From 6f8a0a30e92fff8efa891618d56153e8d16ab44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skeet WU <skeet.wu@nokia-sbell.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:55:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] expose ValidateRequiredFlags and ValidateFlagGroups

---
 command.go     | 7 ++++---
 flag_groups.go | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 675bb1340..154875a21 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -861,10 +861,10 @@ func (c *Command) execute(a []string) (err error) {
 		c.PreRun(c, argWoFlags)
 	}
 
-	if err := c.validateRequiredFlags(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.ValidateRequiredFlags(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := c.validateFlagGroups(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.ValidateFlagGroups(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -1018,7 +1018,8 @@ func (c *Command) ValidateArgs(args []string) error {
 	return c.Args(c, args)
 }
 
-func (c *Command) validateRequiredFlags() error {
+// ValidateRequiredFlags validates all required flags are present and returns an error otherwise
+func (c *Command) ValidateRequiredFlags() error {
 	if c.DisableFlagParsing {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/flag_groups.go b/flag_groups.go
index dc7843119..4739854ca 100644
--- a/flag_groups.go
+++ b/flag_groups.go
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ func (c *Command) MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(flagNames ...string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// validateFlagGroups validates the mutuallyExclusive/requiredAsGroup logic and returns the
+// ValidateFlagGroups validates the mutuallyExclusive/requiredAsGroup logic and returns the
 // first error encountered.
-func (c *Command) validateFlagGroups() error {
+func (c *Command) ValidateFlagGroups() error {
 	if c.DisableFlagParsing {
 		return nil
 	}