CLI: Error message cleanup (#8804)

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clap-utils/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! version {
     () => {
@@ -23,6 +25,23 @@ pub struct ArgConstant<'a> {
     pub help: &'a str,
 }
 
+/// Error type for forwarding Errors out of `main()` of a `clap` app
+/// and still using the `Display` formatter
+#[derive(Error)]
+#[error("{0}")]
+pub struct DisplayError(Box<dyn std::error::Error>);
+impl DisplayError {
+    pub fn new_as_boxed(inner: Box<dyn std::error::Error>) -> Box<Self> {
+        DisplayError(inner).into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for DisplayError {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(fmt, "{}", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
 pub mod input_parsers;
 pub mod input_validators;
 pub mod keypair;