// Copyright 2013-2022 The Cobra Authors // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. // Package cobra is a commander providing a simple interface to create powerful modern CLI interfaces. // In addition to providing an interface, Cobra simultaneously provides a controller to organize your application code. package cobra import ( "bytes" "context" "errors" "fmt" "io" "os" "path/filepath" "sort" "strings" flag "github.com/spf13/pflag" ) const FlagSetByCobraAnnotation = "cobra_annotation_flag_set_by_cobra" // FParseErrWhitelist configures Flag parse errors to be ignored type FParseErrWhitelist flag.ParseErrorsWhitelist // Structure to manage groups for commands type Group struct { ID string Title string } // Command is just that, a command for your application. // E.g. 'go run ...' - 'run' is the command. Cobra requires // you to define the usage and description as part of your command // definition to ensure usability. type Command struct { // Use is the one-line usage message. // Recommended syntax is as follow: // [ ] identifies an optional argument. Arguments that are not enclosed in brackets are required. // ... indicates that you can specify multiple values for the previous argument. // | indicates mutually exclusive information. You can use the argument to the left of the separator or the // argument to the right of the separator. You cannot use both arguments in a single use of the command. // { } delimits a set of mutually exclusive arguments when one of the arguments is required. If the arguments are // optional, they are enclosed in brackets ([ ]). // Example: add [-F file | -D dir]... [-f format] profile Use string // Aliases is an array of aliases that can be used instead of the first word in Use. Aliases []string // SuggestFor is an array of command names for which this command will be suggested - // similar to aliases but only suggests. SuggestFor []string // Short is the short description shown in the 'help' output. Short string // The group id under which this subcommand is grouped in the 'help' output of its parent. GroupID string // Long is the long message shown in the 'help ' output. Long string // Example is examples of how to use the command. Example string // ValidArgs is list of all valid non-flag arguments that are accepted in shell completions ValidArgs []string // ValidArgsFunction is an optional function that provides valid non-flag arguments for shell completion. // It is a dynamic version of using ValidArgs. // Only one of ValidArgs and ValidArgsFunction can be used for a command. ValidArgsFunction func(cmd *Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, ShellCompDirective) // Expected arguments Args PositionalArgs // ArgAliases is List of aliases for ValidArgs. // These are not suggested to the user in the shell completion, // but accepted if entered manually. ArgAliases []string // BashCompletionFunction is custom bash functions used by the legacy bash autocompletion generator. // For portability with other shells, it is recommended to instead use ValidArgsFunction BashCompletionFunction string // Deprecated defines, if this command is deprecated and should print this string when used. Deprecated string // Annotations are key/value pairs that can be used by applications to identify or // group commands. Annotations map[string]string // Version defines the version for this command. If this value is non-empty and the command does not // define a "version" flag, a "version" boolean flag will be added to the command and, if specified, // will print content of the "Version" variable. A shorthand "v" flag will also be added if the // command does not define one. Version string // The *Run functions are executed in the following order: // * PersistentPreRun() // * PreRun() // * Run() // * PostRun() // * PersistentPostRun() // All functions get the same args, the arguments after the command name. // // PersistentPreRun: children of this command will inherit and execute. PersistentPreRun func(cmd *Command, args []string) // PersistentPreRunE: PersistentPreRun but returns an error. PersistentPreRunE func(cmd *Command, args []string) error // PreRun: children of this command will not inherit. PreRun func(cmd *Command, args []string) // PreRunE: PreRun but returns an error. PreRunE func(cmd *Command, args []string) error // Run: Typically the actual work function. Most commands will only implement this. Run func(cmd *Command, args []string) // RunE: Run but returns an error. RunE func(cmd *Command, args []string) error // PostRun: run after the Run command. PostRun func(cmd *Command, args []string) // PostRunE: PostRun but returns an error. PostRunE func(cmd *Command, args []string) error // PersistentPostRun: children of this command will inherit and execute after PostRun. PersistentPostRun func(cmd *Command, args []string) // PersistentPostRunE: PersistentPostRun but returns an error. PersistentPostRunE func(cmd *Command, args []string) error // groups for subcommands commandgroups []*Group // args is actual args parsed from flags. args []string // flagErrorBuf contains all error messages from pflag. flagErrorBuf *bytes.Buffer // flags is full set of flags. flags *flag.FlagSet // pflags contains persistent flags. pflags *flag.FlagSet // lflags contains local flags. lflags *flag.FlagSet // iflags contains inherited flags. iflags *flag.FlagSet // parentsPflags is all persistent flags of cmd's parents. parentsPflags *flag.FlagSet // globNormFunc is the global normalization function // that we can use on every pflag set and children commands globNormFunc func(f *flag.FlagSet, name string) flag.NormalizedName // usageFunc is usage func defined by user. usageFunc func(*Command) error // usageTemplate is usage template defined by user. usageTemplate string // flagErrorFunc is func defined by user and it's called when the parsing of // flags returns an error. flagErrorFunc func(*Command, error) error // helpTemplate is help template defined by user. helpTemplate string // helpFunc is help func defined by user. helpFunc func(*Command, []string) // helpCommand is command with usage 'help'. If it's not defined by user, // cobra uses default help command. helpCommand *Command // helpCommandGroupID is the group id for the helpCommand helpCommandGroupID string // completionCommandGroupID is the group id for the completion command completionCommandGroupID string // versionTemplate is the version template defined by user. versionTemplate string // inReader is a reader defined by the user that