Nix/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix
2021-10-06 13:01:18 +02:00

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Nix

{ command, renderLinks ? false }:
with builtins;
with import ./utils.nix;
let
showCommand =
{ command, def, filename }:
''
**Warning**: This program is **experimental** and its interface is subject to change.
''
+ "# Name\n\n"
+ "`${command}` - ${def.description}\n\n"
+ "# Synopsis\n\n"
+ showSynopsis { inherit command; args = def.args; }
+ (if def.commands or {} != {}
then
let
categories = sort (x: y: x.id < y.id) (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues def.commands)));
listCommands = cmds:
concatStrings (map (name:
"* "
+ (if renderLinks
then "[`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md)"
else "`${command} ${name}`")
+ " - ${cmds.${name}.description}\n")
(attrNames cmds));
in
"where *subcommand* is one of the following:\n\n"
# FIXME: group by category
+ (if length categories > 1
then
concatStrings (map
(cat:
"**${toString cat.description}:**\n\n"
+ listCommands (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) def.commands)
+ "\n"
) categories)
+ "\n"
else
listCommands def.commands
+ "\n")
else "")
+ (if def ? doc
then def.doc + "\n\n"
else "")
+ (let s = showOptions def.flags; in
if s != ""
then "# Options\n\n${s}"
else "")
;
appendName = filename: name: (if filename == "nix" then "nix3" else filename) + "-" + name;
showOptions = flags:
let
categories = sort builtins.lessThan (unique (map (cmd: cmd.category) (attrValues flags)));
in
concatStrings (map
(cat:
(if cat != ""
then "**${cat}:**\n\n"
else "")
+ concatStrings
(map (longName:
let
flag = flags.${longName};
in
" - `--${longName}`"
+ (if flag ? shortName then " / `-${flag.shortName}`" else "")
+ (if flag ? labels then " " + (concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "*${s}*") flag.labels)) else "")
+ " \n"
+ " " + flag.description + "\n\n"
) (attrNames (filterAttrs (n: v: v.category == cat) flags))))
categories);
showSynopsis =
{ command, args }:
"`${command}` [*option*...] ${concatStringsSep " "
(map (arg: "*${arg.label}*" + (if arg ? arity then "" else "...")) args)}\n\n";
processCommand = { command, def, filename }:
[ { name = filename + ".md"; value = showCommand { inherit command def filename; }; inherit command; } ]
++ concatMap
(name: processCommand {
filename = appendName filename name;
command = command + " " + name;
def = def.commands.${name};
})
(attrNames def.commands or {});
in
let
manpages = processCommand { filename = "nix"; command = "nix"; def = builtins.fromJSON command; };
summary = concatStrings (map (manpage: " - [${manpage.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${manpage.name})\n") manpages);
in
(listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = summary; }