Fix the lifetime errors by cloning

Author: msuchane

src/main.rs

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn process_module_type(
     titles: clap::Values,
     module_type_str: &str,
-    options: &'static Options,
+    options: &Options,
 ) -> Vec<Module> {
     let mut modules_from_type = Vec::new();
 

src/module.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub enum ModuleType {
 pub struct Input {
     mod_type: ModuleType,
     title: String,
-    options: &'static Options,
+    options: Options,
     includes: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ const REFERENCE_TEMPLATE: &str = include_str!("../templates/reference.adoc");
 
 
 impl Input {
-    pub fn new(mod_type: ModuleType, title: &str, options: &'static Options) -> Input {
+    pub fn new(mod_type: ModuleType, title: &str, options: &Options) -> Input {
         let title = String::from(title);
+        let options = options.clone();
 
         Input {
             mod_type,
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ impl From<Input> for Module {
 
 impl Module {
     /// The constructor for the Module struct
-    pub fn new(mod_type: ModuleType, title: &str, options: &'static Options) -> Module {
+    pub fn new(mod_type: ModuleType, title: &str, options: &Options) -> Module {
         let input = Input::new(mod_type, title, options);
         input.into()
     }

src/write.rs

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use crate::module::Module;
 
 impl Module {
     /// Write the generated module content to the path specified in `options` with the set file name.
-    pub fn write_file(&self) {
+    pub fn write_file(&self, options: &Options) {
         // Compose the full (but still relative) file path from the target directory and the file name
-        let full_path_buf: PathBuf = [&self.options.target_dir, &self.file_name].iter().collect();
+        let full_path_buf: PathBuf = [&options.target_dir, &self.file_name].iter().collect();
         let full_path = full_path_buf.as_path();
 
         // If the target file already exists, just print out an error