replaces stdin inReader io.Reader // outWriter is a writer defined by the user that replaces stdout outWriter io.Writer // errWriter is a writer defined by the user that replaces stderr errWriter io.Writer // FParseErrWhitelist flag parse errors to be ignored FParseErrWhitelist FParseErrWhitelist // CompletionOptions is a set of options to control the handling of shell completion CompletionOptions CompletionOptions // commandsAreSorted defines, if command slice are sorted or not. commandsAreSorted bool // commandCalledAs is the name or alias value used to call this command. commandCalledAs struct { name string called bool } ctx context.Context // commands is the list of commands supported by this program. commands []*Command // parent is a parent command for this command. parent *Command // Max lengths of commands' string lengths for use in padding. commandsMaxUseLen int commandsMaxCommandPathLen int commandsMaxNameLen int // TraverseChildren parses flags on all parents before executing child command. TraverseChildren bool // Hidden defines, if this command is hidden and should NOT show up in the list of available commands. Hidden bool // SilenceErrors is an option to quiet errors down stream. SilenceErrors bool // SilenceUsage is an option to silence usage when an error occurs. SilenceUsage bool // DisableFlagParsing disables the flag parsing. // If this is true all flags will be passed to the command as arguments. DisableFlagParsing bool // DisableAutoGenTag defines, if gen tag ("Auto generated by spf13/cobra...") // will be printed by generating docs for this command. DisableAutoGenTag bool // DisableFlagsInUseLine will disable the addition of [flags] to the usage // line of a command when printing help or generating docs DisableFlagsInUseLine bool // DisableSuggestions disables the suggestions based on Levenshtein distance // that go along with 'unknown command' messages. DisableSuggestions bool // SuggestionsMinimumDistance defines minimum levenshtein distance to display suggestions. // Must be > 0. SuggestionsMinimumDistance int } // Context returns underlying command context. If command was executed // with ExecuteContext or the context was set with SetContext, the // previously set context will be returned. Otherwise, nil is returned. // // Notice that a call to Execute and ExecuteC will replace a nil context of // a command with a context.Background, so a background context will be // returned by Context after one of these functions has been called. func (c *Command) Context() context.Context { return c.ctx } // SetContext sets context for the command. This context will be overwritten by // Command.ExecuteContext or Command.ExecuteContextC. func (c *Command) SetContext(ctx context.Context) { c.ctx = ctx } // SetArgs sets arguments for the command. It is set to os.Args[1:] by default, if desired, can be overridden // particularly useful when testing. func (c *Command) SetArgs(a []string) { c.args = a } // SetOutput sets the destination for usage and error messages. // If output is nil, os.Stderr is used. // Deprecated: Use SetOut and/or SetErr instead func (c *Command) SetOutput(output io.Writer) { c.outWriter = output c.errWriter = output } // SetOut sets the destination for usage messages. // If newOut is nil, os.Stdout is used. func (c *Command) SetOut(newOut io.Writer) { c.outWriter = newOut } // SetErr sets the destination for error messages. // If newErr is nil, os.Stderr is used. func (c *Command) SetErr(newErr io.Writer) { c.errWriter = newErr } // SetIn sets the source for input data // If newIn is nil, os.Stdin is used. func (c *Command) SetIn(newIn io.Reader) { c.inReader = newIn } // SetUsageFunc sets usage function. Usage can be defined by application. func (c *Command) SetUsageFunc(f func(*Command) error) { c.usageFunc = f } // SetUsageTemplate sets usage template. Can be defined by Application. func (c *Command) SetUsageTemplate(s string) { c.usageTemplate = s } // SetFlagErrorFunc sets a function to generate an error when flag parsing // fails. func (c *Command) SetFlagErrorFunc(f func(*Command, error) error) { c.flagErrorFunc = f } // SetHelpFunc sets help function. Can be defined by Application. func (c *Command) SetHelpFunc(f func(*Command, []string)) { c.helpFunc = f } // SetHelpCommand sets help command. func (c *Command) SetHelpCommand(cmd *Command) { c.helpCommand = cmd } // SetHelpCommandGroup sets the group id of the help command. func (c *Command) SetHelpCommandGroupID(groupID string) { if c.helpCommand != nil { c.helpCommand.GroupID = groupID } // helpCommandGroupID is used if no helpCommand is defined by the user c.helpCommandGroupID = groupID } // SetCompletionCommandGroup sets the group id of the completion command. func (c *Command) SetCompletionCommandGroupID(groupID string) { // completionCommandGroupID is used if no completion command is defined by the user c.Root().completionCommandGroupID = groupID } // SetHelpTemplate sets help template to be used. Application can use it to set custom template. func (c *Command) SetHelpTemplate(s string) { c.helpTemplate = s } // SetVersionTemplate sets version template to be used. Application can use it to set custom template. func (c *Command) SetVersionTemplate(s string) { c.versionTemplate = s } // SetGlobalNormalizationFunc sets a normalization function to all flag sets and also to child commands. // The user should not have a cyclic dependency on commands. func (c *Command) SetGlobalNormalizationFunc(n func(f *flag.FlagSet, name string) flag.NormalizedName) { c.Flags().SetNormalizeFunc(n) c.PersistentFlags().SetNormalizeFunc(n) c.globNormFunc = n for _, command := range c.commands { command.SetGlobalNormalizationFunc(n) } } // OutOrStdout returns output to stdout. func (c *Command) OutOrStdout() io.Writer { return c.getOut(os.Stdout) } // OutOrStderr returns output to stderr func (c *Command) OutOrStderr() io.Writer { return c.getOut(os.Stderr) } // ErrOrStderr returns output to stderr func (c *Command) ErrOrStderr() io.Writer { return c.getErr(os.Stderr) } // InOrStdin returns input to stdin func (c *Command) InOrStdin() io.Reader { return c.getIn(os.Stdin) } func (c *Command) getOut(def io.Writer) io.Writer { if c.outWriter != nil { return c.outWriter } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.getOut(def) } return def } func (c *Command) getErr(def io.Writer) io.Writer { if c.errWriter != nil { return c.errWriter } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.getErr(def) } return def } func (c *Command) getIn(def