From ae5faf78445cdb6504326857853c2799c8191ed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MTsfoni <mibau89@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:31:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: set AllowMultipleArgumentsPerToken for List<string>
 based CLI options to true. fixes #433

Signed-off-by: MTsfoni <mibau89@gmail.com>
---
 src/cyclonedx/Commands/Add/AddFilesCommand.cs |  4 ++--
 src/cyclonedx/Commands/MergeCommand.cs        | 22 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cyclonedx/Commands/Add/AddFilesCommand.cs b/src/cyclonedx/Commands/Add/AddFilesCommand.cs
index 5dd577e..77f095f 100644
--- a/src/cyclonedx/Commands/Add/AddFilesCommand.cs
+++ b/src/cyclonedx/Commands/Add/AddFilesCommand.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public static void Configure(System.CommandLine.Command rootCommand)
             subCommand.Add(new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--input-format", "Specify input file format."));
             subCommand.Add(new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--output-format", "Specify output file format."));
             subCommand.Add(new Option<string>("--base-path", "Base path for directory to process (defaults to current working directory if omitted)."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<List<string>>("--include", "Apache Ant style path and file patterns to specify what to include (defaults to all files, separate patterns with a space)."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<List<string>>("--exclude", "Apache Ant style path and file patterns to specify what to exclude (defaults to none, separate patterns with a space)."));
+            subCommand.Add(new Option<List<string>>("--include", "Apache Ant style path and file patterns to specify what to include (defaults to all files, separate patterns with a space).") { AllowMultipleArgumentsPerToken = true});
+            subCommand.Add(new Option<List<string>>("--exclude", "Apache Ant style path and file patterns to specify what to exclude (defaults to none, separate patterns with a space).") { AllowMultipleArgumentsPerToken = true });
             subCommand.Handler = CommandHandler.Create<AddFilesCommandOptions>(AddFiles);
             rootCommand.Add(subCommand);
         }
diff --git a/src/cyclonedx/Commands/MergeCommand.cs b/src/cyclonedx/Commands/MergeCommand.cs
index ba83488..34287ff 100644
--- a/src/cyclonedx/Commands/MergeCommand.cs
+++ b/src/cyclonedx/Commands/MergeCommand.cs
@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@ public static class MergeCommand
         public static void Configure(RootCommand rootCommand)
         {
             Contract.Requires(rootCommand != null);
-            var subCommand = new System.CommandLine.Command("merge", "Merge two or more BOMs");
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<List<string>>("--input-files", "Input BOM filenames (separate filenames with a space)."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<string>("--output-file", "Output BOM filename, will write to stdout if no value provided."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--input-format", "Specify input file format."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--output-format", "Specify output file format."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<SpecificationVersion>("--output-version", "Specify output BOM specification version."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<bool>("--hierarchical", "Perform a hierarchical merge."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<string>("--group", "Provide the group of software the merged BOM describes."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<string>("--name", "Provide the name of software the merged BOM describes (required for hierarchical merging)."));
-            subCommand.Add(new Option<string>("--version", "Provide the version of software the merged BOM describes (required for hierarchical merging)."));
+            var subCommand = new System.CommandLine.Command("merge", "Merge two or more BOMs")
+            {
+                new Option<List<string>>("--input-files", "Input BOM filenames (separate filenames with a space).") { AllowMultipleArgumentsPerToken = true },
+                new Option<string>("--output-file", "Output BOM filename, will write to stdout if no value provided."),
+                new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--input-format", "Specify input file format."),
+                new Option<CycloneDXBomFormat>("--output-format", "Specify output file format."),
+                new Option<SpecificationVersion>("--output-version", "Specify output BOM specification version."),
+                new Option<bool>("--hierarchical", "Perform a hierarchical merge."),
+                new Option<string>("--group", "Provide the group of software the merged BOM describes."),
+                new Option<string>("--name", "Provide the name of software the merged BOM describes (required for hierarchical merging)."),
+                new Option<string>("--version", "Provide the version of software the merged BOM describes (required for hierarchical merging).")
+            };
             subCommand.Handler = CommandHandler.Create<MergeCommandOptions>(Merge);
             rootCommand.Add(subCommand);
         }