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Fix compatibility with help2man output (see #1432)
The new template introduce new lines before and after
author/about sections.
about-section
author-section
clap::App::help_template
Closes #1432
Issue
When help2man parses standard clap help template, the generated man page unwraps
{binary_name} {version} {author} {about}
placeholders.Source code
The
main.rs
source file:With version
3.0.0-beta.2
The man page:
Note the description in the man page.
With this pull request
The man page:
Note:
--help
output and it is the same for-h
flagversion
output is unchanged.PP
)Solution
Following changes were included in this pull request:
from:
to
Following help template placeholders were added and documented during development:
{author-section}
{about-section}
All unit tests relying on
--help
format were edited to include new lines.