io.Reader) io.Reader { if c.inReader != nil { return c.inReader } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.getIn(def) } return def } // UsageFunc returns either the function set by SetUsageFunc for this command // or a parent, or it returns a default usage function. func (c *Command) UsageFunc() (f func(*Command) error) { if c.usageFunc != nil { return c.usageFunc } if c.HasParent() { return c.Parent().UsageFunc() } return func(c *Command) error { c.mergePersistentFlags() err := tmpl(c.OutOrStderr(), c.UsageTemplate(), c) if err != nil { c.PrintErrln(err) } return err } } // Usage puts out the usage for the command. // Used when a user provides invalid input. // Can be defined by user by overriding UsageFunc. func (c *Command) Usage() error { return c.UsageFunc()(c) } // HelpFunc returns either the function set by SetHelpFunc for this command // or a parent, or it returns a function with default help behavior. func (c *Command) HelpFunc() func(*Command, []string) { if c.helpFunc != nil { return c.helpFunc } if c.HasParent() { return c.Parent().HelpFunc() } return func(c *Command, a []string) { c.mergePersistentFlags() // The help should be sent to stdout // See https://git.internal/re/cobra/issues/1002 err := tmpl(c.OutOrStdout(), c.HelpTemplate(), c) if err != nil { c.PrintErrln(err) } } } // Help puts out the help for the command. // Used when a user calls help [command]. // Can be defined by user by overriding HelpFunc. func (c *Command) Help() error { c.HelpFunc()(c, []string{}) return nil } // UsageString returns usage string. func (c *Command) UsageString() string { // Storing normal writers tmpOutput := c.outWriter tmpErr := c.errWriter bb := new(bytes.Buffer) c.outWriter = bb c.errWriter = bb CheckErr(c.Usage()) // Setting things back to normal c.outWriter = tmpOutput c.errWriter = tmpErr return bb.String() } // FlagErrorFunc returns either the function set by SetFlagErrorFunc for this // command or a parent, or it returns a function which returns the original // error. func (c *Command) FlagErrorFunc() (f func(*Command, error) error) { if c.flagErrorFunc != nil { return c.flagErrorFunc } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.FlagErrorFunc() } return func(c *Command, err error) error { return err } } var minUsagePadding = 25 // UsagePadding return padding for the usage. func (c *Command) UsagePadding() int { if c.parent == nil || minUsagePadding > c.parent.commandsMaxUseLen { return minUsagePadding } return c.parent.commandsMaxUseLen } var minCommandPathPadding = 11 // CommandPathPadding return padding for the command path. func (c *Command) CommandPathPadding() int { if c.parent == nil || minCommandPathPadding > c.parent.commandsMaxCommandPathLen { return minCommandPathPadding } return c.parent.commandsMaxCommandPathLen } var minNamePadding = 11 // NamePadding returns padding for the name. func (c *Command) NamePadding() int { if c.parent == nil || minNamePadding > c.parent.commandsMaxNameLen { return minNamePadding } return c.parent.commandsMaxNameLen } // UsageTemplate returns usage template for the command. func (c *Command) UsageTemplate() string { if c.usageTemplate != "" { return c.usageTemplate } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.UsageTemplate() } return `Usage:{{if .Runnable}} {{.UseLine}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableSubCommands}} {{.CommandPath}} [command]{{end}}{{if gt (len .Aliases) 0}} Aliases: {{.NameAndAliases}}{{end}}{{if .HasExample}} Examples: {{.Example}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableSubCommands}}{{$cmds := .Commands}}{{if eq (len .Groups) 0}} Available Commands:{{range $cmds}}{{if (or .IsAvailableCommand (eq .Name "help"))}} {{rpad .Name .NamePadding }} {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{else}}{{range $group := .Groups}} {{.Title}}{{range $cmds}}{{if (and (eq .GroupID $group.ID) (or .IsAvailableCommand (eq .Name "help")))}} {{rpad .Name .NamePadding }} {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if not .AllChildCommandsHaveGroup}} Additional Commands:{{range $cmds}}{{if (and (eq .GroupID "") (or .IsAvailableCommand (eq .Name "help")))}} {{rpad .Name .NamePadding }} {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableLocalFlags}} Flags: {{.LocalFlags.FlagUsages | trimTrailingWhitespaces}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableInheritedFlags}} Global Flags: {{.InheritedFlags.FlagUsages | trimTrailingWhitespaces}}{{end}}{{if .HasHelpSubCommands}} Additional help topics:{{range .Commands}}{{if .IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand}} {{rpad .CommandPath .CommandPathPadding}} {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableSubCommands}} Use "{{.CommandPath}} [command] --help" for more information about a command.{{end}} ` } // HelpTemplate return help template for the command. func (c *Command) HelpTemplate() string { if c.helpTemplate != "" { return c.helpTemplate } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.HelpTemplate() } return `{{with (or .Long .Short)}}{{. | trimTrailingWhitespaces}} {{end}}{{if or .Runnable .HasSubCommands}}{{.UsageString}}{{end}}` } // VersionTemplate return version template for the command. func (c *Command) VersionTemplate() string { if c.versionTemplate != "" { return c.versionTemplate } if c.HasParent() { return c.parent.VersionTemplate() } return `{{with .Name}}{{printf "%s " .}}{{end}}{{printf "version %s" .Version}} ` } func hasNoOptDefVal(name string, fs *flag.FlagSet) bool { flag := fs.Lookup(name) if flag == nil { return false } return flag.NoOptDefVal != "" } func shortHasNoOptDefVal(name string, fs *flag.FlagSet) bool { if len(name) == 0 { return false } flag := fs.ShorthandLookup(name[:1]) if flag == nil { return false } return flag.NoOptDefVal != "" } func stripFlags(args []string, c *Command) []string { if len(args) == 0 { return args } c.mergePersistentFlags() commands := []string{} flags := c.Flags() Loop: for len(args) > 0 { s := args[0] args = args[1:] switch { case s == "--": // "--" terminates the flags break Loop case strings.HasPrefix(s, "--") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && !hasNoOptDefVal(s[2:], flags): // If '--flag arg' then // delete arg from args. fallthrough // (do the same as below) case strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && len(s) == 2 && !shortHasNoOptDefVal(s[1:], flags): // If '-f arg' then // delete 'arg' from args or break the loop if len(args) <= 1. if len(args) <= 1 { break Loop } else { args = args[1:] continue } case s != