feat: CLI flag for directory base (#1867)

Signed-off-by: Avi Deitcher <avi@deitcher.net>
Signed-off-by: Keith Zantow <kzantow@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Keith Zantow <kzantow@gmail.com>

cmd/syft/cli/attest/attest.go

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func buildSBOM(app *config.Application, userInput string, errs chan error) (*sbo
 				Paths: app.Exclusions,
 			},
 			DigestAlgorithms: hashers,
+			BasePath:         app.BasePath,
 		},
 	)
 

cmd/syft/cli/options/packages.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type PackagesOptions struct {
 	Catalogers         []string
 	SourceName         string
 	SourceVersion      string
+	BasePath           string
 }
 
 var _ Interface = (*PackagesOptions)(nil)
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ func (o *PackagesOptions) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, v *viper.Viper) error {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.SourceVersion, "source-version", "", "",
 		"set the name of the target being analyzed")
 
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.BasePath, "base-path", "", "",
+		"base directory for scanning, no links will be followed above this directory, and all paths will be reported relative to this directory")
+
 	return bindPackageConfigOptions(cmd.Flags(), v)
 }
 
@@ -106,5 +110,9 @@ func bindPackageConfigOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, v *viper.Viper) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := v.BindPFlag("base-path", flags.Lookup("base-path")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }

cmd/syft/cli/packages/packages.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func execWorker(app *config.Application, userInput string, writer sbom.Writer) <
 					Paths: app.Exclusions,
 				},
 				DigestAlgorithms: hashers,
+				BasePath:         app.BasePath,
 			},
 		)
 

cmd/syft/cli/poweruser/poweruser.go

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func execWorker(app *config.Application, userInput string, writer sbom.Writer) <
 					Paths: app.Exclusions,
 				},
 				DigestAlgorithms: nil,
+				BasePath:         app.BasePath,
 			},
 		)