taler-typescript-core

commit 6de60b6e7b4504db4941ef8ca7d6985d06997eaa
parent 3dd4af714a98bfe871813f082c465056f778ff71
Author: Florian Dold <dold@taler.net>
Date:   Thu,  6 Aug 2026 16:18:56 +0200

util: show argument help in clk

Help text given for a positional argument was accepted and then silently
dropped, so only the metavar ever reached the user.

Diffstat:
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packages/taler-util/src/clk.ts
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1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/packages/taler-util/src/clk.ts b/packages/taler-util/src/clk.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,16 @@ export namespace clk {
         console.log();
         console.log(this.scArgs.help);
       }
+      // Only when something has been documented: without help texts this
+      // would just repeat the usage line.
+      if (this.arguments.some((a) => a.args.help)) {
+        console.log();
+        console.log("Arguments:");
+        for (const arg of this.arguments) {
+          const argName = arg.args.metavar ?? arg.name;
+          console.log(formatListing(argName, arg.args.help));
+        }
+      }
       if (this.options.length != 0) {
         console.log();
         console.log("Options:");