Rewatch cli help: do not show build command options in the root help

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #### :nail_care: Polish
 
+- Rewatch cli: do not show build command options in the root help. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7715
+
 #### :house: Internal
 
 # 12.0.0-beta.13

rewatch/src/cli.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ pub enum FileExtension {
 /// ReScript - Fast, Simple, Fully Typed JavaScript from the Future
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(version)]
-#[command(args_conflicts_with_subcommands = true)]
+#[command(
+    after_help = "Note: If no command is provided, the build command is run by default. See `rescript help build` for more information."
+)]
 pub struct Cli {
     /// Verbosity:
     /// -v -> Debug
@@ -35,10 +37,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
 
     /// The command to run. If not provided it will default to build.
     #[command(subcommand)]
-    pub command: Option<Command>,
-
-    #[command(flatten)]
-    pub build_args: BuildArgs,
+    pub command: Command,
 }
 
 #[derive(Args, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ impl From<BuildArgs> for WatchArgs {
 
 #[derive(Subcommand, Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Command {
-    /// Build the project
+    /// Build the project (default command)
     Build(BuildArgs),
     /// Build, then start a watcher
     Watch(WatchArgs),

rewatch/src/main.rs

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Parser, error::ErrorKind};
 use log::LevelFilter;
-use std::{io::Write, path::Path};
+use std::{env, io::Write, path::Path};
 
 use rescript::{build, cli, cmd, format, lock, watcher};
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let args = cli::Cli::parse();
+    let raw_args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let cli = parse_cli(raw_args).unwrap_or_else(|err| err.exit());
 
-    let log_level_filter = args.verbose.log_level_filter();
+    let log_level_filter = cli.verbose.log_level_filter();
 
     env_logger::Builder::new()
         .format(|buf, record| writeln!(buf, "{}:\n{}", record.level(), record.args()))
         .filter_level(log_level_filter)
         .target(env_logger::fmt::Target::Stdout)
         .init();
 
-    let mut command = args.command.unwrap_or(cli::Command::Build(args.build_args));
+    let mut command = cli.command;
 
     if let cli::Command::Build(build_args) = &command {
         if build_args.watch {
@@ -111,3 +112,112 @@ fn get_lock(folder: &str) -> lock::Lock {
         acquired_lock => acquired_lock,
     }
 }
+
+fn parse_cli(raw_args: Vec<String>) -> Result<cli::Cli, clap::Error> {
+    match cli::Cli::try_parse_from(&raw_args) {
+        Ok(cli) => Ok(cli),
+        Err(err) => {
+            if should_default_to_build(&err, &raw_args) {
+                let mut fallback_args = raw_args.clone();
+                let insert_at = index_after_global_flags(&fallback_args);
+                fallback_args.insert(insert_at, "build".into());
+
+                match cli::Cli::try_parse_from(&fallback_args) {
+                    Ok(cli) => Ok(cli),
+                    Err(fallback_err) => Err(fallback_err),
+                }
+            } else {
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn should_default_to_build(err: &clap::Error, args: &[String]) -> bool {
+    match err.kind() {
+        ErrorKind::MissingSubcommand | ErrorKind::DisplayHelpOnMissingArgumentOrSubcommand => true,
+        ErrorKind::UnknownArgument | ErrorKind::InvalidSubcommand => {
+            args.iter().skip(1).any(|arg| !is_global_flag(arg))
+        }
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+fn index_after_global_flags(args: &[String]) -> usize {
+    let mut idx = 1;
+    while let Some(arg) = args.get(idx) {
+        if is_global_flag(arg) {
+            idx += 1;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    idx.min(args.len())
+}
+
+fn is_global_flag(arg: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        arg,
+        "-v" | "-vv"
+            | "-vvv"
+            | "-vvvv"
+            | "-q"
+            | "-qq"
+            | "-qqq"
+            | "-qqqq"
+            | "--verbose"
+            | "--quiet"
+            | "-h"
+            | "--help"
+            | "-V"
+            | "--version"
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn parse(args: &[&str]) -> Result<cli::Cli, clap::Error> {
+        parse_cli(args.iter().map(|arg| arg.to_string()).collect())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_to_build_without_args() {
+        let cli = parse(&["rescript"]).expect("expected default build command");
+
+        match cli.command {
+            cli::Command::Build(build_args) => assert_eq!(build_args.folder.folder, "."),
+            other => panic!("expected build command, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_to_build_with_folder_shortcut() {
+        let cli = parse(&["rescript", "someFolder"]).expect("expected build command");
+
+        match cli.command {
+            cli::Command::Build(build_args) => assert_eq!(build_args.folder.folder, "someFolder"),
+            other => panic!("expected build command, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn respects_global_flag_before_subcommand() {
+        let cli = parse(&["rescript", "-v", "watch"]).expect("expected watch command");
+
+        assert!(matches!(cli.command, cli::Command::Watch(_)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn help_flag_does_not_default_to_build() {
+        let err = parse(&["rescript", "--help"]).expect_err("expected clap help error");
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), ErrorKind::DisplayHelp);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn version_flag_does_not_default_to_build() {
+        let err = parse(&["rescript", "--version"]).expect_err("expected clap version error");
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), ErrorKind::DisplayVersion);
+    }
+}