Update: Replace nomnom with yargs

index.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var gutil = require('gulp-util');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
-var nomnom = require('nomnom');
+var yargs = require('yargs');
 var Liftoff = require('liftoff');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
 var interpret = require('interpret');
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ var cli = new Liftoff({
   v8flags: v8flags,
 });
 
-var opts = nomnom
-  .script('gulp')
-  .options(cliOptions)
-  .parse();
+var usage =
+  '\n' + chalk.bold('Usage:') +
+  ' gulp ' + chalk.blue('[options]') + ' tasks';
+
+var parser = yargs.usage(usage, cliOptions);
+var opts = parser.argv;
 
 // This is a hold-over until we have a better logging system
 // with log levels
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ module.exports = run;
 
 // The actual logic
 function handleArguments(env) {
+  if (opts.help) {
+    console.log(parser.help());
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
   if (opts.version) {
     gutil.log('CLI version', cliVersion);
     if (env.modulePackage && typeof env.modulePackage.version !== 'undefined') {

lib/shared/cliOptions.js

@@ -1,70 +1,78 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var chalk = require('chalk');
+
 module.exports = {
+  help: {
+    alias: 'h',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.grey(
+      'Show this help.'),
+  },
   version: {
-    abbr: 'v',
-    flag: true,
-    help: 'Print the global and local gulp versions.',
+    alias: 'v',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
+      'Print the global and local gulp versions.'),
   },
   require: {
-    list: true,
-    metavar: '<module path>',
-    help:
+    type: 'string',
+    requiresArg: true,
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Will require a module before running the gulpfile. ' +
-      'This is useful for transpilers but also has other applications.',
+      'This is useful for transpilers but also has other applications.'),
   },
   gulpfile: {
-    metavar: '<gulpfile path>',
-    help:
+    type: 'string',
+    requiresArg: true,
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Manually set path of gulpfile. Useful if you have multiple gulpfiles. ' +
-      'This will set the CWD to the gulpfile directory as well.',
+      'This will set the CWD to the gulpfile directory as well.'),
   },
   cwd: {
-    metavar: '<dir path>',
-    help:
+    type: 'string',
+    requiresArg: true,
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Manually set the CWD. The search for the gulpfile, ' +
-      'as well as the relativity of all requires will be from here.',
+      'as well as the relativity of all requires will be from here.'),
   },
   verify: {
-    metavar: '<package.json path>',
-    flag: true,
-    help:
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Will verify plugins referenced in project\'s package.json against ' +
-      'the plugins blacklist.',
+      'the plugins blacklist.'),
   },
   tasks: {
-    full: 'tasks',
-    abbr: 'T',
-    flag: true,
-    help: 'Print the task dependency tree for the loaded gulpfile.',
+    alias: 'T',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
+      'Print the task dependency tree for the loaded gulpfile.'),
   },
-  tasksSimple: {
-    full: 'tasks-simple',
-    flag: true,
-    help: 'Print a plaintext list of tasks for the loaded gulpfile.',
+  'tasks-simple': {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
+      'Print a plaintext list of tasks for the loaded gulpfile.'),
   },
-  tasksJson: {
-    full: 'tasks-json',
-    flag: true,
-    help:
+  'tasks-json': {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Print the task dependency tree, ' +
-      'in JSON format, for the loaded gulpfile.',
+      'in JSON format, for the loaded gulpfile.'),
   },
   color: {
-    flag: true,
-    help:
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Will force gulp and gulp plugins to display colors, ' +
-      'even when no color support is detected.',
+      'even when no color support is detected.'),
   },
-  noColor: {
-    full: 'no-color',
-    flag: true,
-    help:
+  'no-color': {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
       'Will force gulp and gulp plugins to not display colors, ' +
-      'even when color support is detected.',
+      'even when color support is detected.'),
   },
   silent: {
-    flag: true,
-    help: 'Suppress all gulp logging.',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    desc: chalk.gray(
+      'Suppress all gulp logging.'),
   },
 };

package.json

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
     "interpret": "^0.6.4",
     "liftoff": "^2.1.0",
     "matchdep": "^0.3.0",
-    "nomnom": "^1.8.0",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "semver-greatest-satisfied-range": "^1.0.0",
     "tildify": "^1.0.0",
     "v8flags": "^2.0.9",
-    "wreck": "^5.0.1"
+    "wreck": "^5.0.1",
+    "yargs": "^1.3.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "code": "^1.2.1",