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(s, "-"): commands = append(commands, s) } } return commands } // argsMinusFirstX removes only the first x from args. Otherwise, commands that look like // openshift admin policy add-role-to-user admin my-user, lose the admin argument (arg[4]). // Special care needs to be taken not to remove a flag value. func (c *Command) argsMinusFirstX(args []string, x string) []string { if len(args) == 0 { return args } c.mergePersistentFlags() flags := c.Flags() Loop: for pos := 0; pos < len(args); pos++ { s := args[pos] switch { case s == "--": // -- means we have reached the end of the parseable args. Break out of the loop now. break Loop case strings.HasPrefix(s, "--") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && !hasNoOptDefVal(s[2:], flags): fallthrough case strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") && !strings.Contains(s, "=") && len(s) == 2 && !shortHasNoOptDefVal(s[1:], flags): // This is a flag without a default value, and an equal sign is not used. Increment pos in order to skip // over the next arg, because that is the value of this flag. pos++ continue case !strings.HasPrefix(s, "-"): // This is not a flag or a flag value. Check to see if it matches what we're looking for, and if so, // return the args, excluding the one at this position. if s == x { ret := []string{} ret = append(ret, args[:pos]...) ret = append(ret, args[pos+1:]...) return ret } } } return args } func isFlagArg(arg string) bool { return ((len(arg) >= 3 && arg[1] == '-') || (len(arg) >= 2 && arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] != '-')) } // Find the target command given the args and command tree // Meant to be run on the highest node. Only searches down. func (c *Command) Find(args []string) (*Command, []string, error) { var innerfind func(*Command, []string) (*Command, []string) innerfind = func(c *Command, innerArgs []string) (*Command, []string) { argsWOflags := stripFlags(innerArgs, c) if len(argsWOflags) == 0 { return c, innerArgs } nextSubCmd := argsWOflags[0] cmd := c.findNext(nextSubCmd) if cmd != nil { return innerfind(cmd, c.argsMinusFirstX(innerArgs, nextSubCmd)) } return c, innerArgs } commandFound, a := innerfind(c, args) if commandFound.Args == nil { return commandFound, a, legacyArgs(commandFound, stripFlags(a, commandFound)) } return commandFound, a, nil } func (c *Command) findSuggestions(arg string) string { if c.DisableSuggestions { return "" } if c.SuggestionsMinimumDistance <= 0 { c.SuggestionsMinimumDistance = 2 } suggestionsString := "" if suggestions := c.SuggestionsFor(arg); len(suggestions) > 0 { suggestionsString += "\n\nDid you mean this?\n" for _, s := range suggestions { suggestionsString += fmt.Sprintf("\t%v\n", s) } } return suggestionsString } func (c *Command) findNext(next string) *Command { matches := make([]*Command, 0) for _, cmd := range c.commands { if commandNameMatches(cmd.Name(), next) || cmd.HasAlias(next) { cmd.commandCalledAs.name = next return cmd } if EnablePrefixMatching && cmd.hasNameOrAliasPrefix(next) { matches = append(matches, cmd) } } if len(matches) == 1 { return matches[0] } return nil } // Traverse the command tree to find the command, and parse args for // each parent. func (c *Command) Traverse(args []string) (*Command, []string, error) { flags := []string{} inFlag := false for i, arg := range args { switch { // A long flag with a space separated value case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "--") && !strings.Contains(arg, "="): // TODO: this isn't quite right, we should really check ahead for 'true' or 'false' inFlag = !hasNoOptDefVal(arg[2:], c.Flags()) flags = append(flags, arg) continue // A short flag with a space separated value case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") && !strings.Contains(arg, "=") && len(arg) == 2 && !shortHasNoOptDefVal(arg[1:], c.Flags()): inFlag = true flags = append(flags, arg) continue // The value for a flag case inFlag: inFlag = false flags = append(flags, arg) continue // A flag without a value, or with an `=` separated value case isFlagArg(arg): flags = append(flags, arg) continue } cmd := c.findNext(arg) if cmd == nil { return c, args, nil } if err := c.ParseFlags(flags); err != nil { return nil, args, err } return cmd.Traverse(args[i+1:]) } return c, args, nil } // SuggestionsFor provides suggestions for the typedName. func (c *Command) SuggestionsFor(typedName string) []string { suggestions := []string{} for _, cmd := range c.commands { if cmd.IsAvailableCommand() { levenshteinDistance := ld(typedName, cmd.Name(), true) suggestByLevenshtein := levenshteinDistance <= c.SuggestionsMinimumDistance suggestByPrefix := strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(cmd.Name()), strings.ToLower(typedName)) if suggestByLevenshtein || suggestByPrefix { suggestions = append(suggestions, cmd.Name()) } for _, explicitSuggestion := range cmd.SuggestFor { if strings.EqualFold(typedName, explicitSuggestion) { suggestions = append(suggestions, cmd.Name()) } } } } return suggestions } // VisitParents visits all parents of the command and invokes fn on each parent. func (c *Command) VisitParents(fn func(*Command)) { if c.HasParent() { fn(c.Parent()) c.Parent().VisitParents(fn) } } // Root finds root command. func (c *Command) Root() *Command { if c.HasParent() { return c.Parent().Root() } return c } // ArgsLenAtDash will return the length of c.Flags().Args at the moment // when a -- was found during args parsing. func (c *Command) ArgsLenAtDash() int { return c.Flags().ArgsLenAtDash() } func (c *Command) execute(a []string) (err error) { if c == nil { return fmt.Errorf("Called Execute() on a nil Command") } if len(c.Deprecated) > 0 { c.Printf("Command %q is deprecated, %s\n", c.Name(), c.Deprecated) } // initialize help and version flag at the last point possible to allow for user // overriding c.InitDefaultHelpFlag() c.InitDefaultVersionFlag() err = c.ParseFlags(a) if err != nil { return c.FlagErrorFunc()(c, err) } // If help is called, regardless of other flags, return we want help. // Also say we need help if the command isn't runnable. helpVal, err := c.Flags().GetBool("help") if err != nil { // should be impossible to get here as we always declare a help // flag in InitDefaultHelpFlag() c.Println("\"help\" flag declared as non-bool. Please correct your code") return err } if helpVal { return flag.ErrHelp } // for back-compat, only add version flag behavior if version is defined if c.Version != "" { versionVal, err := c.Flags().GetBool("version") if err != nil { c.Println("\"version\" flag declared as non-bool. Please correct your code") return err } if versionVal { err := tmpl(c.OutOrStdout(), c.VersionTemplate(), c) if err != nil { c.Println(err) } return err } } if !c.Runnable() { return flag.ErrHelp } c.preRun() defer c.postRun() argWoFlags := c.Flags().Args() if c.DisableFlagParsing { argWoFlags = a } if err := c.ValidateArgs(argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } for p := c; p != nil; p = p.Parent() { if p.PersistentPreRunE != nil { if err := p.PersistentPreRunE(c, argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } break } else if p.PersistentPreRun != nil { p.PersistentPreRun(c, argWoFlags) break } } if c.PreRunE != nil { if err := c.PreRunE(c, argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } } else if c.PreRun != nil { c.PreRun(c, argWoFlags) } if err := c.ValidateRequiredFlags(); err != nil { return err } if err := c.ValidateFlagGroups(); err != nil { return err } if c.RunE != nil { if err := c.RunE(c, argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } } else { c.Run(c, argWoFlags) } if c.PostRunE != nil { if err := c.PostRunE(c, argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } } else if c.PostRun != nil { c.PostRun(c, argWoFlags) } for p := c; p != nil; p = p.Parent() { if p.PersistentPostRunE != nil { if err := p.PersistentPostRunE(c, argWoFlags); err != nil { return err } break } else if p.PersistentPostRun != nil { p.PersistentPostRun(c, argWoFlags) break } } return nil } func (c *Command) preRun() { for _, x := range initializers { x() } } func (c *Command) postRun() { for _, x := range finalizers { x() } } // ExecuteContext is the same as Execute(), but sets the ctx on the command. // Retrieve ctx by calling cmd.Context() inside your *Run lifecycle or ValidArgs // functions. func (c *Command) ExecuteContext(ctx context.Context) error { c.ctx = ctx return c.Execute() } // Execute uses the args (os.Args[1:] by default) // and run through the command tree finding appropriate matches // for commands and then corresponding flags. func (c *Command) Execute() error { _, err := c.ExecuteC() return err } // ExecuteContextC is the same as ExecuteC(), but sets the ctx on the command. // Retrieve ctx by calling cmd.Context() inside your *Run lifecycle or ValidArgs // functions. func (c *Command) ExecuteContextC(ctx context.Context) (*Command, error) { c.ctx = ctx return c.ExecuteC() } // ExecuteC executes the command. func (c *Command) ExecuteC() (cmd *Command, err error) { if c.ctx == nil { c.ctx = context.Background() } // Regardless of what command execute is called on, run on Root only if c.HasParent() { return c.Root().ExecuteC() } // windows hook if preExecHookFn != nil { preExecHookFn(c) } // initialize help at the last point to allow for user overriding c.InitDefaultHelpCmd() // initialize completion at the last point to allow for user overriding c.InitDefaultCompletionCmd() // Now that all commands have been created, let's make sure all groups // are properly created also c.checkCommandGroups() args := c.args // Workaround FAIL with "go test -v" or "cobra.test -test.v", see #155 if c.args == nil && filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) != "cobra.test" { args = os.Args[1:] } // initialize the hidden command to be used for shell completion c.initCompleteCmd(args) var flags []string if c.TraverseChildren { cmd, flags, err = c.Traverse(args) } else { cmd, flags, err = c.Find(args) } if err != nil { // If found parse to a subcommand and then failed, talk about the subcommand if cmd != nil { c = cmd } if !c.SilenceErrors { c.PrintErrln("Error:", err.Error()) c.PrintErrf("Run '%v --help' for usage.\n", c.CommandPath()) } return c, err } cmd.commandCalledAs.called = true if cmd.commandCalledAs.name == "" { cmd.commandCalledAs.name = cmd.Name() } // We have to pass global context to children command // if context is present on the parent command. if cmd.ctx == nil { cmd.ctx = c.ctx } err = cmd.execute(flags) if err != nil { // Always show help if requested, even if SilenceErrors is in // effect if errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) { cmd.HelpFunc()(cmd, args) return cmd, nil } // If root command has SilenceErrors flagged, // all subcommands should respect it if !cmd.SilenceErrors && !c.SilenceErrors { c.PrintErrln("Error:", err.Error()) } // If root command has SilenceUsage flagged, // all subcommands should respect it if !cmd.SilenceUsage && !c.SilenceUsage { c.Println(cmd.UsageString()) } } return cmd, err } func (c *Command) ValidateArgs(args []string) error { if c.Args == nil { return ArbitraryArgs(c, args) } return c.Args(c, args) } // ValidateRequiredFlags validates all required flags are present and returns an error otherwise func (c *Command) ValidateRequiredFlags() error { if c.DisableFlagParsing { return nil } flags := c.Flags() missingFlagNames := []string{} flags.VisitAll(func(pflag *flag.Flag) { requiredAnnotation, found := pflag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag] if !found { return } if (requiredAnnotation[0] == "true") && !pflag.Changed { missingFlagNames = append(missingFlagNames, pflag.Name) } }) if len(missingFlagNames) > 0 { return fmt.Errorf(`required flag(s) "%s" not set`, strings.Join(missingFlagNames, `", "`)) } return nil } // checkCommandGroups checks if a command has been added to a group that does not exists. // If so, we panic because it indicates a coding error that should be corrected. func (c *Command) checkCommandGroups() { for _, sub := range c.commands { // if Group is not defined let the developer know right away if sub.GroupID != "" && !c.ContainsGroup(sub.GroupID) { panic(fmt.Sprintf("group id '%s' is not defined for subcommand '%s'", sub.GroupID, sub.CommandPath())) } sub.checkCommandGroups() } } // InitDefaultHelpFlag adds default help flag to c. // It is called automatically by executing the c or by calling help and usage. // If c already has help flag, it will do nothing. func (c *Command) InitDefaultHelpFlag() { c.mergePersistentFlags() if c.Flags().Lookup("help") == nil { usage := "help for " if c.Name() == "" { usage += "this command" } else { usage += c.Name() } c.Flags().BoolP("help", "h", false, usage) _ = c.Flags().SetAnnotation("help", FlagSetByCobraAnnotation, []string{"true"}) } } // InitDefaultVersionFlag adds default version flag to c. // It is called automatically by executing the c. // If c already has a version flag, it will do