From 5c89e8ce4a21b7fe7564c9e4f556d35ce9497994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:17:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Adds a utils app with a single subcommand (convert) to
 easily convert between rao and tao.

---
 bittensor_cli/cli.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bittensor_cli/cli.py b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
index 64202e17a..3571743b8 100755
--- a/bittensor_cli/cli.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     Constants,
 )
 from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor import utils
+from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor.balances import Balance
 from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor.async_substrate_interface import (
     SubstrateRequestException,
 )
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ class CLIManager:
     root_app: typer.Typer
     subnets_app: typer.Typer
     weights_app: typer.Typer
+    utils_app = typer.Typer(epilog=_epilog)
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.config = {
@@ -524,6 +526,9 @@ def __init__(self):
             self.weights_app, name="weight", hidden=True, no_args_is_help=True
         )
 
+        # utils app
+        self.app.add_typer(self.utils_app, name="utils", no_args_is_help=True)
+
         # config commands
         self.config_app.command("set")(self.set_config)
         self.config_app.command("get")(self.get_config)
@@ -4333,6 +4338,32 @@ def weights_commit(
             )
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    @utils_app.command("convert")
+    def convert(
+        from_rao: Optional[str] = typer.Option(
+            None, "--rao", help="Convert amount from Rao"
+        ),
+        from_tao: Optional[float] = typer.Option(
+            None, "--tao", help="Convert amount from Tao"
+        ),
+    ):
+        if from_tao is None and from_rao is None:
+            err_console.print("Specify `--rao` and/or `--tao`.")
+            raise typer.Exit()
+        if from_rao is not None:
+            console.print(
+                f"{from_rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
+                "=",
+                Balance.from_rao(int(float(from_rao))),
+            )
+        if from_tao is not None:
+            console.print(
+                f"{Balance.unit}{from_tao}",
+                "=",
+                f"{Balance.from_tao(float(from_tao)).rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
+            )
+
     def run(self):
         self.app()
 

From 3e16772986c373117b3f3e357e7d90a8a9612e9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:23:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Better UX

---
 bittensor_cli/cli.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bittensor_cli/cli.py b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
index 3571743b8..3fe783a5f 100755
--- a/bittensor_cli/cli.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/cli.py
@@ -4348,20 +4348,25 @@ def convert(
             None, "--tao", help="Convert amount from Tao"
         ),
     ):
+        """
+        Allows for converting between tao and rao using the specified flags
+        """
         if from_tao is None and from_rao is None:
             err_console.print("Specify `--rao` and/or `--tao`.")
             raise typer.Exit()
         if from_rao is not None:
+            rao = int(float(from_rao))
             console.print(
-                f"{from_rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
+                f"{rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
                 "=",
-                Balance.from_rao(int(float(from_rao))),
+                Balance.from_rao(rao),
             )
         if from_tao is not None:
+            tao = float(from_tao)
             console.print(
-                f"{Balance.unit}{from_tao}",
+                f"{Balance.unit}{tao}",
                 "=",
-                f"{Balance.from_tao(float(from_tao)).rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
+                f"{Balance.from_tao(tao).rao}{Balance.rao_unit}",
             )
 
     def run(self):