/* Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes 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 help import ( "strings" "github.com/spf13/cobra" "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n" "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates" ) var helpLong = templates.LongDesc(i18n.T(` Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type kubectl help [path to command] for full details.`)) // NewCmdHelp returns the help Cobra command func NewCmdHelp() *cobra.Command { cmd := &cobra.Command{ Use: "help [command] | STRING_TO_SEARCH", DisableFlagsInUseLine: true, Short: i18n.T("Help about any command"), Long: helpLong, Run: RunHelp, } return cmd } // RunHelp checks given arguments and executes command func RunHelp(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { foundCmd, _, err := cmd.Root().Find(args) // NOTE(andreykurilin): actually, I did not find any cases when foundCmd can be nil, // but let's make this check since it is included in original code of initHelpCmd // from github.com/spf13/cobra if foundCmd == nil { cmd.Printf("Unknown help topic %#q.\n", args) cmd.Root().Usage() } else if err != nil { // print error message at first, since it can contain suggestions cmd.Println(err) argsString := strings.Join(args, " ") var matchedMsgIsPrinted = false for _, foundCmd := range foundCmd.Commands() { if strings.Contains(foundCmd.Short, argsString) { if !matchedMsgIsPrinted { cmd.Printf("Matchers of string '%s' in short descriptions of commands: \n", argsString) matchedMsgIsPrinted = true } cmd.Printf(" %-14s %s\n", foundCmd.Name(), foundCmd.Short) } } if !matchedMsgIsPrinted { // if nothing is found, just print usage cmd.Root().Usage() } } else { if len(args) == 0 { // help message for help command :) foundCmd = cmd } helpFunc := foundCmd.HelpFunc() helpFunc(foundCmd, args) } }