package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "log" "sort" "strings" "github.com/mitchellh/cli" ) // helpFunc is a cli.HelpFunc that can is used to output the help for Terraform. func helpFunc(commands map[string]cli.CommandFactory) string { // Determine the maximum key length, and classify based on type porcelain := make(map[string]cli.CommandFactory) plumbing := make(map[string]cli.CommandFactory) maxKeyLen := 0 for key, f := range commands { if len(key) > maxKeyLen { maxKeyLen = len(key) } if _, ok := PlumbingCommands[key]; ok { plumbing[key] = f } else { porcelain[key] = f } } var buf bytes.Buffer buf.WriteString("usage: terraform [--version] [--help] [args]\n\n") buf.WriteString( "The available commands for execution are listed below.\n" + "The most common, useful commands are shown first, followed by\n" + "less common or more advanced commands. If you're just getting\n" + "started with Terraform, stick with the common commands. For the\n" + "other commands, please read the help and docs before usage.\n\n") buf.WriteString("Common commands:\n") buf.WriteString(listCommands(porcelain, maxKeyLen)) buf.WriteString("\nAll other commands:\n") buf.WriteString(listCommands(plumbing, maxKeyLen)) return buf.String() } // listCommands just lists the commands in the map with the // given maximum key length. func listCommands(commands map[string]cli.CommandFactory, maxKeyLen int) string { var buf bytes.Buffer // Get the list of keys so we can sort them, and also get the maximum // key length so they can be aligned properly. keys := make([]string, 0, len(commands)) for key, _ := range commands { // This is an internal command that users should never call directly so // we will hide it from the command listing. if key == "internal-plugin" { continue } keys = append(keys, key) } sort.Strings(keys) for _, key := range keys { commandFunc, ok := commands[key] if !ok { // This should never happen since we JUST built the list of // keys. panic("command not found: " + key) } command, err := commandFunc() if err != nil { 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() }