package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "log" "sort" "strings" "github.com/mitchellh/cli" ) // helpFunc is a cli.HelpFunc that can be used to output the help CLI instructions for Terraform. func helpFunc(commands map[string]cli.CommandFactory) string { // Determine the maximum key length, and classify based on type var otherCommands []string maxKeyLen := 0 for key := range commands { if _, ok := HiddenCommands[key]; ok { // We don't consider hidden commands when deciding the // maximum command length. continue } if len(key) > maxKeyLen { maxKeyLen = len(key) } isOther := true for _, candidate := range PrimaryCommands { if candidate == key { isOther = false break } } if isOther { otherCommands = append(otherCommands, key) } } sort.Strings(otherCommands) // The output produced by this is included in the docs at // website/source/docs/cli/commands/index.html.markdown; if you // change this then consider updating that to match. helpText := fmt.Sprintf(` Usage: terraform [global options] [args] The available commands for execution are listed below. The primary workflow commands are given first, followed by less common or more advanced commands. Main commands: %s All other commands: %s Global options (use these before the subcommand, if any): -chdir=DIR Switch to a different working directory before executing the given subcommand. -help Show this help output, or the help for a specified subcommand. -version An alias for the "version" subcommand. `, listCommands(commands, PrimaryCommands, maxKeyLen), listCommands(commands, otherCommands, maxKeyLen)) return strings.TrimSpace(helpText) } // listCommands just lists the commands in the map with the // given maximum key length. func listCommands(allCommands map[string]cli.CommandFactory, order []string, maxKeyLen int) string { var buf bytes.Buffer for _, key := range order { commandFunc, ok := allCommands[key] if !ok { // This suggests an inconsistency in the command table definitions // in commands.go . panic("command not found: " + key) } command, err := commandFunc() if err != nil { // This would be really weird since there's no good reason for // any of our command factories to fail. log.Printf("[ERR] cli: Command '%s' failed to load: %s", key, err) continue } key = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", key, strings.Repeat(" ", maxKeyLen-len(key))) buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" %s %s\n", key, command.Synopsis())) } return buf.String() }