help.go

/*
Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/

package cmd

import (
	"strings"

	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
)

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.`))

func NewCmdHelp() *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "help [command] | STRING_TO_SEARCH",
		Short: i18n.T("Help about any command"),
		Long:  helpLong,

		Run: RunHelp,
	}

	return cmd
}

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 bool = 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)
	}
}