Convert debug into an argument instead of a flag

Upgrade actions/checkout and bump version

.github/workflows/rust.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Get Package Name
       run: |
         name=$(cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version 1 | jq -r '.packages[0].name')

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/first-steps.html#first-steps-with-cargo
 [package]
 name = "none-shall-pass"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "Artifact for GitHub Action to validate hyperlinks in all markdown files"
 license = "MIT"
 documentation = "https://thevickypedia.github.io/none-shall-pass"

src/parser.rs

@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@ pub fn arguments() -> Args {
     let mut i = 1; // Start from the second argument (args[0] is the program name).
     while i < args.len() {
         match args[i].as_str() {
-            "debug" => {
-                debug = true;
-            }
             "-h" | "--help" => {
                 let helper = "Takes the arguments, debug, \
                 --owner, --repo, --exclude, and --version/-v\n\n\
-        debug: Optional flag to enable debug level logging.\n\
+        --debug: Optional boolean value to enable debug level logging.\n\
         --owner: The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.\n\
         --repo: The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.\n\
         --exclude: Optional list of hostnames (whitespace separated) to be excluded.\n"
@@ -72,6 +69,19 @@ pub fn arguments() -> Args {
                     exit(1)
                 }
             }
+            "--debug" => {
+                i += 1; // Move to the next argument.
+                if i < args.len() {
+                    debug = match args[i].clone().as_str() {
+                        "true" => true,  // true as true
+                        "1" => true,  // 1 as true
+                        _ => false  //  anything else? set debug to false
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    println!("\n--debug\n\tInput requires a value [type=missing]\n");
+                    exit(1)
+                }
+            }
             _ => {
                 println!("Unknown argument: {}", args[i]);
                 exit(1)