From be454227c89dd1cbbed7deaec258afb752ce442f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 14:57:14 -0600
Subject: Extract common CLI option to separate utility function.

---
 scripts/cli_parser.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/cli_parser.py b/scripts/cli_parser.py
index 0c91c5e..bf39731 100644
--- a/scripts/cli_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/cli_parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ from uuid import UUID
 from typing import Optional
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
+
+def add_logging_option(parser: ArgumentParser) -> ArgumentParser:
+    """Add optional log-level option"""
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--log-level",
+        "--loglevel",
+        type=str,
+        default="INFO",
+        choices=["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL",
+                 "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "critical"],
+        help="The severity of events to track with the logger.")
+    return parser
+
+
 def init_cli_parser(program: str, description: Optional[str] = None) -> ArgumentParser:
     """Initialise the CLI arguments parser."""
     parser = ArgumentParser(prog=program, description=description)
@@ -19,14 +33,8 @@ def init_cli_parser(program: str, description: Optional[str] = None) -> Argument
         type=int,
         default=86400,
         help="How long to keep any redis keys around.")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--loglevel",
-        type=str,
-        default="INFO",
-        choices=["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL",
-                 "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "critical"],
-        help="The severity of events to track with the logger.")
-    return parser
+    return add_logging_option(parser)
+
 
 def add_global_data_arguments(parser: ArgumentParser) -> ArgumentParser:
     """Add the global (present in nearly ALL scripts) CLI arguments."""
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