Plugin may set itself as hidden#6605
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds functionality allowing plugins to mark themselves as hidden, preventing them from appearing in Docker's help output and shell completion.
Key Changes:
- Added a
Hiddenboolean field to the plugin metadata structure - Modified plugin command creation to respect the
Hiddenfield - Updated the management subcommands filter to skip hidden plugins
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| cli-plugins/metadata/metadata.go | Adds Hidden field to plugin metadata |
| cli-plugins/manager/cobra.go | Sets Hidden property when creating plugin command stubs |
| cli/cobra.go | Filters out hidden plugins from management subcommands list |
| cli/cobra_test.go | Adds test coverage for hidden plugin filtering behavior |
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Signed-off-by: Alano Terblanche <18033717+Benehiko@users.noreply.github.com>
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- What I did
Added a new metadata field so that plugins can mark themselves as hidden. This will hide the plugin from the top-level docker help command as well as shell completion output.
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