Added support for timestamped comments in CLI via rem, ;, % or #

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project uses the changelog in accordance with [keepchangelog](http://keepachangelog.com/). Please use this to write notable changes, which is not the same as git commit log...
 
 ## [unreleased][unreleased]
+ - Added support for timestamped comments in CLI via `rem`, `;`, `%` or `#` (@doegox)
  - Fixed watchdog trigger during `hw factory_reset` (@doegox)
  - Added PyInstaller support for CLI client (@augustozanellato)
 

software/script/chameleon_cli_main.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import chameleon_utils
 import os
 import pathlib
 import prompt_toolkit
+from datetime import datetime
 from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import ANSI
 from prompt_toolkit.history import FileHistory
 
@@ -127,6 +128,18 @@ class ChameleonCLI:
             # parse cmd
             argv = cmd_str.split()
             root_cmd = argv[0]
+            # look for comments
+            if root_cmd == "rem" or root_cmd[0] in ";#%":
+                # precision: second
+                # iso_timestamp = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+                # precision: nanosecond (note that the comment will take some time too, ~75ns, check your system)
+                iso_timestamp = datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z'
+                if root_cmd[0] in ";#%":
+                    comment = ' '.join([root_cmd[1:]]+argv[1:]).strip()
+                else:
+                    comment = ' '.join(argv[1:]).strip()
+                print(f"{iso_timestamp} remark: {comment}")
+                continue
             if root_cmd not in chameleon_cli_unit.root_commands:
                 # No matching command group
                 print("".ljust(18, "-") + "".ljust(10) + "".ljust(30, "-"))