cleanup / refactor

index.js

     
     selectedinstance = Object.assign(detectedInstance, clioverrides);
     var todo = Promise.resolve(true);
-    try {
-      chessinstances = acquirelocalinstances(selectedinstance);
-      var promptkeys = {
-        'instanceName' : processedArgs._[1] 
-      } 
+    var promptkeys = { 'instanceName' : processedArgs._[1] } 
 
-      var reconfirm = {
-        'instanceName' : true 
+    var reconfirm = {
+      'instanceName' : selectedinstance['instanceName'] === 'chess'
+    }
+    var prompts = [];
+    var eachPrompt = function(k, i, a){
+      
+      // No local instances config found. We use a default initialized instance available in selectedinstance
+      // Confirm those that were not supplied as user choices in runtime args and proceed to reattempt.
+      if(promptkeys[k] && selectedinstance[k] !== promptkeys[k] || promptkeys[k] === undefined && selectedinstance[k] === undefined 
+        || reconfirm[k]) {
+        prompts.push(async ()=>{ 
+          // PB : NOTE -- Important in async cases when this needs to be in the same state as when it was invoked.
+            // We take a snapshot... Shallow.. !! If required deep should be used based on use case. 
+            // If latest altered state is required we can reerence this directly.
+          // var asyncthis = Object.assign(this); 
+          Object.defineProperty(selectedinstance, k, getPromptableAsyncPropDescriptor(k, choices[k], promptkeys[k] || selectedinstance[k] ));
+          return await selectedinstance[k] 
+        })
       }
-
+      delete promptkeys[k]
+    }
+    try {
+      chessinstances = acquirelocalinstances(selectedinstance);
       initinstances(chessinstances, selectedinstance)
       
       var instanceNameChoices = new Set(Object.keys( chessinstances) )
       instanceNameChoices.delete('current_run')
       instanceNameChoices.add(selectedinstance['instanceName'])
-      instanceNameChoices.add(promptkeys['instanceName'])
+      if(promptkeys['instanceName']) instanceNameChoices.add(promptkeys['instanceName'])
       
       var choices = {
           'instanceName' : Array.from(instanceNameChoices)
         , 'reposerver' : selectedinstance['reposervers']
       }
       
-      var prompts = [];
-      var eachPrompt = function(k, i, a){
-        
-        // No local instances config found. We use a default initialized instance available in selectedinstance
-        // Confirm those that were not supplied as user choices in runtime args and proceed to reattempt.
-        if(selectedinstance[k] !== promptkeys[k] || promptkeys[k] === undefined || reconfirm[k]) {
-          prompts.push(async ()=>{ 
-            // PB : NOTE -- Important in async cases when this needs to be in the same state as when it was invoked.
-              // We take a snapshot... Shallow.. !! If required deep should be used based on use case. 
-              // If latest altered state is required we can reerence this directly.
-            // var asyncthis = Object.assign(this); 
-            Object.defineProperty(selectedinstance, k, getPromptableAsyncPropDescriptor(k, choices[k], promptkeys[k] || selectedinstance[k] ));
-            return await selectedinstance[k] 
-          })
-        }
-        delete promptkeys[k]
-      }
+      
 
       Object.keys(__interactve_promts).forEach(eachPrompt, __interactve_promts)
       Object.keys(promptkeys).forEach(eachPrompt, promptkeys)
       
     }
     catch (e) {
-      console.error(e)
-    
-      
-      // Basic keys that must be prompted and confirmed if not supplied as cmd line args.
-      // PB: TODO --- This should be cmd specific interpretation of location parameters !!!
-      var promptkeys = {
-        'instanceName' : processedArgs._[1] 
-      } 
-
-      var reconfirm = {
-        'instanceName' : true 
-      }
-
-      
+      console.error(e) // Missing chessinstances is not an error...
       
       initinstances(chessinstances, selectedinstance)
       
       var instanceNameChoices = new Set(Object.keys( chessinstances) )
       instanceNameChoices.delete('current_run')
       instanceNameChoices.add(selectedinstance['instanceName'])
-      instanceNameChoices.add(promptkeys['instanceName'])
+      if(promptkeys['instanceName']) instanceNameChoices.add(promptkeys['instanceName'])
       
       var choices = {
           'instanceName' : Array.from(instanceNameChoices)
         , 'reposerver' : selectedinstance['reposervers']
       }
       
-      var prompts = [];
-      var eachPrompt = function(k, i, a){
-        
-        // No local instances config found. We use a default initialized instance available in selectedinstance
-        // Confirm those that were not supplied as user choices in runtime args and proceed to reattempt.
-        if(selectedinstance[k] !== promptkeys[k] || promptkeys[k] === undefined || reconfirm[k]) {
-          prompts.push(async ()=>{ 
-            // PB : NOTE -- Important in async cases when this needs to be in the same state as when it was invoked.
-              // We take a snapshot... Shallow.. !! If required deep should be used based on use case. 
-              // If latest altered state is required we can reerence this directly.
-            // var asyncthis = Object.assign(this); 
-            Object.defineProperty(selectedinstance, k, getPromptableAsyncPropDescriptor(k, choices[k], promptkeys[k] || selectedinstance[k] ));
-            return await selectedinstance[k] 
-          })
-        }
-        delete promptkeys[k]
-      }
-
       Object.keys(__interactve_promts).forEach(eachPrompt, __interactve_promts)
       Object.keys(promptkeys).forEach(eachPrompt, promptkeys)