nushell/crates/nu-command/src/help/help_commands.rs

use crate::help::highlight_search_in_table;
use nu_color_config::StyleComputer;
use nu_engine::{get_full_help, CallExt};
use nu_protocol::{
    ast::Call,
    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
    record, span, Category, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData,
    ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
};
use std::borrow::Borrow;

#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct HelpCommands;

impl Command for HelpCommands {
    fn name(&self) -> &str {
        "help commands"
    }

    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
        "Show help on nushell commands."
    }

    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
        Signature::build("help commands")
            .category(Category::Core)
            .rest(
                "rest",
                SyntaxShape::String,
                "the name of command to get help on",
            )
            .named(
                "find",
                SyntaxShape::String,
                "string to find in command names, usage, and search terms",
                Some('f'),
            )
            .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Nothing, Type::Table(vec![]))])
            .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
    }

    fn run(
        &self,
        engine_state: &EngineState,
        stack: &mut Stack,
        call: &Call,
        _input: PipelineData,
    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
        help_commands(engine_state, stack, call)
    }
}

pub fn help_commands(
    engine_state: &EngineState,
    stack: &mut Stack,
    call: &Call,
) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
    let head = call.head;
    let find: Option<Spanned<String>> = call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "find")?;
    let rest: Vec<Spanned<String>> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;

    // 🚩The following two-lines are copied from filters/find.rs:
    let style_computer = StyleComputer::from_config(engine_state, stack);
    // Currently, search results all use the same style.
    // Also note that this sample string is passed into user-written code (the closure that may or may not be
    // defined for "string").
    let string_style = style_computer.compute("string", &Value::string("search result", head));
    let highlight_style =
        style_computer.compute("search_result", &Value::string("search result", head));

    if let Some(f) = find {
        let all_cmds_vec = build_help_commands(engine_state, head);
        let found_cmds_vec = highlight_search_in_table(
            all_cmds_vec,
            &f.item,
            &["name", "usage", "search_terms"],
            &string_style,
            &highlight_style,
        )?;

        return Ok(found_cmds_vec
            .into_iter()
            .into_pipeline_data(engine_state.ctrlc.clone()));
    }

    if rest.is_empty() {
        let found_cmds_vec = build_help_commands(engine_state, head);

        Ok(found_cmds_vec
            .into_iter()
            .into_pipeline_data(engine_state.ctrlc.clone()))
    } else {
        let mut name = String::new();

        for r in &rest {
            if !name.is_empty() {
                name.push(' ');
            }
            name.push_str(&r.item);
        }

        let output = engine_state
            .get_signatures_with_examples(false)
            .iter()
            .filter(|(signature, _, _, _, _)| signature.name == name)
            .map(|(signature, examples, _, _, is_parser_keyword)| {
                get_full_help(signature, examples, engine_state, stack, *is_parser_keyword)
            })
            .collect::<Vec<String>>();

        if !output.is_empty() {
            Ok(
                Value::string(output.join("======================\n\n"), call.head)
                    .into_pipeline_data(),
            )
        } else {
            Err(ShellError::CommandNotFound {
                span: span(&[rest[0].span, rest[rest.len() - 1].span]),
            })
        }
    }
}

fn build_help_commands(engine_state: &EngineState, span: Span) -> Vec<Value> {
    let commands = engine_state.get_decls_sorted(false);
    let mut found_cmds_vec = Vec::new();

    for (_, decl_id) in commands {
        let decl = engine_state.get_decl(decl_id);
        let sig = decl.signature().update_from_command(decl.borrow());

        let key = sig.name;
        let usage = sig.usage;
        let search_terms = sig.search_terms;

        let command_type = format!("{:?}", decl.command_type()).to_ascii_lowercase();

        // Build table of parameters
        let param_table = {
            let mut vals = vec![];

            for required_param in &sig.required_positional {
                vals.push(Value::record(
                    record! {
                        "name" => Value::string(&required_param.name, span),
                        "type" => Value::string(required_param.shape.to_string(), span),
                        "required" => Value::bool(true, span),
                        "description" => Value::string(&required_param.desc, span),
                    },
                    span,
                ));
            }

            for optional_param in &sig.optional_positional {
                vals.push(Value::record(
                    record! {
                        "name" => Value::string(&optional_param.name, span),
                        "type" => Value::string(optional_param.shape.to_string(), span),
                        "required" => Value::bool(false, span),
                        "description" => Value::string(&optional_param.desc, span),
                    },
                    span,
                ));
            }

            if let Some(rest_positional) = &sig.rest_positional {
                vals.push(Value::record(
                    record! {
                        "name" => Value::string(format!("...{}", rest_positional.name), span),
                        "type" => Value::string(rest_positional.shape.to_string(), span),
                        "required" => Value::bool(false, span),
                        "description" => Value::string(&rest_positional.desc, span),
                    },
                    span,
                ));
            }

            for named_param in &sig.named {
                let name = if let Some(short) = named_param.short {
                    if named_param.long.is_empty() {
                        format!("-{}", short)
                    } else {
                        format!("--{}(-{})", named_param.long, short)
                    }
                } else {
                    format!("--{}", named_param.long)
                };

                let typ = if let Some(arg) = &named_param.arg {
                    arg.to_string()
                } else {
                    "switch".to_string()
                };

                vals.push(Value::record(
                    record! {
                        "name" => Value::string(name, span),
                        "type" => Value::string(typ, span),
                        "required" => Value::bool(named_param.required, span),
                        "description" => Value::string(&named_param.desc, span),
                    },
                    span,
                ));
            }

            Value::list(vals, span)
        };

        // Build the signature input/output table
        let input_output_table = {
            let mut vals = vec![];

            for (input_type, output_type) in sig.input_output_types {
                vals.push(Value::record(
                    record! {
                        "input" => Value::string(input_type.to_string(), span),
                        "output" => Value::string(output_type.to_string(), span),
                    },
                    span,
                ));
            }

            Value::list(vals, span)
        };

        let record = record! {
            "name" => Value::string(key, span),
            "category" => Value::string(sig.category.to_string(), span),
            "command_type" => Value::string(command_type, span),
            "usage" => Value::string(usage, span),
            "params" => param_table,
            "input_output" => input_output_table,
            "search_terms" => Value::string(search_terms.join(", "), span),
        };

        found_cmds_vec.push(Value::record(record, span));
    }

    found_cmds_vec
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    #[test]
    fn test_examples() {
        use super::HelpCommands;
        use crate::test_examples;
        test_examples(HelpCommands {})
    }
}