added workdir flag and env var

cmd/hauler/cli/store/sync.go

@@ -163,12 +163,14 @@ func SyncCmd(ctx context.Context, o *flags.SyncOpts, s *store.Layout, rso *flags
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch product manifest for [%s]: %w", productName, err)
 		}
-		err = ExtractCmd(ctx, &flags.ExtractOpts{StoreRootOpts: o.StoreRootOpts, DestinationDir: tempDir}, s, fmt.Sprintf("hauler/%s-manifest.yaml:%s", parts[0], tag))
+		// The manifest is output for the user, so it goes to workDir, not tempDir (removed when sync returns).
+		workDir := flags.ResolveWorkDir(ro)
+		err = ExtractCmd(ctx, &flags.ExtractOpts{StoreRootOpts: o.StoreRootOpts, DestinationDir: workDir}, s, fmt.Sprintf("hauler/%s-manifest.yaml:%s", parts[0], tag))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-manifest.yaml", parts[0])
-		fi, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(tempDir, fileName))
+		fi, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(workDir, fileName))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

internal/flags/cli.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ type CliRootOpts struct {
 	HaulerDir    string
 	IgnoreErrors bool
 	AuditLevel   string
+	WorkDir      string
 }
 
 func AddRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, ro *CliRootOpts) {
@@ -16,4 +17,5 @@ func AddRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, ro *CliRootOpts) {
 	pf.StringVarP(&ro.HaulerDir, "haulerdir", "d", "", "Set the location of the hauler directory (default $HOME/.hauler)")
 	pf.BoolVar(&ro.IgnoreErrors, "ignore-errors", false, "Warn and continue instead of failing on errors, including storing images that failed verification (defaults false)")
 	pf.StringVar(&ro.AuditLevel, "audit-level", "", "Set the audit logging level (none, standard, verbose) (defaults standard)")
+	pf.StringVarP(&ro.WorkDir, "work-dir", "w", "", "(Optional) Set the directory for output that commands would otherwise write to the current directory (default: current directory)")
 }

internal/flags/store.go

@@ -144,3 +144,11 @@ func resolveHaulerDir(ro *CliRootOpts) string {
 	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 	return filepath.Join(home, consts.DefaultHaulerDirName)
 }
+
+// ResolveWorkDir returns the configured output dir, or "" to mean the current directory (legacy behavior).
+func ResolveWorkDir(ro *CliRootOpts) string {
+	if ro != nil && ro.WorkDir != "" {
+		return ro.WorkDir
+	}
+	return os.Getenv(consts.HaulerWorkDir)
+}

pkg/consts/consts.go

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const (
 	// environment variables
 	HaulerDir             = "HAULER_DIR"
 	HaulerTempDir         = "HAULER_TEMP_DIR"
+	HaulerWorkDir         = "HAULER_WORK_DIR"
 	HaulerStoreDir        = "HAULER_STORE_DIR"
 	HaulerIgnoreErrors    = "HAULER_IGNORE_ERRORS"
 	HaulerRetries         = "HAULER_RETRIES"