cmd/utils: improve CLI help templates

Help for a specific command now shows available subcommands.
pull/447/head
Felix Lange 10 years ago
parent 221fae4112
commit 972e2c1e31
  1. 27
      cmd/utils/flags.go

@ -24,11 +24,38 @@ import (
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/xeth"
)
func init() {
cli.AppHelpTemplate = `{{.Name}} {{if .Flags}}[global options] {{end}}command{{if .Flags}} [command options]{{end}} [arguments...]
VERSION:
{{.Version}}
COMMANDS:
{{range .Commands}}{{.Name}}{{with .ShortName}}, {{.}}{{end}}{{ "\t" }}{{.Usage}}
{{end}}{{if .Flags}}
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
{{range .Flags}}{{.}}
{{end}}{{end}}
`
cli.CommandHelpTemplate = `{{.Name}}{{if .Subcommands}} command{{end}}{{if .Flags}} [command options]{{end}} [arguments...]
{{if .Description}}{{.Description}}
{{end}}{{if .Subcommands}}
SUBCOMMANDS:
{{range .Subcommands}}{{.Name}}{{with .ShortName}}, {{.}}{{end}}{{ "\t" }}{{.Usage}}
{{end}}{{end}}{{if .Flags}}
OPTIONS:
{{range .Flags}}{{.}}
{{end}}{{end}}
`
}
// NewApp creates an app with sane defaults.
func NewApp(version, usage string) *cli.App {
app := cli.NewApp()
app.Name = path.Base(os.Args[0])
app.Author = ""
app.Authors = nil
app.Email = ""
app.Version = version
app.Usage = usage

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