From ce331133bbaa9b5e31a750b286aac585d474818e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Krichevsky <nick@ollien.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 13:08:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add Burrito.Util.running_standalone

---
 lib/util/util.ex | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/util/util.ex b/lib/util/util.ex
index 2c54bb5..417ca6b 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.ex
+++ b/lib/util/util.ex
@@ -38,4 +38,13 @@ defmodule Burrito.Util do
 
     String.trim(otp_version)
   end
+
+  @doc """
+  Checks if the application is currently running as a standalone Burrito release, or via some other mechanism,
+  such as an `escript`.
+  """
+  @spec running_standalone?() :: boolean()
+  def running_standalone?() do
+    System.get_env("__BURRITO") != nil
+  end
 end

From f7d49bc5eca0681131e3e9db2a0d488dafc1fda4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Krichevsky <nick@ollien.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 13:15:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add Burrito.Util.Args.argv to get arguments universally

---
 lib/util/args.ex | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/util/args.ex b/lib/util/args.ex
index aa521b9..45f28e3 100644
--- a/lib/util/args.ex
+++ b/lib/util/args.ex
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 defmodule Burrito.Util.Args do
   @moduledoc """
-  This module provides a method to help fetch CLI arguments passed down
-  from the Zig wrapper binary.
+  This module provides a method to help fetch CLI arguments, whether passed down
+  from the Zig wrapper binary or from the the system.
   """
 
+  @doc """
+  Get CLI arguments passed down from the Zig wrapper binary. Do note that this will get OTP
+  runtime arguments when called outside of a Burrito-built context. You may consider
+  `argv/0` as a more general alternative.
+  """
   @spec get_arguments :: list(String.t())
   def get_arguments do
     :init.get_plain_arguments() |> Enum.map(&to_string/1)
   end
+
+  @doc """
+  Get the arguments from the CLI, regardless if run under Burrito or not.
+  """
+  @spec argv :: list(String.t())
+  def argv do
+    if Burrito.Util.running_standalone?() do
+      get_arguments()
+    else
+      System.argv()
+    end
+  end
 end

From 14e356c69ae0f28556bf91b646bf926177981742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Krichevsky <nick@ollien.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 13:19:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README to document argv

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b29511e..34a265a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ end
 If you wish you retrieve the argv passed to your program by Burrito use this snippet:
 
 ```elixir
-args = Burrito.Util.Args.get_arguments() # this returns a list of strings
+args = Burrito.Util.Args.argv() # this returns a list of strings
 ```
 
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