doc: Add a field metadata to the setting fields

src/scikit_build_core/settings/documentation.py

@@ -4,24 +4,29 @@
 import dataclasses
 import inspect
 import textwrap
+import typing
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 from packaging.version import Version
 
+from .. import __version__
 from .._compat.typing import get_args, get_origin
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Generator
 
+
 __all__ = ["pull_docs"]
 
 
 def __dir__() -> list[str]:
     return __all__
 
 
+version_display = ".".join(__version__.split(".")[:2])
+
+
 def _get_value(value: ast.expr) -> str:
     assert isinstance(value, ast.Constant)
     assert isinstance(value.value, str)
@@ -45,17 +50,22 @@
     }
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
 class DCDoc:
     name: str
     default: str
     docs: str
+    deprecated: bool = False
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         docs = "\n".join(f"# {s}" for s in textwrap.wrap(self.docs, width=78))
         return f"{docs}\n{self.name} = {self.default}\n"
 
 
+def sanitize_default_field(text: str) -> str:
+    return text.replace("'", '"').replace("True", "true").replace("False", "false")
+
+
 def mk_docs(dc: type[object], prefix: str = "") -> Generator[DCDoc, None, None]:
     """
     Makes documentation for a dataclass.
@@ -75,7 +85,12 @@
                 yield from mk_docs(field_type, prefix=f"{prefix}{field.name}[].")
                 continue
 
-        if field.default is not dataclasses.MISSING and field.default is not None:
+        if default_before_format := field.metadata.get("display_default", None):
+            assert isinstance(default_before_format, str)
+            default = default_before_format.format(
+                version=version_display,
+            )
+        elif field.default is not dataclasses.MISSING and field.default is not None:
             default = repr(
                 str(field.default)
                 if isinstance(field.default, (Path, Version, SpecifierSet))
@@ -87,7 +102,8 @@
             default = '""'
 
         yield DCDoc(
-            f"{prefix}{field.name}".replace("_", "-"),
-            default.replace("'", '"').replace("True", "true").replace("False", "false"),
-            docs[field.name],
+            name=f"{prefix}{field.name}".replace("_", "-"),
+            default=sanitize_default_field(default),
+            docs=docs[field.name],
+            deprecated=field.metadata.get("deprecated", False),
         )

src/scikit_build_core/settings/skbuild_docs.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from .. import __version__
 from .documentation import mk_docs
 from .skbuild_model import ScikitBuildSettings
 
@@ -11,24 +10,13 @@
     return __all__
 
 
-version = ".".join(__version__.split(".")[:2])
-
-INV = {"cmake.minimum-version", "ninja.minimum-version"}
-
-
 def mk_skbuild_docs() -> str:
     """
     Makes documentation for the skbuild model.
     """
-    items = [x for x in mk_docs(ScikitBuildSettings) if x.name not in INV]
-    for item in items:
-        if item.name == "minimum-version":
-            item.default = f'"{version}"  # current version'
-        if item.name == "install.strip":
-            item.default = "true"
-        if item.name == "wheel.packages":
-            item.default = '["src/<package>", "python/<package>", "<package>"]'
-    return "\n".join(str(item) for item in items)
+    return "\n".join(
+        str(item) for item in mk_docs(ScikitBuildSettings) if not item.deprecated
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

src/scikit_build_core/settings/skbuild_model.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import dataclasses
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, TypedDict, Union
 
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "SDistSettings",
     "ScikitBuildSettings",
     "SearchSettings",
+    "SettingsFieldMetadata",
     "WheelSettings",
 ]
 
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ def __dir__() -> List[str]:
     return __all__
 
 
+class SettingsFieldMetadata(TypedDict, total=False):
+    display_default: Optional[str]
+    deprecated: bool
+
+
 class CMakeSettingsDefine(str):
     """
     A str subtype for automatically normalizing bool and list values
@@ -53,7 +59,9 @@ def escape_semicolons(item: str) -> str:
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class CMakeSettings:
-    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = None
+    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None, metadata=SettingsFieldMetadata(deprecated=True)
+    )
     """
     DEPRECATED in 0.8; use version instead.
     """
@@ -114,7 +122,9 @@ class SearchSettings:
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class NinjaSettings:
-    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = None
+    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None, metadata=SettingsFieldMetadata(deprecated=True)
+    )
     """
     DEPRECATED in 0.8; use version instead.
     """
@@ -174,7 +184,12 @@ class SDistSettings:
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class WheelSettings:
-    packages: Optional[Union[List[str], Dict[str, str]]] = None
+    packages: Optional[Union[List[str], Dict[str, str]]] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None,
+        metadata=SettingsFieldMetadata(
+            display_default='["src/<package>", "python/<package>", "<package>"]'
+        ),
+    )
     """
     A list of packages to auto-copy into the wheel. If this is not set, it will
     default to the first of ``src/<package>``, ``python/<package>``, or
@@ -300,7 +315,9 @@ class InstallSettings:
     The components to install. If empty, all default components are installed.
     """
 
-    strip: Optional[bool] = None
+    strip: Optional[bool] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None, metadata=SettingsFieldMetadata(display_default="true")
+    )
     """
     Whether to strip the binaries. True for release builds on scikit-build-core
     0.5+ (0.5-0.10.5 also incorrectly set this for debug builds).
@@ -382,7 +399,12 @@ class ScikitBuildSettings:
     Enable early previews of features not finalized yet.
     """
 
-    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = None
+    minimum_version: Optional[Version] = dataclasses.field(
+        default=None,
+        metadata=SettingsFieldMetadata(
+            display_default='"{version}"  # current version'
+        ),
+    )
     """
     If set, this will provide a method for backward compatibility.
     """