use crate::filters::find_internal;
use nu_engine::{command_prelude::*, get_full_help, scope::ScopeData};
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct HelpAliases;
impl Command for HelpAliases {
fn name(&self) -> &str {
"help aliases"
}
fn description(&self) -> &str {
"Show help on nushell aliases."
}
fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
Signature::build("help aliases")
.category(Category::Core)
.rest(
"rest",
SyntaxShape::String,
"The name of alias to get help on.",
)
.named(
"find",
SyntaxShape::String,
"string to find in alias names and descriptions",
Some('f'),
)
.input_output_types(vec![(Type::Nothing, Type::table())])
.allow_variants_without_examples(true)
}
fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
vec![
Example {
description: "show all aliases",
example: "help aliases",
result: None,
},
Example {
description: "show help for single alias",
example: "help aliases my-alias",
result: None,
},
Example {
description: "search for string in alias names and descriptions",
example: "help aliases --find my-alias",
result: None,
},
]
}
fn run(
&self,
engine_state: &EngineState,
stack: &mut Stack,
call: &Call,
_input: PipelineData,
) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
help_aliases(engine_state, stack, call)
}
}
pub fn help_aliases(
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)?;
if let Some(f) = find {
let all_cmds_vec = build_help_aliases(engine_state, stack, head);
return find_internal(
all_cmds_vec,
engine_state,
stack,
&f.item,
&["name", "description"],
true,
);
}
if rest.is_empty() {
Ok(build_help_aliases(engine_state, stack, head))
} else {
let mut name = String::new();
for r in &rest {
if !name.is_empty() {
name.push(' ');
}
name.push_str(&r.item);
}
let Some(alias) = engine_state.find_decl(name.as_bytes(), &[]) else {
return Err(ShellError::AliasNotFound {
span: Span::merge_many(rest.iter().map(|s| s.span)),
});
};
let alias = engine_state.get_decl(alias);
if alias.as_alias().is_none() {
return Err(ShellError::AliasNotFound {
span: Span::merge_many(rest.iter().map(|s| s.span)),
});
};
let help = get_full_help(alias, engine_state, stack);
Ok(Value::string(help, call.head).into_pipeline_data())
}
}
fn build_help_aliases(engine_state: &EngineState, stack: &Stack, span: Span) -> PipelineData {
let mut scope_data = ScopeData::new(engine_state, stack);
scope_data.populate_decls();
Value::list(scope_data.collect_aliases(span), span).into_pipeline_data()
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
#[test]
fn test_examples() {
use super::HelpAliases;
use crate::test_examples;
test_examples(HelpAliases {})
}
}