Merge pull request #115 from juju/v3

chore: Merge v3 to v4

documentation.go

@@ -27,26 +27,26 @@ This command generates a markdown formatted document with all the commands, thei
 
 var documentationExamples = `
     juju documentation
-	juju documentation --split 
-	juju documentation --split --no-index --out /tmp/docs
-	
-	To render markdown documentation using a list of existing
-	commands, you can use a file with the following syntax
-	
-	command1: id1
-	command2: id2
-	commandN: idN
-
-	For example:
-
-	add-cloud: 1183
-	add-secret: 1284
-	remove-cloud: 4344
-
-	Then, the urls will be populated using the ids indicated
-	in the file above.
-
-	juju documentation --split --no-index --out /tmp/docs --discourse-ids /tmp/docs/myids
+    juju documentation --split 
+    juju documentation --split --no-index --out /tmp/docs
+
+To render markdown documentation using a list of existing
+commands, you can use a file with the following syntax
+
+    command1: id1
+    command2: id2
+    commandN: idN
+
+For example:
+
+    add-cloud: 1183
+    add-secret: 1284
+    remove-cloud: 4344
+
+Then, the urls will be populated using the ids indicated
+in the file above.
+
+    juju documentation --split --no-index --out /tmp/docs --discourse-ids /tmp/docs/myids
 `
 
 type documentationCommand struct {
@@ -473,7 +473,10 @@ func (d *documentationCommand) formatFlags(c Command, info *Info) string {
 		c.SetFlags(f)
 	}
 
-	// group together all flags for a given value
+	// group together all flags for a given value, meaning that flag which sets the same value are
+	// grouped together and displayed with the same description, as below:
+	//
+	// -s, --short, --alternate-string | default value | some description.
 	flags := make(map[interface{}]flagsByLength)
 	f.VisitAll(func(f *gnuflag.Flag) {
 		flags[f.Value] = append(flags[f.Value], f)
@@ -483,6 +486,9 @@ func (d *documentationCommand) formatFlags(c Command, info *Info) string {
 	}
 
 	// sort the output flags by shortest name for each group.
+	// Caution: this mean that description/default value displayed in documentation will
+	// be the one of the shortest alias. Other will be discarded. Be careful to have the same default
+	// values between each alias, and put the description on the shortest alias.
 	var byName flagsByName
 	for _, fl := range flags {
 		sort.Sort(fl)
@@ -493,14 +499,21 @@ func (d *documentationCommand) formatFlags(c Command, info *Info) string {
 	formatted := "| Flag | Default | Usage |\n"
 	formatted += "| --- | --- | --- |\n"
 	for _, fs := range byName {
-		theFlags := ""
+		// Collect all flag aliases (usually a short one and a plain one, like -v / --verbose)
+		formattedFlags := ""
 		for i, f := range fs {
 			if i > 0 {
-				theFlags += ", "
+				formattedFlags += ", "
+			}
+			if len(f.Name) == 1 {
+				formattedFlags += fmt.Sprintf("`-%s`", f.Name)
+			} else {
+				formattedFlags += fmt.Sprintf("`--%s`", f.Name)
 			}
-			theFlags += fmt.Sprintf("`--%s`", f.Name)
 		}
-		formatted += fmt.Sprintf("| %s | %s | %s |\n", theFlags,
+		// display all the flags aliases and the default value and description of the shortest one.
+		// Escape Markdown in description in order to display it cleanly in the final documentation.
+		formatted += fmt.Sprintf("| %s | %s | %s |\n", formattedFlags,
 			EscapeMarkdown(fs[0].DefValue),
 			strings.ReplaceAll(EscapeMarkdown(fs[0].Usage), "\n", " "),
 		)

documentation_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *documentationSuite) TestFormatCommand(c *gc.C) {
 				SeeAlso:  []string{"clouds", "update-cloud", "remove-cloud", "update-credential"},
 				Aliases:  []string{"cloud-add", "import-cloud"},
 			},
-			flags: []string{"force", "format", "output"},
+			flags: []testFlag{{name: "force", short: "f"}, {name: "format" /* no short flag */}, {name: "output", short: "o"}},
 		},
 		title: false,
 		expected: (`
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ summary for add-cloud...
 ### Options
 | Flag | Default | Usage |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| ` + "`" + `--force` + "`" + ` | default value for "force" flag | description for "force" flag |
+| ` + "`" + `-f` + "`" + `, ` + "`" + `--force` + "`" + ` | default value for "force" flag | description for "force" flag |
 | ` + "`" + `--format` + "`" + ` | default value for "format" flag | description for "format" flag |
-| ` + "`" + `--output` + "`" + ` | default value for "output" flag | description for "output" flag |
+| ` + "`" + `-o` + "`" + `, ` + "`" + `--output` + "`" + ` | default value for "output" flag | description for "output" flag |
 
 ## Examples
 examples for add-cloud...
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ details for add-cloud...
 				Doc:      "insert details here...",
 				Examples: "insert examples here...",
 			},
-			flags: []string{},
+			flags: []testFlag{},
 		},
 		title: false,
 		expected: (`
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@ insert details here...
 // documentation output.
 type docTestCommand struct {
 	info  *cmd.Info
-	flags []string
+	flags []testFlag
+}
+
+// testFlag is a definition for flag in test. It allows to provide an optional short name for the flag
+type testFlag struct {
+	name  string
+	short string // optional
 }
 
 func (c *docTestCommand) Info() *cmd.Info {
@@ -114,9 +120,17 @@ func (c *docTestCommand) Info() *cmd.Info {
 
 func (c *docTestCommand) SetFlags(f *gnuflag.FlagSet) {
 	for _, flag := range c.flags {
-		f.String(flag,
-			fmt.Sprintf("default value for %q flag", flag),
-			fmt.Sprintf("description for %q flag", flag))
+		var fakeValue string
+		defaultValue := fmt.Sprintf("default value for %q flag", flag.name)
+		description := fmt.Sprintf("description for %q flag", flag.name)
+		f.StringVar(&fakeValue, flag.name,
+			defaultValue,
+			description)
+		if flag.short != "" {
+			f.StringVar(&fakeValue, flag.short,
+				defaultValue,
+				description)
+		}
 	}
 }