package arg import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "strings" ) // the width of the left column const colWidth = 25 // to allow monkey patching in tests var stderr = os.Stderr // Fail prints usage information to stderr and exits with non-zero status func (p *Parser) Fail(msg string) { p.failWithCommand(msg, p.cmd) } // failWithCommand prints usage information for the given subcommand to stderr and exits with non-zero status func (p *Parser) failWithCommand(msg string, cmd *command) { p.writeUsageForCommand(stderr, cmd) fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "error:", msg) osExit(-1) } // WriteUsage writes usage information to the given writer func (p *Parser) WriteUsage(w io.Writer) { p.writeUsageForCommand(w, p.cmd) } // writeUsageForCommand writes usage information for the given subcommand func (p *Parser) writeUsageForCommand(w io.Writer, cmd *command) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range cmd.specs { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } if p.version != "" { fmt.Fprintln(w, p.version) } // make a list of ancestor commands so that we print with full context var ancestors []string ancestor := cmd for ancestor != nil { ancestors = append(ancestors, ancestor.name) ancestor = ancestor.parent } // print the beginning of the usage string fmt.Fprint(w, "Usage:") for i := len(ancestors) - 1; i >= 0; i-- { fmt.Fprint(w, " "+ancestors[i]) } // write the option component of the usage message for _, spec := range options { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "[") } fmt.Fprint(w, synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long)) if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "]") } } // write the positional component of the usage message for _, spec := range positionals { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") if spec.multiple { if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "[") } fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s [%s ...]", spec.placeholder, spec.placeholder) if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "]") } } else { fmt.Fprint(w, spec.placeholder) } } // if the program supports subcommands, give a hint to the user about their existence if len(cmd.subcommands) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, " []") } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } func printTwoCols(w io.Writer, left, help string, defaultVal string) { lhs := " " + left fmt.Fprint(w, lhs) if help != "" { if len(lhs)+2 < colWidth { fmt.Fprint(w, strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth-len(lhs))) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, "\n"+strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth)) } fmt.Fprint(w, help) } if defaultVal != "" { fmt.Fprintf(w, " [default: %s]", defaultVal) } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } // WriteHelp writes the usage string followed by the full help string for each option func (p *Parser) WriteHelp(w io.Writer) { p.writeHelpForCommand(w, p.cmd) } // writeHelp writes the usage string for the given subcommand func (p *Parser) writeHelpForCommand(w io.Writer, cmd *command) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range cmd.specs { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } if p.description != "" { fmt.Fprintln(w, p.description) } p.writeUsageForCommand(w, cmd) // write the list of positionals if len(positionals) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, "\nPositional arguments:\n") for _, spec := range positionals { printTwoCols(w, spec.placeholder, spec.help, "") } } // write the list of options fmt.Fprint(w, "\nOptions:\n") for _, spec := range options { p.printOption(w, spec) } // write the list of built in options p.printOption(w, &spec{ boolean: true, long: "help", short: "h", help: "display this help and exit", }) if p.version != "" { p.printOption(w, &spec{ boolean: true, long: "version", help: "display version and exit", }) } // write the list of subcommands if len(cmd.subcommands) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, "\nCommands:\n") for _, subcmd := range cmd.subcommands { printTwoCols(w, subcmd.name, subcmd.help, "") } } } func (p *Parser) printOption(w io.Writer, spec *spec) { left := synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long) if spec.short != "" { left += ", " + synopsis(spec, "-"+spec.short) } printTwoCols(w, left, spec.help, spec.defaultVal) } func synopsis(spec *spec, form string) string { if spec.boolean { return form } return form + " " + spec.placeholder } func ptrTo(s string) *string { return &s }