fix: show flags that shadow parent persistent flag in child help (#1776)

This fixes a bug where a child flag that shadows (has the same
name as) a parent persistent flag would not be shown in the
child command's help output and the parent flag would be shown
instead under the global flags section.

This change makes the help output consistent with the
observed behavior during execution, where the child flag is
the one that is actually used.
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Brian Pursley 2022-08-28 12:46:39 -04:00 committed by GitHub
parent dbf85f6104
commit 22b617914c
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2 changed files with 36 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -1505,7 +1505,8 @@ func (c *Command) LocalFlags() *flag.FlagSet {
}
addToLocal := func(f *flag.Flag) {
if c.lflags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil && c.parentsPflags.Lookup(f.Name) == nil {
// 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)
}
}

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@ -707,10 +707,7 @@ func TestEmptyInputs(t *testing.T) {
}
}
func TestOverwrittenFlag(t *testing.T) {
// TODO: This test fails, but should work.
t.Skip()
func TestChildFlagShadowsParentPersistentFlag(t *testing.T) {
parent := &Command{Use: "parent", Run: emptyRun}
child := &Command{Use: "child", Run: emptyRun}
@ -732,7 +729,7 @@ func TestOverwrittenFlag(t *testing.T) {
}
if childInherited.Lookup("intf") != nil {
t.Errorf(`InheritedFlags should not contain overwritten flag "intf"`)
t.Errorf(`InheritedFlags should not contain shadowed flag "intf"`)
}
if childLocal.Lookup("intf") == nil {
t.Error(`LocalFlags expected to contain "intf", got "nil"`)
@ -887,6 +884,38 @@ func TestHelpCommandExecutedOnChild(t *testing.T) {
checkStringContains(t, output, childCmd.Long)
}
func TestHelpCommandExecutedOnChildWithFlagThatShadowsParentFlag(t *testing.T) {
parent := &Command{Use: "parent", Run: emptyRun}
child := &Command{Use: "child", Run: emptyRun}
parent.AddCommand(child)
parent.PersistentFlags().Bool("foo", false, "parent foo usage")
parent.PersistentFlags().Bool("bar", false, "parent bar usage")
child.Flags().Bool("foo", false, "child foo usage") // This shadows parent's foo flag
child.Flags().Bool("baz", false, "child baz usage")
got, err := executeCommand(parent, "help", "child")
if err != nil {
t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
}
expected := `Usage:
parent child [flags]
Flags:
--baz child baz usage
--foo child foo usage
-h, --help help for child
Global Flags:
--bar parent bar usage
`
if got != expected {
t.Errorf("Help text mismatch.\nExpected:\n%s\n\nGot:\n%s\n", expected, got)
}
}
func TestSetHelpCommand(t *testing.T) {
c := &Command{Use: "c", Run: emptyRun}
c.AddCommand(&Command{Use: "empty", Run: emptyRun})