nothing. // If c.Version is empty, it will do nothing. func (c *Command) InitDefaultVersionFlag() { if c.Version == "" { return } c.mergePersistentFlags() if c.Flags().Lookup("version") == nil { usage := "version for " if c.Name() == "" { usage += "this command" } else { usage += c.Name() } if c.Flags().ShorthandLookup("v") == nil { c.Flags().BoolP("version", "v", false, usage) } else { c.Flags().Bool("version", false, usage) } _ = c.Flags().SetAnnotation("version", FlagSetByCobraAnnotation, []string{"true"}) } } // InitDefaultHelpCmd adds default help command to c. // It is called automatically by executing the c or by calling help and usage. // If c already has help command or c has no subcommands, it will do nothing. func (c *Command) InitDefaultHelpCmd() { if !c.HasSubCommands() { return } if c.helpCommand == nil { c.helpCommand = &Command{ Use: "help [command]", Short: "Help about any command", Long: `Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type ` + c.Name() + ` help [path to command] for full details.`, ValidArgsFunction: func(c *Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, ShellCompDirective) { var completions []string cmd, _, e := c.Root().Find(args) if e != nil { return nil, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp } if cmd == nil { // Root help command. cmd = c.Root() } for _, subCmd := range cmd.Commands() { if subCmd.IsAvailableCommand() || subCmd == cmd.helpCommand { if strings.HasPrefix(subCmd.Name(), toComplete) { completions = append(completions, fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s", subCmd.Name(), subCmd.Short)) } } } return completions, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp }, Run: func(c *Command, args []string) { cmd, _, e := c.Root().Find(args) if cmd == nil || e != nil { c.Printf("Unknown help topic %#q\n", args) CheckErr(c.Root().Usage()) } else { cmd.InitDefaultHelpFlag() // make possible 'help' flag to be shown cmd.InitDefaultVersionFlag() // make possible 'version' flag to be shown CheckErr(cmd.Help()) } }, GroupID: c.helpCommandGroupID, } } c.RemoveCommand(c.helpCommand) c.AddCommand(c.helpCommand) } // ResetCommands delete parent, subcommand and help command from c. func (c *Command) ResetCommands() { c.parent = nil c.commands = nil c.helpCommand = nil c.parentsPflags = nil } // Sorts commands by their names. type commandSorterByName []*Command func (c commandSorterByName) Len() int { return len(c) } func (c commandSorterByName) Swap(i, j int) { c[i], c[j] = c[j], c[i] } func (c commandSorterByName) Less(i, j int) bool { return c[i].Name() < c[j].Name() } // Commands returns a sorted slice of child commands. func (c *Command) Commands() []*Command { // do not sort commands if it already sorted or sorting was disabled if EnableCommandSorting && !c.commandsAreSorted { sort.Sort(commandSorterByName(c.commands)) c.commandsAreSorted = true } return c.commands } // AddCommand adds one or more commands to this parent command. func (c *Command) AddCommand(cmds ...*Command) { for i, x := range cmds { if cmds[i] == c { panic("Command can't be a child of itself") } cmds[i].parent = c // update max lengths usageLen := len(x.Use) if usageLen > c.commandsMaxUseLen { c.commandsMaxUseLen = usageLen } commandPathLen := len(x.CommandPath()) if commandPathLen > c.commandsMaxCommandPathLen { c.commandsMaxCommandPathLen = commandPathLen } nameLen := len(x.Name()) if nameLen > c.commandsMaxNameLen { c.commandsMaxNameLen = nameLen } // If global normalization function exists, update all children if c.globNormFunc != nil { x.SetGlobalNormalizationFunc(c.globNormFunc) } c.commands = append(c.commands, x) c.commandsAreSorted = false } } // Groups returns a slice of child command groups. func (c *Command) Groups() []*Group { return c.commandgroups } // AllChildCommandsHaveGroup returns if all subcommands are assigned to a group func (c *Command) AllChildCommandsHaveGroup() bool { for _, sub := range c.commands { if (sub.IsAvailableCommand() || sub == c.helpCommand) && sub.GroupID == "" { return false } } return true } // ContainGroups return if groupID exists in the list of command groups. func (c *Command) ContainsGroup(groupID string) bool { for _, x := range c.commandgroups { if x.ID == groupID { return true } } return false } // AddGroup adds one or more command groups to this parent command. func (c *Command) AddGroup(groups ...*Group) { c.commandgroups = append(c.commandgroups, groups...) } // RemoveCommand removes one or more commands from a parent command. func (c *Command) RemoveCommand(cmds ...*Command) { commands := []*Command{} main: for _, command := range c.commands { for _, cmd := range cmds { if command == cmd { command.parent = nil continue main } } commands = append(commands, command) } c.commands = commands // recompute all lengths c.commandsMaxUseLen = 0 c.commandsMaxCommandPathLen = 0 c.commandsMaxNameLen = 0 for _, command := range c.commands { usageLen := len(command.Use) if usageLen > c.commandsMaxUseLen { c.commandsMaxUseLen = usageLen } commandPathLen := len(command.CommandPath()) if commandPathLen > c.commandsMaxCommandPathLen { c.commandsMaxCommandPathLen = commandPathLen } nameLen := len(command.Name()) if nameLen > c.commandsMaxNameLen { c.commandsMaxNameLen = nameLen } } } // Print is a convenience method to Print to the defined output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) Print(i ...interface{}) { fmt.Fprint(c.OutOrStderr(), i...) } // Println is a convenience method to Println to the defined output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) Println(i ...interface{}) { c.Print(fmt.Sprintln(i...)) } // Printf is a convenience method to Printf to the defined output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) Printf(format string, i ...interface{}) { c.Print(fmt.Sprintf(format, i...)) } // PrintErr is a convenience method to Print to the defined Err output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) PrintErr(i ...interface{}) { fmt.Fprint(c.ErrOrStderr(), i...) } // PrintErrln is a convenience method to Println to the defined Err output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) PrintErrln(i ...interface{}) { c.PrintErr(fmt.Sprintln(i...)) } // PrintErrf is a convenience method to Printf to the defined Err output, fallback to Stderr if not set. func (c *Command) PrintErrf(format string, i ...interface{}) { c.PrintErr(fmt.Sprintf(format, i...)) } // CommandPath returns the full path to this command. func (c *Command) CommandPath() string { if c.HasParent() { return c.Parent().CommandPath() + " " + c.Name() } return c.Name() } // UseLine puts out the full usage for a given command (including parents). func (c *Command) UseLine() string { var useline string if c.HasParent() { useline = c.parent.CommandPath() + " " + c.Use } else { useline = c.Use } if c.DisableFlagsInUseLine { return useline } if c.HasAvailableFlags() && !strings.Contains(useline, "[flags]") { useline += " [flags]" } return useline } // DebugFlags used to determine which flags have been assigned to which commands // and which persist. func (c *Command) DebugFlags() { c.Println("DebugFlags called on", c.Name()) var debugflags func(*Command) debugflags = func(x *Command) { if x.HasFlags() || x.HasPersistentFlags() { c.Println(x.Name()) } if x.HasFlags() { x.flags.