feat(lib): add usage-rs facade

[jdx]

Summary

• add usage-rs, the single dependency for compiled usage CLIs
• re-export the four derives, the argv runtime, and ValueHint from the facade
• forward cold-path spec, help, completions, and diagnostics features
• make generated derive paths resolve either usage-rs or a direct/renamed usage-argv dependency
• retain direct usage-argv compatibility for low-level adopters

Applications can choose the short public crate name in Cargo:

[dependencies]
usage = { package = "usage-rs", version = "5.1" }

and then keep the declaration on one API:

use usage::Cli;

#[derive(Cli)]
struct Cli {
    #[usage(long, value_hint = usage::ValueHint::FilePath)]
    file: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
}

Why

Depending on usage-derive and usage-argv separately exposes an implementation split and allows their versions or features to drift. The facade gives adopters one versioned package while leaving the zero-allocation runtime independently usable.

The facade crate target remains usage_rs to avoid colliding with the existing usage-lib target inside this workspace. The documented Cargo alias provides the intended usage::… source spelling.

Stack

Base layer for #965, which migrates usage-cli to this facade.

Checks

• cargo test --all --all-features
• cargo clippy --all --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
• cargo +1.91.0 check -p usage-argv -p usage-derive -p usage-rs --all-features
• cargo test -p usage-rs --no-default-features
• external path-dependency check using the documented usage = { package = "usage-rs", … } alias

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Note

Medium Risk
Macro-generated path resolution affects every derived CLI; behavior is covered by new fixtures, but a wrong crate_name resolution could break adopters at compile time across the ecosystem.

Overview
Introduces usage-rs, a workspace crate meant to be depended on as usage = { package = "usage-rs", … }. It re-exports usage-argv, optional usage-derive macros behind the spec feature, and forwards feature flags for help, completions, and diagnostics so adopters get one versioned package instead of splitting derive and runtime.

usage-derive now uses proc-macro-crate to pick emitted paths at compile time: a direct usage-argv dependency wins over the facade (for mixed/low-level setups); otherwise generated code goes through usage-rs::argv and the facade’s derive re-exports. Emitted tables import the chosen runtime as usage_argv locally, and unit subcommands use the resolved derive path instead of hard-coded ::usage_derive.

Docs and model hints shift public examples from usage_argv::ValueHint to usage::ValueHint. CI MSRV matrix includes usage-rs at Rust 1.91; integration tests cover the Cargo alias fixture and mixed direct + facade dependencies.

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Replaces #953 after flipping the stack so the CLI can consume the facade.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added the usage-rs facade crate, providing a unified API for CLI parsing and derive macros.
  • Added support for runtime-selected parsing, completions, settings, metadata, validation, and subcommands.
  • Improved file-path handling with clearer errors for invalid UTF-8 and platform conversion failures.

• Bug Fixes

  • Updated generated APIs and examples to use the unified usage interface consistently.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for argument parsing, subcommands, value hints, and generated metadata.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds the usage-rs facade crate, exposes runtime and derive APIs, updates generated code to use facade-aware paths, adds facade integration tests, and includes the crate in the MSRV test matrix.

Changes

usage-rs facade integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Facade package and exports Cargo.toml, usage-rs/Cargo.toml, usage-rs/src/lib.rs, derive/Cargo.toml	The workspace adds usage-rs. The facade re-exports usage_argv items and feature-gated derive macros.
Runtime and derive path resolution derive/src/codegen.rs, derive/src/lib.rs, derive/src/model.rs	Generated code selects the facade when available and falls back to direct crates. Runtime paths now cover parsing, completion, metadata, diagnostics, and value enums.
Generated parsing and command behavior derive/src/codegen.rs	Generated settings, arguments, flattened commands, subcommands, validation, path conversion, and value-enum implementations use the selected runtime.
Facade validation and MSRV coverage usage-rs/tests/facade.rs, .github/workflows/test.yml	Integration tests cover facade parsing, path hints, metadata, derives, and unit subcommands. The MSRV matrix checks usage-rs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d2f84

The new facade may currently generate paths that fail to compile when derives are used from within the facade, while the documented Cargo alias and no-default-features configuration still lack reliable validation. Merge should wait for these bounded correctness and compatibility fixes.

Poem

I hop through a facade bright,
Paths resolve both day and night.
Arguments parse, subcommands cheer,
Runtime aliases now appear.
Tests leave tracks across the snow.
— A rabbit in the code below

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Greptile Summary

The PR adds the usage-rs facade and updates derive expansion to resolve direct low-level dependencies before falling back to the facade.

• Re-exports the argv runtime, derive macros, and ValueHint through one package.
• Forwards optional spec, help, completion, and diagnostics features.
• Adds facade-only and mixed direct-dependency integration fixtures.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
derive/src/codegen.rs	Generated paths now prefer explicit usage-argv and usage-derive dependencies, with facade and legacy fallbacks; the previously reported mixed-dependency resolution issue is covered by the renamed-dependency fixture.
usage-rs/src/lib.rs	Introduces the facade’s runtime and feature-gated derive re-exports, including an internal self-alias for generated absolute paths.
usage-rs/Cargo.toml	Defines facade feature forwarding and keeps derive macros gated behind the spec feature.
usage-rs/tests/external.rs	Runs external facade-only and mixed-dependency fixtures in isolated Cargo target directories.
usage-rs/tests/fixtures/mixed-dependencies/Cargo.toml	Exercises the prior failure condition using a feature-disabled facade and explicitly renamed direct runtime and derive dependencies.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

usage-rs/src/lib.rs (1)

11-25: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Gate the doctest on the spec feature.

The example derives Cli, which exists only when spec is enabled. spec is a default feature, so the ordinary test run passes. A build or test with --no-default-features fails inside this doc example instead of reporting the missing feature.

Add a cfg_attr doc gate, or mark the block ignore for that configuration.

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In `@usage-rs/src/lib.rs` around lines 11 - 25, Gate the `Cli` derive doctest in
the crate-level documentation so it is only compiled when the `spec` feature is
enabled. Add a conditional documentation attribute or configuration-specific
ignore to the example around `Ex`, preserving its existing behavior when `spec`
is available.

Apply the same fix in `@usage-rs/Cargo.toml` around lines 5 - 6.

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Inline comments:
In `@derive/src/codegen.rs`:
- Around line 26-43: Update the FoundCrate::Itself branches in runtime_path()
and derive_path() so self-referential paths resolve within usage-rs, either by
adding the required usage_rs self-alias or by emitting crate::argv and crate
respectively. Preserve the existing dependency-name handling for external crates
and the fallback behavior for unresolved crates.

Apply the same fix in `@usage-rs/Cargo.toml` around lines 17 - 24.

Apply the same fix in `@derive/Cargo.toml` at line 22.

In `@usage-rs/tests/facade.rs`:
- Around line 4-5: Update the facade fixture to define the external Cargo alias
as usage = { package = "usage-rs", ... } in its manifest, without declaring the
package under its original name. Run both facade tests against that alias, and
retain the generated use `#runtime` as usage_argv binding so usage_argv remains
facade-aware.

Apply the same fix in `@usage-rs/src/lib.rs` around lines 29 - 32.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@usage-rs/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 11-25: Gate the `Cli` derive doctest in the crate-level
documentation so it is only compiled when the `spec` feature is enabled. Add a
conditional documentation attribute or configuration-specific ignore to the
example around `Ex`, preserving its existing behavior when `spec` is available.

Apply the same fix in `@usage-rs/Cargo.toml` around lines 5 - 6.

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