Using util functions in favor of commands calling other commands to reuse code

[waldekmastykarz]

Recently, we had another look at our code and decided that going forward we want to use util functions in favor of commands calling other commands internally, in order to reuse existing code.

The reasons being:

• better design-time type safety
• less overhead and improved performance
• easier integration and testing

Next steps

In the coming weeks we'll create an epic listing all commands that need refactoring, and create a separate issue for each one to better track and separate work. We'll extract the shared code into util functions which we'll reference from other places.
PRs that are already open and which use the pattern of commands calling other commands will be accepted without requiring authors to rework them.

Don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.

CLI for Microsoft 365 team