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if x.HasPersistentFlags() && x.persistentFlag(f.Name) != nil { c.Println(" -"+f.Shorthand+",", "--"+f.Name, "["+f.DefValue+"]", "", f.Value, " [LP]") } else { c.Println(" -"+f.Shorthand+",", "--"+f.Name, "["+f.DefValue+"]", "", f.Value, " [L]") } }) } if x.HasPersistentFlags() { x.pflags.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if x.HasFlags() { if x.flags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil { c.Println(" -"+f.Shorthand+",", "--"+f.Name, "["+f.DefValue+"]", "", f.Value, " [P]") } } else { c.Println(" -"+f.Shorthand+",", "--"+f.Name, "["+f.DefValue+"]", "", f.Value, " [P]") } }) } c.Println(x.flagErrorBuf) if x.HasSubCommands() { for _, y := range x.commands { debugflags(y) } } } debugflags(c) } // Name returns the command's name: the first word in the use line. func (c *Command) Name() string { name := c.Use i := strings.Index(name, " ") if i >= 0 { name = name[:i] } return name } // HasAlias determines if a given string is an alias of the command. func (c *Command) HasAlias(s string) bool { for _, a := range c.Aliases { if commandNameMatches(a, s) { return true } } return false } // CalledAs returns the command name or alias that was used to invoke // this command or an empty string if the command has not been called. func (c *Command) CalledAs() string { if c.commandCalledAs.called { return c.commandCalledAs.name } return "" } // hasNameOrAliasPrefix returns true if the Name or any of aliases start // with prefix func (c *Command) hasNameOrAliasPrefix(prefix string) bool { if strings.HasPrefix(c.Name(), prefix) { c.commandCalledAs.name = c.Name() return true } for _, alias := range c.Aliases { if strings.HasPrefix(alias, prefix) { c.commandCalledAs.name = alias return true } } return false } // NameAndAliases returns a list of the command name and all aliases func (c *Command) NameAndAliases() string { return strings.Join(append([]string{c.Name()}, c.Aliases...), ", ") } // HasExample determines if the command has example. func (c *Command) HasExample() bool { return len(c.Example) > 0 } // Runnable determines if the command is itself runnable. func (c *Command) Runnable() bool { return c.Run != nil || c.RunE != nil } // HasSubCommands determines if the command has children commands. func (c *Command) HasSubCommands() bool { return len(c.commands) > 0 } // IsAvailableCommand determines if a command is available as a non-help command // (this includes all non deprecated/hidden commands). func (c *Command) IsAvailableCommand() bool { if len(c.Deprecated) != 0 || c.Hidden { return false } if c.HasParent() && c.Parent().helpCommand == c { return false } if c.Runnable() || c.HasAvailableSubCommands() { return true } return false } // IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand determines if a command is an additional // help topic command; additional help topic command is determined by the // fact that it is NOT runnable/hidden/deprecated, and has no sub commands that // are runnable/hidden/deprecated. // Concrete example: https://git.internal/re/cobra/issues/393#issuecomment-282741924. func (c *Command) IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() bool { // if a command is runnable, deprecated, or hidden it is not a 'help' command if c.Runnable() || len(c.Deprecated) != 0 || c.Hidden { return false } // if any non-help sub commands are found, the command is not a 'help' command for _, sub := range c.commands { if !sub.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() { return false } } // the command either has no sub commands, or no non-help sub commands return true } // HasHelpSubCommands determines if a command has any available 'help' sub commands // that need to be shown in the usage/help default template under 'additional help // topics'. func (c *Command) HasHelpSubCommands() bool { // return true on the first found available 'help' sub command for _, sub := range c.commands { if sub.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() { return true } } // the command either has no sub commands, or no available 'help' sub commands return false } // HasAvailableSubCommands determines if a command has available sub commands that // need to be shown in the usage/help default template under 'available commands'. func (c *Command) HasAvailableSubCommands() bool { // return true on the first found available (non deprecated/help/hidden) // sub command for _, sub := range c.commands { if sub.IsAvailableCommand() { return true } } // the command either has no sub commands, or no available (non deprecated/help/hidden) // sub commands return false } // HasParent determines if the command is a child command. func (c *Command) HasParent() bool { return c.parent != nil } // GlobalNormalizationFunc returns the global normalization function or nil if it doesn't exist. func (c *Command) GlobalNormalizationFunc() func(f *flag.FlagSet, name string) flag.NormalizedName { return c.globNormFunc } // Flags returns the complete FlagSet that applies // to this command (local and persistent declared here and by all parents). func (c *Command) Flags() *flag.FlagSet { if c.flags == nil { c.flags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) if c.flagErrorBuf == nil { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) } c.flags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) } return c.flags } // LocalNonPersistentFlags are flags specific to this command which will NOT persist to subcommands. func (c *Command) LocalNonPersistentFlags() *flag.FlagSet { persistentFlags := c.PersistentFlags() out := flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) c.LocalFlags().VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if