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diff --git a/hack/man-page-checker b/hack/man-page-checker
index 17d85d65d..d2cc6c6e1 100755
--- a/hack/man-page-checker
+++ b/hack/man-page-checker
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
# man-page-checker - validate and cross-reference man page names
#
+verbose=
+for i; do
+ case "$i" in
+ -v|--verbose) verbose=verbose ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+
die() {
echo "$(basename $0): $*" >&2
exit 1
@@ -65,6 +73,61 @@ for md in $(ls -1 *-*.1.md | grep -v remote);do
fi
done
+# Helper function: compares man page synopsis vs --help usage message
+function compare_usage() {
+ local cmd="$1"
+ local from_man="$2"
+
+ # Sometimes in CI we run before podman gets built.
+ test -x ../../../bin/podman || return
+
+ # Run 'cmd --help', grab the line immediately after 'Usage:'
+ local help_output=$(../../../bin/$cmd --help)
+ local from_help=$(echo "$help_output" | grep -A1 '^Usage:' | tail -1)
+
+ # strip off command name from both
+ from_man=$(sed -e "s/\*\*$cmd\*\*[[:space:]]*//" <<<"$from_man")
+ from_help=$(sed -e "s/^[[:space:]]*$cmd[[:space:]]*//" <<<"$from_help")
+
+ # man page lists 'foo [*options*]', help msg shows 'foo [flags]'.
+ # Make sure if one has it, the other does too.
+ if expr "$from_man" : "\[\*options\*\]" >/dev/null; then
+ if expr "$from_help" : "\[flags\]" >/dev/null; then
+ :
+ else
+ echo "WARNING: $cmd: man page shows '[*options*]', help does not show [flags]"
+ rc=1
+ fi
+ elif expr "$from_help" : "\[flags\]" >/dev/null; then
+ echo "WARNING: $cmd: --help shows [flags], man page does not show [*options*]"
+ rc=1
+ fi
+
+ # Strip off options and flags; start comparing arguments
+ from_man=$(sed -e 's/^\[\*options\*\][[:space:]]*//' <<<"$from_man")
+ from_help=$(sed -e 's/^\[flags\][[:space:]]*//' <<<"$from_help")
+
+ # Args in man page are '*foo*', in --help are 'FOO'. Convert all to
+ # UPCASE simply because it stands out better to the eye.
+ from_man=$(sed -e 's/\*\([a-z-]\+\)\*/\U\1/g' <<<"$from_man")
+
+ # FIXME: one of the common patterns is for --help to show 'POD [POD...]'
+ # but man page show 'pod ...'. This conversion may help one day, but
+ # not yet: there are too many inconsistencies such as '[pod ...]'
+ # (brackets) and 'pod...' (no space between).
+# from_help=$(sed -e 's/\([A-Z]\+\)[[:space:]]\+\[\1[[:space:]]*\.\.\.\]/\1 .../' <<<"$from_help")
+
+ # Compare man-page and --help usage strings. For now, do so only
+ # when run with --verbose.
+ if [[ "$from_man" != "$from_help" ]]; then
+ if [ -n "$verbose" ]; then
+ printf "%-25s man='%s' help='%s'\n" "$cmd:" "$from_man" "$from_help"
+ # Yeah, we're not going to enable this as a blocker any time soon.
+ # rc=1
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+
# Pass 3: compare synopses.
#
# Make sure the SYNOPSIS line in podman-foo.1.md reads '**podman foo** ...'
@@ -87,9 +150,7 @@ for md in *.1.md;do
cmd=$(echo "$synopsis" | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\*\*.*/\1/' | tr -d \*)
md_nodash=$(basename "$md" .1.md | tr '-' ' ')
if [[ $md_nodash = 'podman auto update' ]]; then
- # podman-auto-update.1.md is special cased as it's structure differs
- # from that of other man pages where main and sub-commands split by
- # dashes.
+ # special case: the command is "auto-update", with a hyphen
md_nodash='podman auto-update'
fi
if [ "$cmd" != "$md_nodash" -a "$cmd" != "podman-remote" ]; then
@@ -111,8 +172,9 @@ for md in *.1.md;do
# (for debugging, and getting a sense of standard conventions)
#printf " %-32s ------ '%s'\n" $md "$synopsis"
- # FIXME: some day: run ./bin/podman "args", extract Usage,
- # strip off [flags] and [options], then compare arguments
+ # If bin/podman is available, run "cmd --help" and compare Usage
+ # messages. This is complicated, so do it in a helper function.
+ compare_usage "$md_nodash" "$synopsis"
done