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+import { InspectOptions } from "util";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+
+import { getGlobalOptions } from "./globals";
+
+/**
+ * Prints an object either in a nicely formatted way or as JSON (depending on the command flag --json)
+ *
+ * @param output
+ */
+export function printObject(
+  output: object,
+  extraOptions?: InspectOptions,
+): void {
+  if (getGlobalOptions().json) {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(output, undefined, 4));
+  } else {
+    console.dir(output, extraOptions);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used to output a status (success/error) and a message either as string or as JSON (depending on the command flag --json)
+ *
+ * @param success if the message is a successful message or an error
+ * @param output the message to output
+ */
+export function printStatusMessage(success: boolean, message: unknown): void {
+  const status = success ? "Success" : "Error";
+  const colorFunction = success ? chalk.green : chalk.red;
+  console.error(colorFunction(`${status}: ${message}`));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param message The message that will be printed as a successful message
+ * @returns a function that can be used in a Promise on success
+ */
+export function printSuccess(message: string) {
+  return () => {
+    printStatusMessage(true, message);
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param message The message that will be printed as an error message
+ * @returns a function that can be used in a Promise on rejection
+ */
+export function printError(message: string) {
+  return (error: object) => {
+    printErrorMessageWithReason(message, error);
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param message The message that will be printed as an error message
+ * @param error an error object with the reason for the error
+ */
+export function printErrorMessageWithReason(message: string, error: object) {
+  const errorMessage = "message" in error ? error.message : error;
+  printStatusMessage(false, `${message}. Reason: ${errorMessage}`);
+}