persistentFlags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil { out.AddFlag(f) } }) return out } // LocalFlags returns the local FlagSet specifically set in the current command. func (c *Command) LocalFlags() *flag.FlagSet { c.mergePersistentFlags() if c.lflags == nil { c.lflags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) if c.flagErrorBuf == nil { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) } c.lflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) } c.lflags.SortFlags = c.Flags().SortFlags if c.globNormFunc != nil { c.lflags.SetNormalizeFunc(c.globNormFunc) } addToLocal := func(f *flag.Flag) { // Add the flag if it is not a parent PFlag, or it shadows a parent PFlag if c.lflags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil && f != c.parentsPflags.Lookup(f.Name) { c.lflags.AddFlag(f) } } c.Flags().VisitAll(addToLocal) c.PersistentFlags().VisitAll(addToLocal) return c.lflags } // InheritedFlags returns all flags which were inherited from parent commands. func (c *Command) InheritedFlags() *flag.FlagSet { c.mergePersistentFlags() if c.iflags == nil { c.iflags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) if c.flagErrorBuf == nil { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) } c.iflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) } local := c.LocalFlags() if c.globNormFunc != nil { c.iflags.SetNormalizeFunc(c.globNormFunc) } c.parentsPflags.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if c.iflags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil && local.Lookup(f.Name) == nil { c.iflags.AddFlag(f) } }) return c.iflags } // NonInheritedFlags returns all flags which were not inherited from parent commands. func (c *Command) NonInheritedFlags() *flag.FlagSet { return c.LocalFlags() } // PersistentFlags returns the persistent FlagSet specifically set in the current command. func (c *Command) PersistentFlags() *flag.FlagSet { if c.pflags == nil { c.pflags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) if c.flagErrorBuf == nil { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) } c.pflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) } return c.pflags } // ResetFlags deletes all flags from command. func (c *Command) ResetFlags() { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) c.flagErrorBuf.Reset() c.flags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) c.flags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) c.pflags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) c.pflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) c.lflags = nil c.iflags = nil c.parentsPflags = nil } // HasFlags checks if the command contains any flags (local plus persistent from the entire structure). func (c *Command) HasFlags() bool { return c.Flags().HasFlags() } // HasPersistentFlags checks if the command contains persistent flags. func (c *Command) HasPersistentFlags() bool { return c.PersistentFlags().HasFlags() } // HasLocalFlags checks if the command has flags specifically declared locally. func (c *Command) HasLocalFlags() bool { return c.LocalFlags().HasFlags() } // HasInheritedFlags checks if the command has flags inherited from its parent command. func (c *Command) HasInheritedFlags() bool { return c.InheritedFlags().HasFlags() } // HasAvailableFlags checks if the command contains any flags (local plus persistent from the entire // structure) which are not hidden or deprecated. func (c *Command) HasAvailableFlags() bool { return c.Flags().HasAvailableFlags() } // HasAvailablePersistentFlags checks if the command contains persistent flags which are not hidden or deprecated. func (c *Command) HasAvailablePersistentFlags() bool { return c.PersistentFlags().HasAvailableFlags() } // HasAvailableLocalFlags checks if the command has flags specifically declared locally which are not hidden // or deprecated. func (c *Command) HasAvailableLocalFlags() bool { return c.LocalFlags().HasAvailableFlags() } // HasAvailableInheritedFlags checks if the command has flags inherited from its parent command which are // not hidden or deprecated. func (c *Command) HasAvailableInheritedFlags() bool { return c.InheritedFlags().HasAvailableFlags() } // Flag climbs up the command tree looking for matching flag. func (c *Command) Flag(name string) (flag *flag.Flag) { flag = c.Flags().Lookup(name) if flag == nil { flag = c.persistentFlag(name) } return } // Recursively find matching persistent flag. func (c *Command) persistentFlag(name string) (flag *flag.Flag) { if c.HasPersistentFlags() { flag = c.PersistentFlags().Lookup(name) } if flag == nil { c.updateParentsPflags() flag = c.parentsPflags.Lookup(name) } return } // ParseFlags parses persistent flag tree and local flags. func (c *Command) ParseFlags(args []string) error { if c.DisableFlagParsing { return nil } if c.flagErrorBuf == nil { c.flagErrorBuf = new(bytes.Buffer) } beforeErrorBufLen := c.flagErrorBuf.Len() c.mergePersistentFlags() // do it here after merging all flags and just before parse c.Flags().ParseErrorsWhitelist = flag.ParseErrorsWhitelist(c.FParseErrWhitelist) err := c.Flags().Parse(args) // Print warnings if they occurred (e.g. deprecated flag messages). if c.flagErrorBuf.Len()-beforeErrorBufLen > 0 && err == nil { c.Print(c.flagErrorBuf.String()) } return err } // Parent returns a commands parent command. func (c *Command) Parent() *Command { return c.parent } // mergePersistentFlags merges c.PersistentFlags() to c.Flags() // and adds missing persistent flags of all parents. func (c *Command) mergePersistentFlags() { c.updateParentsPflags() c.Flags().AddFlagSet(c.PersistentFlags()) c.Flags().AddFlagSet(c.parentsPflags) } // updateParentsPflags updates c.parentsPflags by adding // new persistent flags of all parents. // If c.parentsPflags == nil, it makes new. func (c *Command) updateParentsPflags() { if c.parentsPflags == nil { c.parentsPflags = flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError) c.parentsPflags.SetOutput(c.flagErrorBuf) c.parentsPflags.SortFlags = false } if c.globNormFunc != nil { c.parentsPflags.SetNormalizeFunc(c.globNormFunc) } c.Root().PersistentFlags().AddFlagSet(flag.CommandLine) c.VisitParents(func(parent *Command) { c.parentsPflags.AddFlagSet(parent.PersistentFlags()) }) } // commandNameMatches checks if two command names are equal // taking into account case sensitivity according to // EnableCaseInsensitive global configuration. func commandNameMatches(s string, t string) bool { if EnableCaseInsensitive { return strings.EqualFold(s, t) } return s == t }