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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func main() {
Cobra-CLI is its own program that will create your application and add any
commands you want. It's the easiest way to incorporate Cobra into your application.
-For complete details on using the Cobra generator, please refer to [The Cobra-CLI Generator README](https://github.com/spf13/cobra-cli/blob/master/README.md)
+For complete details on using the Cobra generator, please refer to [The Cobra-CLI Generator README](https://github.com/spf13/cobra-cli/blob/main/README.md)
## Using the Cobra Library
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
Short: "Hugo is a very fast static site generator",
Long: `A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with
love by spf13 and friends in Go.
- Complete documentation is available at http://hugo.spf13.com`,
+ Complete documentation is available at https://gohugo.io/documentation/`,
Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
// Do Stuff Here
},
@@ -300,10 +300,34 @@ rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&Region, "region", "r", "", "AWS region (re
rootCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("region")
```
+### Flag Groups
+
+If you have different flags that must be provided together (e.g. if they provide the `--username` flag they MUST provide the `--password` flag as well) then
+Cobra can enforce that requirement:
+```go
+rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&u, "username", "u", "", "Username (required if password is set)")
+rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&pw, "password", "p", "", "Password (required if username is set)")
+rootCmd.MarkFlagsRequiredTogether("username", "password")
+```
+
+You can also prevent different flags from being provided together if they represent mutually
+exclusive options such as specifying an output format as either `--json` or `--yaml` but never both:
+```go
+rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&u, "json", false, "Output in JSON")
+rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&pw, "yaml", false, "Output in YAML")
+rootCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("json", "yaml")
+```
+
+In both of these cases:
+ - both local and persistent flags can be used
+ - **NOTE:** the group is only enforced on commands where every flag is defined
+ - a flag may appear in multiple groups
+ - a group may contain any number of flags
+
## Positional and Custom Arguments
-Validation of positional arguments can be specified using the `Args` field
-of `Command`.
+Validation of positional arguments can be specified using the `Args` field of `Command`.
+If `Args` is undefined or `nil`, it defaults to `ArbitraryArgs`.
The following validators are built in:
@@ -405,7 +429,7 @@ a count and a string.`,
}
```
-For a more complete example of a larger application, please checkout [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/).
+For a more complete example of a larger application, please checkout [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/).
## Help Command
@@ -603,7 +627,7 @@ Did you mean this?
Run 'hugo --help' for usage.
```
-Suggestions are automatic based on every subcommand registered and use an implementation of [Levenshtein distance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance). Every registered command that matches a minimum distance of 2 (ignoring case) will be displayed as a suggestion.
+Suggestions are automatic based on every subcommand registered and use an implementation of [Levenshtein distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance). Every registered command that matches a minimum distance of 2 (ignoring case) will be displayed as a suggestion.
If you need to disable suggestions or tweak the string distance in your command, use:
@@ -636,3 +660,7 @@ Cobra can generate documentation based on subcommands, flags, etc. Read more abo
## Generating shell completions
Cobra can generate a shell-completion file for the following shells: bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell. If you add more information to your commands, these completions can be amazingly powerful and flexible. Read more about it in [Shell Completions](shell_completions.md).
+
+## Providing Active Help
+
+Cobra makes use of the shell-completion system to define a framework allowing you to provide Active Help to your users. Active Help are messages (hints, warnings, etc) printed as the program is being used. Read more about it in [Active Help](active_help.md).