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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/README.md b/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/README.md index 074e3979f..7adef143b 100644 --- a/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/README.md +++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/README.md @@ -1,52 +1,26 @@  -Cobra is both a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications as well as a program to generate applications and command files. +Cobra is a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications. Cobra is used in many Go projects such as [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io/), [Hugo](https://gohugo.io), and [Github CLI](https://github.com/cli/cli) to name a few. [This list](./projects_using_cobra.md) contains a more extensive list of projects using Cobra. [](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/actions?query=workflow%3ATest) -[](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra) +[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/spf13/cobra) [](https://gophers.slack.com/archives/CD3LP1199) -# Table of Contents - -- [Overview](#overview) -- [Concepts](#concepts) - * [Commands](#commands) - * [Flags](#flags) -- [Installing](#installing) -- [Usage](#usage) - * [Using the Cobra Generator](user_guide.md#using-the-cobra-generator) - * [Using the Cobra Library](user_guide.md#using-the-cobra-library) - * [Working with Flags](user_guide.md#working-with-flags) - * [Positional and Custom Arguments](user_guide.md#positional-and-custom-arguments) - * [Example](user_guide.md#example) - * [Help Command](user_guide.md#help-command) - * [Usage Message](user_guide.md#usage-message) - * [PreRun and PostRun Hooks](user_guide.md#prerun-and-postrun-hooks) - * [Suggestions when "unknown command" happens](user_guide.md#suggestions-when-unknown-command-happens) - * [Generating documentation for your command](user_guide.md#generating-documentation-for-your-command) - * [Generating shell completions](user_guide.md#generating-shell-completions) -- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) -- [License](#license) - # Overview Cobra is a library providing a simple interface to create powerful modern CLI interfaces similar to git & go tools. -Cobra is also an application that will generate your application scaffolding to rapidly -develop a Cobra-based application. - Cobra provides: * Easy subcommand-based CLIs: `app server`, `app fetch`, etc. * Fully POSIX-compliant flags (including short & long versions) * Nested subcommands * Global, local and cascading flags -* Easy generation of applications & commands with `cobra init appname` & `cobra add cmdname` * Intelligent suggestions (`app srver`... did you mean `app server`?) * Automatic help generation for commands and flags * Automatic help flag recognition of `-h`, `--help`, etc. @@ -54,7 +28,7 @@ Cobra provides: * Automatically generated man pages for your application * Command aliases so you can change things without breaking them * The flexibility to define your own help, usage, etc. -* Optional tight integration with [viper](http://github.com/spf13/viper) for 12-factor apps +* Optional seamless integration with [viper](http://github.com/spf13/viper) for 12-factor apps # Concepts @@ -88,7 +62,7 @@ have children commands and optionally run an action. In the example above, 'server' is the command. -[More about cobra.Command](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra#Command) +[More about cobra.Command](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra#Command) ## Flags @@ -105,10 +79,11 @@ which maintains the same interface while adding POSIX compliance. # Installing Using Cobra is easy. First, use `go get` to install the latest version -of the library. This command will install the `cobra` generator executable -along with the library and its dependencies: +of the library. - go get -u github.com/spf13/cobra +``` +go get -u github.com/spf13/cobra@latest +``` Next, include Cobra in your application: @@ -117,8 +92,19 @@ import "github.com/spf13/cobra" ``` # Usage +`cobra-cli` is a command line program to generate cobra applications and command files. +It will bootstrap your application scaffolding to rapidly +develop a Cobra-based application. It is the easiest way to incorporate Cobra into your application. + +It can be installed by running: + +``` +go install github.com/spf13/cobra-cli@latest +``` + +For complete details on using the Cobra-CLI generator, please read [The Cobra Generator README](https://github.com/spf13/cobra-cli/blob/master/README.md) -See [User Guide](user_guide.md). +For complete details on using the Cobra library, please read the [The Cobra User Guide](user_guide.md). # License |