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start_command/
usage.rs

1/// Print usage information
2pub fn print_usage() {
3    println!(
4        r#"Usage: start [options] [--] <command> [args...]
5       start <command> [args...]
6       start --status <uuid> [--output-format <format>]
7       start --list [--running] [--output-format <format>]
8       start --upload-log <uuid-or-session-name>
9       start --stop <uuid-or-session-name>
10       start --terminate <uuid-or-session-name>
11       start --attach <uuid-or-session-name> [--read-only]
12       start --resume <uuid-or-session-name> [-- <command>]
13       start --resume-all [--output-format <format>]
14
15Options:
16  --isolated, --isolation, -i <env>  Run in isolated environment (screen, tmux, docker, ssh)
17  --attached, -a        Run in attached mode (foreground)
18  --detached, -d        Run in detached mode (background)
19  --session, -s <name>  Session name for isolation
20  --session-id <uuid>   Session UUID for tracking (auto-generated if not provided)
21  --session-name <uuid> Alias for --session-id
22  --image <image>       Docker image (optional, defaults to OS-matched image)
23  --volume, -v <spec>   Docker bind mount/volume host:container[:mode] (repeatable, docker only)
24  --mount <spec>        Docker --mount spec (repeatable, docker only)
25  --env, -e <KEY=VALUE> Environment variable for docker container (repeatable, docker only)
26  --privileged          Run docker container in privileged mode (docker only)
27  --network <name>      Connect to a named network (repeatable, docker only)
28  --network-alias <alias> Add alias to the first network (repeatable, docker only)
29  --endpoint <endpoint> SSH endpoint (required for ssh isolation, e.g., user@host)
30  --isolated-user, -u [name]  Create isolated user with same permissions
31  --keep-user           Keep isolated user after command completes
32  --keep-alive, -k      Keep isolation environment alive after command exits
33  --auto-remove-docker-container  Always remove docker container after exit (compatibility alias)
34  --always-cleanup-container  Always remove docker container after exit
35  --keep-container     Keep docker container filesystem after exit
36  --keep-container-on-fail  Remove successful docker containers, keep failed or OOM-killed ones
37  --shell <shell>       Shell to use in isolation environments: auto, bash, zsh, sh (default: auto)
38  --use-command-stream  Use command-stream library for execution (experimental)
39  --status <id>         Show status of execution by UUID or session name (--output-format: links-notation|json|text)
40  --list                List all tracked executions (--output-format: links-notation|json|text)
41  --running             With --list, only report executions that are still running
42  --upload-log <id>     Upload the stored log for an execution UUID or session name
43  --stop <id>           Ask a detached isolated execution to stop gracefully
44  --terminate <id>      Terminate a detached isolated execution immediately
45  --attach <id>         Attach to a running detached isolated execution
46  --read-only           With --attach, follow output without sending input
47  --resume <id>         Restart a stopped detached execution in the same environment
48                        (append -- <command> to run a different command there)
49  --resume-all          Re-attach or reconcile every execution still marked running
50  --cleanup             Clean up stale "executing" records (crashed/killed processes)
51  --cleanup-dry-run     Show stale records that would be cleaned up (without cleaning)
52  --version, -v         Show version information
53
54Examples:
55  start echo "Hello World"
56  start bun test
57  start --isolated tmux -- bun start
58  start -i screen -d bun start
59  start --isolated docker -- echo 'hi'  # uses OS-matched default image
60  start --isolated docker --image oven/bun:latest -- bun install
61  start -i docker -v ~/.config/gh:/root/.config/gh -e TOKEN=abc -- gh repo list
62  start -i docker --image konard/hive-mind-dind:latest --privileged -- solve ...
63  start --isolated ssh --endpoint user@remote.server -- ls -la
64  start --isolated-user -- npm test
65  start -u myuser -- npm start
66  start -i screen --isolated-user -- npm test
67  start --status a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
68  start --status a1b2c3d4 --output-format json
69  start --list
70  start --list --output-format json
71  start --list --running
72  start --upload-log my-screen-session
73  start --stop my-screen-session
74  start --terminate my-screen-session
75  start --attach my-docker-session
76  start --attach my-docker-session --read-only
77  start --resume my-docker-session
78  start --resume my-docker-session -- bash
79  start --resume-all
80  start --cleanup-dry-run
81  start --cleanup
82
83Features:
84  - Logs all output to temporary directory
85  - Displays timestamps and exit codes
86  - Auto-reports failures for NPM packages (when gh is available)
87  - Natural language command aliases (via substitutions.lino)
88  - Process isolation via screen, tmux, or docker"#
89    );
90}