use strict;
use warnings;

package App::Cmd::Command::help 0.340;

use App::Cmd::Command;
BEGIN { our @ISA = 'App::Cmd::Command'; }

# ABSTRACT: display a command's help screen

#pod =head1 DESCRIPTION
#pod
#pod This command will either list all of the application commands and their
#pod abstracts, or display the usage screen for a subcommand with its
#pod description.
#pod
#pod =head1 USAGE
#pod
#pod The help text is generated from three sources:
#pod
#pod =for :list
#pod * The C<usage_desc> method
#pod * The C<description> method
#pod * The C<opt_spec> data structure
#pod
#pod The C<usage_desc> method provides the opening usage line, following the
#pod specification described in L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive>.  In some cases,
#pod the default C<usage_desc> in L<App::Cmd::Command> may be sufficient and
#pod you will only need to override it to provide additional command line
#pod usage information.
#pod
#pod The C<opt_spec> data structure is used with L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive>
#pod to generate the description of the options.
#pod
#pod Subcommand classes should override the C<discription> method to provide
#pod additional information that is prepended before the option descriptions.
#pod
#pod For example, consider the following subcommand module:
#pod
#pod   package YourApp::Command::initialize;
#pod
#pod   # This is the default from App::Cmd::Command
#pod   sub usage_desc {
#pod     my ($self) = @_;
#pod     my $desc = $self->SUPER::usage_desc; # "%c COMMAND %o"
#pod     return "$desc [DIRECTORY]";
#pod   }
#pod
#pod   sub description {
#pod     return "The initialize command prepares the application...";
#pod   }
#pod
#pod   sub opt_spec {
#pod     return (
#pod       [ "skip-refs|R",  "skip reference checks during init", ],
#pod       [ "values|v=s@",  "starting values", { default => [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ],
#pod     );
#pod   }
#pod
#pod   ...
#pod
#pod That module would generate help output like this:
#pod
#pod   $ yourapp help initialize
#pod   yourapp initialize [-Rv] [long options...] [DIRECTORY]
#pod
#pod   The initialize command prepares the application...
#pod
#pod         --help            This usage screen
#pod         -R --skip-refs    skip reference checks during init
#pod         -v --values       starting values
#pod
#pod =cut

sub usage_desc { '%c help [subcommand]' }

sub command_names { qw/help --help -h -?/ }

sub execute {
  my ($self, $opts, $args) = @_;

  if (!@$args) {
    print $self->app->usage->text . "\n";

    print "Available commands:\n\n";

    $self->app->execute_command( $self->app->_prepare_command("commands") );
  } else {
    my ($cmd, $opt, $args) = $self->app->prepare_command(@$args);

    local $@;
    my $desc = $cmd->description;
    $desc = "\n$desc" if length $desc;

    my $ut = join "\n",
      eval { $cmd->usage->leader_text },
      $desc,
      eval { $cmd->usage->option_text };

    print "$ut\n";
  }
}

1;

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

App::Cmd::Command::help - display a command's help screen

=head1 VERSION

version 0.340

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This command will either list all of the application commands and their
abstracts, or display the usage screen for a subcommand with its
description.

=head1 PERL VERSION

This library should run on perls released even a long time ago.  It should
work on any version of perl released in the last five years.

Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the
minimum required version will not be increased.  The version may be increased
for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to
lower the minimum required perl.

=head1 USAGE

The help text is generated from three sources:

=over 4

=item *

The C<usage_desc> method

=item *

The C<description> method

=item *

The C<opt_spec> data structure

=back

The C<usage_desc> method provides the opening usage line, following the
specification described in L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive>.  In some cases,
the default C<usage_desc> in L<App::Cmd::Command> may be sufficient and
you will only need to override it to provide additional command line
usage information.

The C<opt_spec> data structure is used with L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive>
to generate the description of the options.

Subcommand classes should override the C<discription> method to provide
additional information that is prepended before the option descriptions.

For example, consider the following subcommand module:

  package YourApp::Command::initialize;

  # This is the default from App::Cmd::Command
  sub usage_desc {
    my ($self) = @_;
    my $desc = $self->SUPER::usage_desc; # "%c COMMAND %o"
    return "$desc [DIRECTORY]";
  }

  sub description {
    return "The initialize command prepares the application...";
  }

  sub opt_spec {
    return (
      [ "skip-refs|R",  "skip reference checks during init", ],
      [ "values|v=s@",  "starting values", { default => [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ],
    );
  }

  ...

That module would generate help output like this:

  $ yourapp help initialize
  yourapp initialize [-Rv] [long options...] [DIRECTORY]

  The initialize command prepares the application...

        --help            This usage screen
        -R --skip-refs    skip reference checks during init
        -v --values       starting values

=head1 AUTHOR

Ricardo Signes <cpan@semiotic.systems>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo Signes.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut
