feat: add ability to get command information from *State

I currently handle retrieving flags (or env variables) from my application. I am able to print out something like:

error: must provide --dir flag or set DIR environment variable

However, it'd be nice if the command name could be printed so the error looks something like this (notice the extra command information):

error: command "goose status": must provide --dir flag or set DIR environment variable

This is currently not possible because path []*Command is unexported on the *State, and that object is the only thing available in Exec functions. We should consider exporting it, or adding a method to retrieve either the full command path or just the terminal command.

One solution could be to expose what's needed, but I'm not yet sure how much from the *Command is needed?

// CommandPath returns the full command path as a space-separated string, e.g., "goose status".
func (s *State) CommandPath() string {
  return getCommandPath(s.path)
}

// CommandName returns the name of the terminal (current) command being executed.
func (s *State) CommandName() string {
  if len(s.path) == 0 {
    return ""
  }
  return s.path[len(s.path)-1].Name
}

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mfridman commented on Feb 16, 2026

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