Allows for some khedra commands when it's already running (help, vers…

…ion, etc.)

app/app.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package app
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 
@@ -19,19 +19,9 @@ type KhedraApp struct {
 
 func NewKhedraApp() *KhedraApp {
 	k := KhedraApp{}
-
-	// If khedra is already running, one of these ports is serving the
-	// control API. We need to make sure it's not running and fail if
-	// it is.
-	cntlSvcPorts := []string{"8338", "8337", "8336", "8335"}
-	for _, port := range cntlSvcPorts {
-		if utils.PingServer("http://localhost:" + port) {
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error: Khedra is already running (control service port :%s is in use). Quitting...", port)
-			fmt.Println(colors.Red+msg, colors.Off)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+	if k.isRunning() {
+		log.Fatal(colors.BrightBlue + "khedra is already running - cannot run..." + colors.Off)
 	}
-
 	k.cli = initCli(&k)
 	return &k
 }
@@ -40,6 +30,38 @@ func (k *KhedraApp) Run() {
 	_ = k.cli.Run(os.Args)
 }
 
+func (k *KhedraApp) isRunning() bool {
+	okArgs := map[string]bool{
+		"help":      true,
+		"-h":        true,
+		"--help":    true,
+		"version":   true,
+		"-v":        true,
+		"--version": true,
+	}
+
+	if len(os.Args) < 2 || len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "config" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, arg := range os.Args {
+		if okArgs[arg] {
+			return false
+		} else if arg == "config" && i < len(os.Args)-1 && os.Args[i+1] == "show" {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	ports := []string{"8338", "8337", "8336", "8335"}
+	for _, port := range ports {
+		if utils.PingServer("http://localhost:" + port) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func (k *KhedraApp) ConfigMaker() (types.Config, error) {
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig()
 	if err != nil {