Fix:#477 Normalize command-line arguments with various dash types

Author: avijitdas126

zulip_bots/zulip_bots/run.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+import re
 from typing import Optional
 
 from zulip_bots import finder
@@ -16,8 +17,30 @@
 
 current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-
+def normalize_args():
+    """Replaces various dash variations in arguments with standard options."""
+    dash_variations = r"[\u002D\u2010\u2011\u2012\u2013\u2014\u2015]"
+    for i, arg in enumerate(sys.argv):
+        if re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}{{2}}config{dash_variations}file$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "--config-file"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}c$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "-c"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}{{2}}bot{dash_variations}config{dash_variations}file$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "--bot-config-file"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}c$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "-b"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}{{2}}force$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "--force"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}{{2}}registry$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i]='--registry'
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}r$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i] = "-r"
+        elif re.match(rf"^{dash_variations}{{2}}provision$", arg):
+            sys.argv[i]='--provision'
+
+            
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    normalize_args()  # Fix arguments before parsing
     usage = """
         zulip-run-bot <bot_name> --config-file ~/zuliprc
         zulip-run-bot --help