From 955267993934d057ed4c6e9785a446c2dbf012da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Downs <bruce.downs@autodesk.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:34:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add idiomatic handling of go error in distinct main func

---
 cobra/cmd/root.go |  4 ++--
 cobra/main.go     | 14 ++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cobra/cmd/root.go b/cobra/cmd/root.go
index 624c717..97f404b 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/root.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 )
 
 // Execute executes the root command.
-func Execute() {
-	rootCmd.Execute()
+func Execute() error {
+	return rootCmd.Execute()
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cobra/main.go b/cobra/main.go
index c3a9d9c..8add69a 100644
--- a/cobra/main.go
+++ b/cobra/main.go
@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@
 
 package main
 
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra/cobra/cmd"
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra/cobra/cmd"
+)
 
 func main() {
-	cmd.Execute()
+	if err := runMain(); err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func runMain() error {
+	return cmd.Execute()
 }