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Comparing version 3.0.2 to 3.1.0

CHANGES.md

 # node-cmdln Changelog
 
+## 3.1.0
+
+- [issue #5] Add `helpSubcmds` constructor option to allow control over the
+  output of the "Commands:" section of top-level help. For example, this code:
+
+        helpSubcmds: [
+            'help',
+            { group: '' },
+            'in-empty-group',
+            { group: 'Most Excellent Commands' },
+            'awesome',
+            { group: 'Other Commands', unmatched: true }
+        ]
+
+  yields help output something like:
+
+        ...
+        Commands:
+            help (?)        Help on a specific sub-command.
+
+            in-empty-group  Do in-empty-group things.
+
+          Most Excellent Commands:
+            awesome         Do awesome things.
+
+          Other Commands:
+            something-else  Do something-else things.
+
+   By Josh Clulow.
+
+- [issue #4] Add `Cmdln.prototype.helpFromSubcmd(subcmd)` to get the help string
+  for the given subcommand. This can be useful for tools that want to emit usage
+  information as part of a usage error. E.g.:
+
+        MyCLI.prototype.do_frob = do_frob(subcmd, opts, args, cb) {
+            if (!opts.frobber) {
+                return callback(new Error('you forgot the frobber\n' +
+                    this.helpFromSubcmd(subcmd)));
+            }
+            // ...
+        };
+
+
 ## 3.0.2
@@ -4,0 +47,0 @@

lib/cmdln.js

 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014, Trent Mick. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014, Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc.
  */
 
+
 var DEBUG = false;
@@ -166,2 +167,16 @@ if (DEBUG) {
  *        help output.
+ *      - @param helpSubcmds {Array} Control the output of the "Commands:"
+ *        section of top-level help output. By default all commands are
+ *        listed in the order defined in code. `helpSubcmds` allows one to
+ *        specify the order and, optionally, groupings with group headers. E.g.:
+ *              helpSubcmds: [
+ *                  'help',
+ *                  { group: '' },   // an empty group, results in a blank line
+ *                  'foo',
+ *                  'bar',
+ *                  { group: 'Bling' }, // a group header
+ *                  'bloom',
+ *                  // Use `unmatched: true` to include remaining subcmds.
+ *                  { group: 'Other Commands', unmatched: true }
+ *              ]
  *      - @param options {Array} Custom options (in the format used by
@@ -188,2 +203,3 @@ *        [dashdash](https://github.com/trentm/node-dashdash)). If not
     assert.optionalString(config.helpBody, 'config.helpBody')
+    assert.optionalObject(config.helpSubcmds, 'config.helpSubcmds');
 
@@ -195,2 +211,3 @@ this.name = config.name || this.constructor.name.toLowerCase();
     this.helpBody = config.helpBody;
+    this.helpSubcmds = config.helpSubcmds || null;
     if (!this.helpOpts.indent)
@@ -200,2 +217,8 @@ this.helpOpts.indent = space(4);
         this.helpOpts.indent = space(this.helpOpts.indent);
+    if (!this.helpOpts.groupIndent) {
+        var gilen = Math.round(this.helpOpts.indent.length / 2);
+        this.helpOpts.groupIndent = space(gilen);
+    } else if (typeof (this.helpOpts.groupIndent) === 'number') {
+        this.helpOpts.groupIndent = space(this.helpOpts.groupIndent);
+    }
     if (!this.helpOpts.maxCol) this.helpOpts.maxCol = 80;
@@ -220,3 +243,3 @@ if (!this.helpOpts.minHelpCol) this.helpOpts.minHelpCol = 20;
     // Load subcmds (do_* methods) and aliases (`do_*.aliases`).
-    this._subcmdOrder = [];
+    var enumOrder = [];
     this._handlerFromName = {};
@@ -281,3 +304,3 @@ this._nameFromAlias = {};
                 }
-                self._subcmdOrder.push(name);
+                enumOrder.push(name);
                 self._nameFromAlias[name] = name;
@@ -289,2 +312,63 @@ (func.aliases || []).forEach(function (alias) {
     });
+
+    if (self.helpSubcmds !== null) {
+        /*
+         * Reconcile the provided subcommand order (and group headings) with
+         * the discovered options.
+         */
+        var unmatchedNames = [];
+        var matchedNames = [];
+        enumOrder.forEach(function (enumName) {
+            if (self.helpSubcmds.indexOf(enumName) === -1) {
+                unmatchedNames.push(enumName);
+            } else {
+                matchedNames.push(enumName);
+            }
+        });
+
+        var unmatchCount = 0;
+        self._subcmdOrder = [];
+        self.helpSubcmds.forEach(function (sc) {
+            if (typeof (sc) === 'object') {
+                assert.string(sc.group, 'helpSubcmds.*.group');
+                assert.optionalBool(sc.unmatched, 'helpSubcmds.*.unmatched');
+
+                self._subcmdOrder.push(sc);
+
+                if (sc.unmatched) {
+                    if (++unmatchCount > 1) {
+                        throw (new Error(format('"unmatched" directive used ' +
+                            'more than once in "helpSubcmds" option: %j', sc)));
+                    }
+
+                    /*
+                     * Include all of the unmatched names here:
+                     */
+                    while (unmatchedNames.length > 0) {
+                        self._subcmdOrder.push(unmatchedNames.shift());
+                    }
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            /*
+             * If this is not a group heading object, it must be the name
+             * of a handler to include in the output:
+             */
+            assert.string(sc);
+            if (matchedNames.indexOf(sc) === -1) {
+                throw (new Error('command handler included in help order ' +
+                    'but not found: ' + sc));
+            }
+            self._subcmdOrder.push(sc);
+        });
+
+        if (unmatchedNames.length > 0) {
+            throw (new Error('"helpSubcmds" error: unmatched command ' +
+                'handlers found: ' + unmatchedNames.join(', ') + '.'));
+        }
+    } else {
+        self._subcmdOrder = enumOrder;
+    }
+
     // p('_subcmdOrder:', this._subcmdOrder);
@@ -416,2 +500,3 @@ // p('_handlerFromName: ', this._handlerFromName);
     var indent = helpOpts.indent;
+    var gindent = helpOpts.groupIndent;
 
