Keyboard interrupt no longer stops the command line debugger #19775
   bug confirmed enhancement topic:editor topic:porting +5
2. CLI debugger (--debug) does not work with standalone scripts (--script) #32693
   bug confirmed topic:core +3
3. Command-line debugger does not allow editing debug commands once written #32713
   bug confirmed topic:editor +3
4. Command line debugger enters infinite loop on Ctrl+D (end of transmission) character #50170
   bug topic:editor +2
5. Godot's command-line debugger does not quit application when passing quit command immediately #51387
   bug topic:core +2

Pull requests

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1. Add colors to the command-line help #36252
   enhancement topic:core +2
2. Print build info used when using godot --build-info #40627
   archived enhancement salvageable topic:core +4
3. Add command-line parser class #44594
   archived enhancement topic:core +3
4. Refactor main.cpp setup #49362
   enhancement needs work topic:core +3
5. Add command line arguments to print licenses, authors and donors #51028
   enhancement topic:core +2
6. Make -q CLI argument toggle quiet stdout instead of quitting #55696
   breaks compat enhancement topic:core +3
7. Tweak the display order of CLI arguments in --help for consistency #55703
   enhancement topic:core +2

[stijn-h]

I think it's worth mentioning #49362, although I am not sure what's going to happen to it. In general, an issue I found was that the CLI tool was not just executing a tool, but actually initializing the editor.