Description
The usage generated by the built-in help flag has the name of the type of all @OptionGroup
members prepended to the command stack if all options and arguments are optional (i.e. have a default value) and thus differs from the usage in e.g. ParsableCommand.helpMessage()
.
ArgumentParser version: 1.0.0
–1.2.2
& main
Swift version: 1.62.15 Apple Swift version 5.7.2 (swiftlang-5.7.2.135.5 clang-1400.0.29.51)
Checklist
- If possible, I've reproduced the issue using the
main
branch of this package - I've searched for existing GitHub issues
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a
ParsableCommand
with at least one@OptionGroup
member and provide default values to all members such that all arguments are optional.
Example:
struct Test: ParsableCommand {
struct Group: ParsableCommand {
@Option
var num: Int = 0
}
@OptionGroup
var options: Group
@Argument
var arg: String = ""
}
- Build an executable which runs the
ParsableCommand
through@main
orParsableCommand.main()
. - Execute the binary with the "-h" or "--help" flag.
Expected behavior
The usage string that is printed as part of the help message is the same as the usage printed when running it with no arguments and the same as returned by Test.helpMessage()
.
In this case:
USAGE: test [--num <num>] [<arg>]
Actual behavior
The usage string that is printed as part of the help message contains the name of the type of all @OptionGroup
members before the actual command name.
The first line printed when executing the binary with only "--help" as an argument is:
USAGE: group test [--num <num>] [<arg>]
and thus differs from the other methods of getting the usage which are all as expected.
If we change our ParsableCommand
struct to have at least one non-optional argument by removing one of the default values, the usage returned by the built-in help flag is fixed.
For example, with:
struct Test: ParsableCommand {
struct Group: ParsableCommand {
@Option
var num: Int = 0
}
@OptionGroup
var options: Group
@Argument
var arg: String// = ""
}
the help flag correctly produces:
USAGE: test [--num <num>] <arg>
again.