Add optional argument to workbench main()

Then someone can pass in arguments directly instead of using sys.argv. If no arguments are given then sys.argv gets used by default. Co-authored-by: Thomas Hampson <[email protected]>
mantidproject · Dec 10, 2024 · 748c60f · 748c60f
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commit 748c60f
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/qt/applications/workbench/workbench/app/main.py b/qt/applications/workbench/workbench/app/main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 
-def main():
+def main(args=None):
     # setup command line arguments
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Mantid Workbench")
     parser.add_argument("script", nargs="?")
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def main():
         pass  # silently skip this
 
     # parse the command line options
-    options = parser.parse_args()
+    options = parser.parse_args(args=args)
 
     if options.error_on_warning:
         warnings.simplefilter("error")  # Change the filter in this process