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trobro Aug 27, 2025
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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions hjson-cli/main.go
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Expand Up @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func main() {
var quoteAlways = flag.Bool("quoteAlways", false, "Always quote string values.")
var showVersion = flag.Bool("v", false, "Show version.")
var preserveKeyOrder = flag.Bool("preserveKeyOrder", false, "Preserve key order in objects/maps.")
var preserveComments = flag.Bool("preserveComments", false, "Preserve comments in Hjson output (and key order in any output).")

flag.Parse()
if *help || flag.NArg() > 1 {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -78,9 +79,11 @@ func main() {

var value interface{}

if *preserveKeyOrder {
if *preserveKeyOrder || *preserveComments {
var node *hjson.Node
err = hjson.Unmarshal(data, &node)
opt := hjson.DefaultDecoderOptions()
opt.WhitespaceAsComments = false
err = hjson.UnmarshalWithOptions(data, &node, opt)
value = node
} else {
err = hjson.Unmarshal(data, &value)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ func main() {
opt.BracesSameLine = *bracesSameLine
opt.EmitRootBraces = !*omitRootBraces
opt.QuoteAlways = *quoteAlways
opt.Comments = false
opt.Comments = *preserveComments
out, err = hjson.MarshalWithOptions(value, opt)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
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