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The new option `app.Suggest` enables command and flag suggestions via
the jaro-winkler distance algorithm. Flags are scoped to their
appropriate commands whereas command suggestions are scoped to the
current command level.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Grunert <sgrunert@suse.com>
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saschagrunert committed Mar 3, 2020
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions app.go
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Expand Up @@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ type App struct {
// single-character bool arguments into one
// i.e. foobar -o -v -> foobar -ov
UseShortOptionHandling bool
// Enable suggestions for commands and flags
Suggest bool

didSetup bool
}
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return err
}
_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(a.Writer, "%s %s\n\n", "Incorrect Usage.", err.Error())
if a.Suggest {
if suggestion, err := a.suggestFlagFromError(err, ""); err == nil {
fmt.Fprintf(a.Writer, suggestion)
}
}
_ = ShowAppHelp(context)
return err
}
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return err
}
_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(a.Writer, "%s %s\n\n", "Incorrect Usage.", err.Error())
if a.Suggest {
if suggestion, err := a.suggestFlagFromError(err, context.Command.Name); err == nil {
fmt.Fprintf(a.Writer, suggestion)
}
}
_ = ShowSubcommandHelp(context)
return err
}
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions command.go
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Expand Up @@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ func (c *Command) Run(ctx *Context) (err error) {
}
_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(context.App.Writer, "Incorrect Usage:", err.Error())
_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(context.App.Writer)
if ctx.App.Suggest {
if suggestion, err := ctx.App.suggestFlagFromError(err, c.Name); err == nil {
fmt.Fprintf(context.App.Writer, suggestion)
}
}
_ = ShowCommandHelp(context, c.Name)
return err
}
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app.ErrWriter = ctx.App.ErrWriter
app.ExitErrHandler = ctx.App.ExitErrHandler
app.UseShortOptionHandling = ctx.App.UseShortOptionHandling
app.Suggest = ctx.App.Suggest

app.categories = newCommandCategories()
for _, command := range c.Subcommands {
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions docs/v2/manual.md
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Expand Up @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ cli v2 manual
* [Version Flag](#version-flag)
+ [Customization](#customization-2)
* [Timestamp Flag](#timestamp-flag)
* [Suggestions](#suggestions)
* [Full API Example](#full-api-example)

<!-- tocstop -->
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Side note: quotes may be necessary around the date depending on your layout (if you have spaces for instance)

### Suggestions

To enable flag and command suggestions, set `app.Suggest = true`. If the suggest
feature is enabled, then the help output of the corresponding command will
provide an appropriate suggestion for the provided flag or subcommand if
available.

### Full API Example

**Notice**: This is a contrived (functioning) example meant strictly for API
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions go.mod
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require (
github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20180616170659-cbc221335f3c
github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
)
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions go.sum
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github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20180616170659-cbc221335f3c h1:CucViv7orgFBMkehuFFdkCVF5ERovbkRRyhvaYaHu/k=
github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20180616170659-cbc221335f3c/go.mod h1:bV/CkX4+ANGDaBwbHkt9kK287al/i9BsB18PRBvyqYo=
github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
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21 changes: 16 additions & 5 deletions help.go
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Expand Up @@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ import (
"unicode/utf8"
)

const (
helpName = "help"
helpAlias = "h"
)

var helpCommand = &Command{
Name: "help",
Aliases: []string{"h"},
Name: helpName,
Aliases: []string{helpAlias},
Usage: "Shows a list of commands or help for one command",
ArgsUsage: "[command]",
Action: func(c *Context) error {
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}

var helpSubcommand = &Command{
Name: "help",
Aliases: []string{"h"},
Name: helpName,
Aliases: []string{helpAlias},
Usage: "Shows a list of commands or help for one command",
ArgsUsage: "[command]",
Action: func(c *Context) error {
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}

if ctx.App.CommandNotFound == nil {
return Exit(fmt.Sprintf("No help topic for '%v'", command), 3)
errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("No help topic for '%v'", command)
if ctx.App.Suggest {
if suggestion := suggestCommand(ctx.App.Commands, command); suggestion != "" {
errMsg += ". " + suggestion
}
}
return Exit(errMsg, 3)
}

ctx.App.CommandNotFound(ctx, command)
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18 changes: 15 additions & 3 deletions parse.go
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Expand Up @@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ func parseIter(set *flag.FlagSet, ip iterativeParser, args []string, shellComple
return err
}

errStr := err.Error()
trimmed := strings.TrimPrefix(errStr, "flag provided but not defined: -")
if errStr == trimmed {
trimmed, trimErr := flagFromError(err)
if trimErr != nil {
return err
}

