WIP handle '--' in pydoit

dodo.py

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # doit
 
-from sys import executable
+from sys import executable, argv as sys_argv, exit as sys_exit
 from os import environ
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from doit.action import CmdAction
+from doit.cmd_base import ModuleTaskLoader
+from doit.doit_cmd import DoitMain
 
 from tasks.examples import Example, GenerateExamplesJobMatrix, PRJ
 
 BOARDS = PRJ.Boards
 
 DOIT_CONFIG = {"verbosity": 2, "action_string_formatting": "both"}
+EXTRA_ARGS = []
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
 
@@ -203,3 +208,29 @@ def task_DeployToGitHubPages():
         "doc": "Create a clean branch in subdir 'public' and push to branch 'gh-pages'",
         "pos_arg": "posargs",
     }
+
+
+def task_echo():
+    return {
+        'actions': ['echo hi {args}'],
+        'verbosity': 2,
+        "params": [
+            {
+                "name": "args",
+                "short": "a",
+                "long": "args",
+                "type": list,
+                "default": EXTRA_ARGS,
+                "help": "Arguments to pass to the VUnit script",
+            }
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    argv = sys_argv[1:]
+    if '--' in argv:
+        idx = argv.index('--')
+        EXTRA_ARGS = argv[idx+1:]
+        argv = argv[0:idx]
+    sys_exit(DoitMain(ModuleTaskLoader(globals())).run(argv))