From e9735841230c199029fae80d25caca13e9533c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:43:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mk: generalised dispatch loop

with this new function, i can turn commands on and
off by virtue of config. for now, behaviour is
unchanged, but this new design means i will be
able to disable certain commands in child processes

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
---
 include/lib.sh | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mk             | 19 ++++---------------
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/lib.sh b/include/lib.sh
index 812341f4..840c5cf5 100644
--- a/include/lib.sh
+++ b/include/lib.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ update_xbmkver()
 	    err "can't write '$versiondate'" "update_xbmkver" "$@"; :
 }
 
+version()
+{
+	printf "%s\nWebsite: %s\n" "$relname" "$projectsite"
+}
+
 xbmk_sanitize_version()
 {
 	if [ -z "$version" ]; then
@@ -222,6 +227,31 @@ x_()
 	fi
 }
 
+xeq()
+{
+	if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+		err "no args" xeq
+	fi
+	xbcmd="$1"
+	chk="$2"
+	shift 2
+
+	case "$chk" in
+	-*)
+		return 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		for eq in "$@"; do
+			if [ "$chk" = "$eq" ]; then
+				return 0
+			fi
+		done
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	err "bad command" xeq "$xbcmd" "$chk" "$@"
+}
+
 xchk()
 {
 	if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
diff --git a/mk b/mk
index 78d2a603..286e24f9 100755
--- a/mk
+++ b/mk
@@ -35,26 +35,15 @@ main()
 	cmd=""
 	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
 		cmd="$1"
-
 		shift 1
 	fi
 
-	case "$cmd" in
-	version)
-		printf "%s\nWebsite: %s\n" "$relname" "$projectsite"
-		;;
-	release|download|inject|prep_mr_import)
-		$cmd "$@"
-		;;
-	-*)
+	if ! xeq main "$cmd" \
+	    version release download inject prep_mr_import; then
 		return 0
-		;;
-	*)
-		err "bad command" main "$@"
-		;;
-	esac
+	fi
 
-	# some commands disable them. turn them back on!
+	$cmd "$@"
 	set -u -e
 
 	return 1