@@ -444,3 +529,25 @@ var lines = [];
         indent, helpOpts.minHelpCol - indent.length - 2);
-    this._subcmdOrder.forEach(function (name) {
+    this._subcmdOrder.forEach(function (name, idx) {
+        if (typeof (name) === 'object') {
+            if (idx > 0) {
+                /*
+                 * If this is not the first line, print a blank line to
+                 * visually separate this group from previous lines.
+                 */
+                lines.push('');
+            }
+
+            /*
+             * If the group name is not blank, print the group heading.
+             * If it is blank, the caller only wants the separator line
+             * printed above.
+             */
+            assert.string(name.group, 'name.group');
+            if (name.group) {
+                lines.push(format('%s%s:', gindent, name.group));
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        assert.string(name, 'name');
         var handler = self._handlerFromName[name];
@@ -454,5 +561,5 @@ if (handler.hidden) {
         }
-        var summary = handler.desc
-            || (typeof (handler.help) === 'string' && handler.help)
-            || '';
+        var summary = handler.desc ||
+            (typeof (handler.help) === 'string' && handler.help) ||
+            '';
         summary = summary.split('\n', 1)[0]; // just leading line
@@ -491,2 +598,42 @@ summary = summary.replace(/{{name}}/g, self.name);
 /**
+ * Return the help content for the given sub-command string (aka the
+ * subcmd *name*).
+ *
+ * *Limitation*: If the command has a `.help` *function*, then the function is
+ * returned. It is up to the caller to call it, if they like. The `.help`
+ * function is defined to be async and is *not* defined to return the
+ * string, so running it isn't useful here.
+ *
+ * @param alias {String} The sub-command name or alias.
+ * @throws `UnknownCommandError` if there is no such sub-command.
+ * @returns The help string, `null` if no help, or the `.help` function if
+ *      so defined for that sub-command.
+ */
+Cmdln.prototype.helpFromSubcmd = function helpFromSubcmd(alias) {
+    var handler = this.handlerFromSubcmd(alias);
+    if (!handler) {
+        throw new UnknownCommandError(alias);
+    }
+
+    if (!handler.help) {
+        return;
+    } else if (typeof (handler.help) === 'function') {
+        return handler.help;
+    } else {
+        var help = handler.help;
+        help = help.replace(/{{name}}/g, this.name);
+        if (~help.indexOf('{{options}}') && handler.options) {
+            var parser = new dashdash.Parser({options: handler.options});
+            var helpOpts = (handler.helpOpts
+                ? objMerge(this.helpOpts, handler.helpOpts) : this.helpOpts);
+            help = help.replace('{{options}}',
+                'Options:\n' + parser.help(helpOpts));
+        }
+        help = help.trimRight();
+        return help;
+    }
+};
+
+
+/**
  * Dispatch to the appropriate "do_SUBCMD" function.
@@ -518,3 +665,2 @@ */
 Cmdln.prototype.do_help = function do_help(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
-    var self = this;
     if (args.length === 0) {
@@ -525,4 +671,4 @@ this.printHelp(callback);
     var alias = args[0];
-    var name = this._nameFromAlias[alias];
-    if (!name) {
+    var handler = this.handlerFromSubcmd(alias);
+    if (!handler) {
         callback(new UnknownCommandError(alias));
@@ -532,18 +678,13 @@ return;
 
-    var func = this._handlerFromName[name];
-    if (!func.help) {
+    try {
+        var help = this.helpFromSubcmd(alias);
+    } catch (e) {
+        callback(e);
+    }
+    if (!help) {
         callback(new CmdlnError({message: format('no help for "%s"', alias)}));
-    } else if (typeof (func.help) === 'function') {
-        func.help(subcmd, opts, args, callback);
+    } else if (typeof (help) === 'function') {
+        help(subcmd, opts, args, callback);
     } else {
-        var help = func.help;
-        help = help.replace(/{{name}}/g, self.name);
-        if (~help.indexOf('{{options}}') && func.options) {
-            var parser = new dashdash.Parser({options: func.options});
-            var helpOpts = (func.helpOpts
-                ? objMerge(this.helpOpts, func.helpOpts) : this.helpOpts);
-            help = help.replace('{{options}}',
-                'Options:\n' + parser.help(helpOpts));
-        }
-        console.log(help.trimRight());
+        console.log(help);
         callback();
@@ -550,0 +691,0 @@ }

package.json

 {
     "name": "cmdln",
-    "version": "3.0.2",
+    "version": "3.1.0",
     "description": "helper lib for creating CLI tools with subcommands; think `git`, `svn`, `zfs`",
@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ "author": "Trent Mick (http://trentm.com)",

README.md

@@ -203,3 +203,7 @@ `node-cmdln` is a node.js helper lib for creating CLI tools with subcommands
 
+- `<Cmdln>.helpFromSubcmd(<subcmd>)` will return the help string for
+  that subcmd *or*, if defined, the help function defined for that subcmd.
+  This is used by the default `do_help` implementation.
 
+
 ## `cmdln.main()`
@@ -206,0 +210,0 @@

TODO.txt

 # 2.1?
 
-- support for sub-subcommands
 - bash completion generation support
@@ -5,0 +4,0 @@ - docs: see below

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