From 277ada56988516b99f9b5846bffa600b59614058 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Riendeau Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:37:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] changes README to have go code ran through gofmt --- README.md | 173 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4855523b..d40489b2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ ![cobra logo](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/173412/10886352/ad566232-814f-11e5-9cd0-aa101788c117.png) -Cobra is both a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications as well as a program to generate applications and command files. +Cobra is both a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications as well as a program to generate applications and command files. Many of the most widely used Go projects are built using Cobra including: * [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io/) * [Hugo](http://gohugo.io) * [rkt](https://github.com/coreos/rkt) -* [Docker (distribution)](https://github.com/docker/distribution) +* [Docker (distribution)](https://github.com/docker/distribution) * [OpenShift](https://www.openshift.com/) * [Delve](https://github.com/derekparker/delve) * [GopherJS](http://www.gopherjs.org/) @@ -119,29 +119,33 @@ The root command represents your binary itself. Cobra doesn't require any special constructors. Simply create your commands. - var HugoCmd = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "hugo", - Short: "Hugo is a very fast static site generator", - Long: `A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with +```go +var HugoCmd = &cobra.Command{ + Use: "hugo", + Short: "Hugo is a very fast static site generator", + Long: `A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by spf13 and friends in Go. Complete documentation is available at http://hugo.spf13.com`, - Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { - // Do Stuff Here - }, - } + Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { + // Do Stuff Here + }, +} +``` ### Create additional commands Additional commands can be defined. - var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "version", - Short: "Print the version number of Hugo", - Long: `All software has versions. This is Hugo's`, - Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { - fmt.Println("Hugo Static Site Generator v0.9 -- HEAD") - }, - } +```go +var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{ + Use: "version", + Short: "Print the version number of Hugo", + Long: `All software has versions. This is Hugo's`, + Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { + fmt.Println("Hugo Static Site Generator v0.9 -- HEAD") + }, +} +``` ### Attach command to its parent In this example we are attaching it to the root, but commands can be attached at any level. @@ -198,59 +202,62 @@ by not providing a 'Run' for the 'rootCmd'. We have only defined one flag for a single command. More documentation about flags is available at https://github.com/spf13/pflag +```go +package main - import( - "github.com/spf13/cobra" - "fmt" - "strings" - ) +import ( + "fmt" + "strings" - func main() { + "github.com/spf13/cobra" +) - var echoTimes int +func main() { - var cmdPrint = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "print [string to print]", - Short: "Print anything to the screen", - Long: `print is for printing anything back to the screen. + var echoTimes int + + var cmdPrint = &cobra.Command{ + Use: "print [string to print]", + Short: "Print anything to the screen", + Long: `print is for printing anything back to the screen. For many years people have printed back to the screen. `, - Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { - fmt.Println("Print: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) - }, - } + Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { + fmt.Println("Print: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) + }, + } - var cmdEcho = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "echo [string to echo]", - Short: "Echo anything to the screen", - Long: `echo is for echoing anything back. + var cmdEcho = &cobra.Command{ + Use: "echo [string to echo]", + Short: "Echo anything to the screen", + Long: `echo is for echoing anything back. Echo works a lot like print, except it has a child command. `, - Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { - fmt.Println("Print: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) - }, - } + Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { + fmt.Println("Print: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) + }, + } - var cmdTimes = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "times [# times] [string to echo]", - Short: "Echo anything to the screen more times", - Long: `echo things multiple times back to the user by providing + var cmdTimes = &cobra.Command{ + Use: "times [# times] [string to echo]", + Short: "Echo anything to the screen more times", + Long: `echo things multiple times back to the user by providing a count and a string.`, - Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { - for i:=0; i < echoTimes; i++ { - fmt.Println("Echo: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) - } - }, - } + Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { + for i := 0; i < echoTimes; i++ { + fmt.Println("Echo: " + strings.Join(args, " ")) + } + }, + } - cmdTimes.Flags().IntVarP(&echoTimes, "times", "t", 1, "times to echo the input") - - var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{Use: "app"} - rootCmd.AddCommand(cmdPrint, cmdEcho) - cmdEcho.AddCommand(cmdTimes) - rootCmd.Execute() - } + cmdTimes.Flags().IntVarP(&echoTimes, "times", "t", 1, "times to echo the input") + var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{Use: "app"} + rootCmd.AddCommand(cmdPrint, cmdEcho) + cmdEcho.AddCommand(cmdTimes) + rootCmd.Execute() +} +``` For a more complete example of a larger application, please checkout [Hugo](http://hugo.spf13.com) ## The Help Command @@ -308,18 +315,20 @@ You can provide your own Help command or you own template for the default comman The default help command is - func (c *Command) initHelp() { - 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. +```go +func (c *Command) initHelp() { + 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.`, - Run: c.HelpFunc(), - } - } - c.AddCommand(c.helpCommand) - } + Run: c.HelpFunc(), + } + } + c.AddCommand(c.helpCommand) +} +``` You can provide your own command, function or template through the following methods. @@ -462,32 +471,6 @@ Cobra also has functions where the return signature is an error. This allows for **Example Usage using RunE:** ```go -package main - -import ( - "errors" - "log" - - "github.com/spf13/cobra" -) - -func main() { - var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{ - Use: "hugo", - Short: "Hugo is a very fast static site generator", - Long: `A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with - love by spf13 and friends in Go. - Complete documentation is available at http://hugo.spf13.com`, - RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { - // Do Stuff Here - return errors.New("some random error") - }, - } - - if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil { - log.Fatal(err) - } -} ``` ## Suggestions when "unknown command" happens