cli: send requested help text to stdout

This behaviour matches the GNU CLI standard:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dhelp.html
This commit is contained in:
Daniel Nephin 2020-03-26 15:27:34 -04:00
parent ce81e026de
commit b7ff6424f5
9 changed files with 49 additions and 29 deletions

2
go.mod
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ require (
github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6
github.com/kr/text v0.1.0
github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.26
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.0
github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0
github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0
github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure v0.0.0-20170609045927-2bca23e0e452

2
go.sum
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@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.26 h1:gPxPSwALAeHJSjarOs00QjVdV9QoBvc1D2ujQUr5BzU=
github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.26/go.mod h1:bPDLeHnStXmXAq1m/Ch/hvfNHr14JKNPMBo3VZKjuso=
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0 h1:iGBIsUe3+HZ/AD/Vd7DErOt5sU9fa8Uj7A2s1aggv1Y=
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.0 h1:tEElEatulEHDeedTxwckzyYMA5c86fbmNIUL1hBIiTg=
github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:xcISNoH86gajksDmfB23e/pu+B+GeFRMYmoHXxx3xhI=
github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0 h1:Laisrj+bAB6b/yJwB5Bt3ITZhGJdqmxquMKeZ+mmkFQ=
github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SNtv71yrdKgLRyLFxmLdkAbkKEFWgYaq1OVrnRcwhnw=
github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0 h1:vKb8ShqSby24Yrqr/yDYkuFz8d0WUjys40rvnGC8aR0=

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@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func realMain() int {
Autocomplete: true,
Name: "consul",
HelpFunc: cli.FilteredHelpFunc(names, cli.BasicHelpFunc("consul")),
HelpWriter: os.Stdout,
ErrorWriter: os.Stderr,
}
exitCode, err := cli.Run()

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@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ sudo: false
language: go
env:
- GO111MODULE=on
go:
- "1.8"
- "1.9"
- "1.10"
- "1.11"
- "1.12"
- "1.13"
- "1.14"
branches:
only:

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@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ testrace:
# updatedeps installs all the dependencies to run and build
updatedeps:
go list ./... \
| xargs go list -f '{{ join .Deps "\n" }}{{ printf "\n" }}{{ join .TestImports "\n" }}' \
| grep -v github.com/mitchellh/cli \
| xargs go get -f -u -v
go mod download
.PHONY: test testrace updatedeps

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@ -109,18 +109,23 @@ type CLI struct {
AutocompleteGlobalFlags complete.Flags
autocompleteInstaller autocompleteInstaller // For tests
// HelpFunc and HelpWriter are used to output help information, if
// requested.
//
// HelpFunc is the function called to generate the generic help
// text that is shown if help must be shown for the CLI that doesn't
// pertain to a specific command.
//
// HelpWriter is the Writer where the help text is outputted to. If
// not specified, it will default to Stderr.
HelpFunc HelpFunc
HelpFunc HelpFunc
// HelpWriter is used to print help text and version when requested.
// Defaults to os.Stderr for backwards compatibility.
// It is recommended that you set HelpWriter to os.Stdout, and
// ErrorWriter to os.Stderr.
HelpWriter io.Writer
// ErrorWriter used to output errors when a command can not be run.
// Defaults to the value of HelpWriter for backwards compatibility.
// It is recommended that you set HelpWriter to os.Stdout, and
// ErrorWriter to os.Stderr.
ErrorWriter io.Writer
//---------------------------------------------------------------
// Internal fields set automatically
@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ func (c *CLI) Run() (int, error) {
// implementation. If the command is invalid or blank, it is an error.
raw, ok := c.commandTree.Get(c.Subcommand())
if !ok {
c.HelpWriter.Write([]byte(c.HelpFunc(c.helpCommands(c.subcommandParent())) + "\n"))
c.ErrorWriter.Write([]byte(c.HelpFunc(c.helpCommands(c.subcommandParent())) + "\n"))
return 127, nil
}
@ -239,23 +244,23 @@ func (c *CLI) Run() (int, error) {
// If we've been instructed to just print the help, then print it
if c.IsHelp() {
c.commandHelp(command)
c.commandHelp(c.HelpWriter, command)
return 0, nil
}
// If there is an invalid flag, then error
if len(c.topFlags) > 0 {
c.HelpWriter.Write([]byte(
c.ErrorWriter.Write([]byte(
"Invalid flags before the subcommand. If these flags are for\n" +
"the subcommand, please put them after the subcommand.\n\n"))
c.commandHelp(command)
c.commandHelp(c.ErrorWriter, command)
return 1, nil
}
code := command.Run(c.SubcommandArgs())
if code == RunResultHelp {
// Requesting help
c.commandHelp(command)
c.commandHelp(c.ErrorWriter, command)
return 1, nil
}
@ -310,6 +315,9 @@ func (c *CLI) init() {
if c.HelpWriter == nil {
c.HelpWriter = os.Stderr
}
if c.ErrorWriter == nil {
c.ErrorWriter = c.HelpWriter
}
// Build our hidden commands
if len(c.HiddenCommands) > 0 {
@ -404,8 +412,8 @@ func (c *CLI) initAutocomplete() {
cmd.Flags = map[string]complete.Predictor{
"-" + c.AutocompleteInstall: complete.PredictNothing,
"-" + c.AutocompleteUninstall: complete.PredictNothing,
"-help": complete.PredictNothing,
"-version": complete.PredictNothing,
"-help": complete.PredictNothing,
"-version": complete.PredictNothing,
}
}
cmd.GlobalFlags = c.AutocompleteGlobalFlags
@ -483,7 +491,7 @@ func (c *CLI) initAutocompleteSub(prefix string) complete.Command {
return cmd
}
func (c *CLI) commandHelp(command Command) {
func (c *CLI) commandHelp(out io.Writer, command Command) {
// Get the template to use
tpl := strings.TrimSpace(defaultHelpTemplate)
if t, ok := command.(CommandHelpTemplate); ok {
@ -533,12 +541,12 @@ func (c *CLI) commandHelp(command Command) {
// Get the command
raw, ok := subcommands[k]
if !ok {
c.HelpWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
c.ErrorWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
"Error getting subcommand %q", k)))
}
sub, err := raw()
if err != nil {
c.HelpWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
c.ErrorWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
"Error instantiating %q: %s", k, err)))
}
@ -559,13 +567,13 @@ func (c *CLI) commandHelp(command Command) {
data["Subcommands"] = subcommandsTpl
// Write
err = t.Execute(c.HelpWriter, data)
err = t.Execute(out, data)
if err == nil {
return
}
// An error, just output...
c.HelpWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
c.ErrorWriter.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(
"Internal error rendering help: %s", err)))
}

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@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
module github.com/mitchellh/cli
go 1.11
require (
github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310
github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0

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@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
package cli
import (
"bufio"
"bytes"
"fmt"
"io"
"strings"
"sync"
)
@ -35,9 +37,12 @@ func (u *MockUi) Ask(query string) (string, error) {
var result string
fmt.Fprint(u.OutputWriter, query)
if _, err := fmt.Fscanln(u.InputReader, &result); err != nil {
r := bufio.NewReader(u.InputReader)
line, err := r.ReadString('\n')
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
result = strings.TrimRight(line, "\r\n")
return result, nil
}

2
vendor/modules.txt vendored
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@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty
github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/pbutil
# github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.26
github.com/miekg/dns
# github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0
# github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.0
github.com/mitchellh/cli
# github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0
github.com/mitchellh/copystructure