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}
}

const providedButNotDefinedErrMsg = "flag provided but not defined: -"

// flagFromError tries to parse a provided flag from an error message. If the
// parsing fials, it returns the input error and an empty string
func flagFromError(err error) (string, error) {
errStr := err.Error()
trimmed := strings.TrimPrefix(errStr, providedButNotDefinedErrMsg)
if errStr == trimmed {
return "", err
}
return trimmed, nil
}

func splitShortOptions(set *flag.FlagSet, arg string) []string {
shortFlagsExist := func(s string) bool {
for _, c := range s[1:] {
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75 changes: 75 additions & 0 deletions suggestions.go
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package cli

import (
"fmt"

"github.com/antzucaro/matchr"
)

const didYouMeanTemplate = "Did you mean '%s'?"

func (a *App) suggestFlagFromError(err error, command string) (string, error) {
flag, parseErr := flagFromError(err)
if parseErr != nil {
return "", err
}

flags := a.Flags
if command != "" {
cmd := a.Command(command)
if cmd == nil {
return "", err
}
flags = cmd.Flags
}

suggestion := a.suggestFlag(flags, flag)
if len(suggestion) == 0 {
return "", err
}

return fmt.Sprintf(didYouMeanTemplate+"\n\n", suggestion), nil
}

func (a *App) suggestFlag(flags []Flag, provided string) (suggestion string) {
distance := 0.0

for _, flag := range flags {
flagNames := flag.Names()
if !a.HideHelp {
flagNames = append(flagNames, HelpFlag.Names()...)
}
for _, name := range flagNames {
newDistance := matchr.JaroWinkler(name, provided, true)
if newDistance > distance {
distance = newDistance
suggestion = name
}
}
}

if len(suggestion) == 1 {
suggestion = "-" + suggestion
} else if len(suggestion) > 1 {
suggestion = "--" + suggestion
}

return suggestion
}

// suggestCommand takes a list of commands and a provided string to suggest a
// command name
func suggestCommand(commands []*Command, provided string) (suggestion string) {
distance := 0.0
for _, command := range commands {
for _, name := range append(command.Names(), helpName, helpAlias) {
newDistance := matchr.JaroWinkler(name, provided, true)
if newDistance > distance {
distance = newDistance
suggestion = name
}
}
}

return fmt.Sprintf(didYouMeanTemplate, suggestion)
}
122 changes: 122 additions & 0 deletions suggestions_test.go
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package cli

import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"testing"
)

func TestSuggestFlag(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

for _, testCase := range []struct {
provided, expected string
}{
{"", ""},
{"a", "--another-flag"},
{"hlp", "--help"},
{"k", ""},
{"s", "-s"},
} {
// When
res := app.suggestFlag(app.Flags, testCase.provided)

// Then
expect(t, res, testCase.expected)
}
}

func TestSuggestFlagHideHelp(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()
app.HideHelp = true

// When
res := app.suggestFlag(app.Flags, "hlp")

// Then
expect(t, res, "--fl")
}

func TestSuggestFlagFromError(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

for _, testCase := range []struct {
command, provided, expected string
}{
{"", "hel", "--help"},
{"", "soccer", "--socket"},
{"config", "anot", "--another-flag"},
} {
// When
res, _ := app.suggestFlagFromError(
errors.New(providedButNotDefinedErrMsg+testCase.provided),
testCase.command,
)

// Then
expect(t, res, fmt.Sprintf(didYouMeanTemplate+"\n\n", testCase.expected))
}
}

func TestSuggestFlagFromErrorWrongError(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

// When
_, err := app.suggestFlagFromError(errors.New("invalid"), "")

// Then
expect(t, true, err != nil)
}

func TestSuggestFlagFromErrorWrongCommand(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

// When
_, err := app.suggestFlagFromError(
errors.New(providedButNotDefinedErrMsg+"flag"),
"invalid",
)

// Then
expect(t, true, err != nil)
}

func TestSuggestFlagFromErrorNoSuggestion(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

// When
_, err := app.suggestFlagFromError(
errors.New(providedButNotDefinedErrMsg+""),
"",
)

// Then
expect(t, true, err != nil)
}

func TestSuggestCommand(t *testing.T) {
// Given
app := testApp()

for _, testCase := range []struct {
provided, expected string
}{
{"", ""},
{"conf", "config"},
{"i", "i"},
{"information", "info"},
{"not-existing", "info"},
} {
// When
res := suggestCommand(app.Commands, testCase.provided)

// Then
expect(t, res, fmt.Sprintf(didYouMeanTemplate, testCase.expected))
}
}

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