Added unit tests

app_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,39 @@ func ExampleApp() {
 	// Hello Jeremy
 }
 
+func ExampleAppSubcommand() {
+	// set args for examples sake
+	os.Args = []string{"say", "hi", "english", "--name", "Jeremy"}
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "say"
+	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		{
+			Name:        "hello",
+			ShortName:   "hi",
+			Usage:       "use it to see a description",
+			Description: "This is how we describe hello the function",
+			Subcommands: []cli.Command{
+				{
+					Name:        "english",
+					ShortName:   "en",
+					Usage:       "sends a greeting in english",
+					Description: "greets someone in english",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						cli.StringFlag{"name", "Bob", "Name of the person to greet"},
+					},
+					Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+						fmt.Println("Hello,", c.String("name"))
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	app.Run(os.Args)
+	// Output:
+	// Hello, Jeremy
+}
+
 func ExampleAppHelp() {
 	// set args for examples sake
 	os.Args = []string{"greet", "h", "describeit"}

cli_test.go

@@ -30,3 +30,58 @@ func Example() {
 
 	app.Run(os.Args)
 }
+
+func ExampleSubcommand() {
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "say"
+	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		{
+			Name:        "hello",
+			ShortName:   "hi",
+			Usage:       "use it to see a description",
+			Description: "This is how we describe hello the function",
+			Subcommands: []cli.Command{
+				{
+					Name:        "english",
+					ShortName:   "en",
+					Usage:       "sends a greeting in english",
+					Description: "greets someone in english",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						cli.StringFlag{"name", "Bob", "Name of the person to greet"},
+					},
+					Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+						println("Hello, ", c.String("name"))
+					},
+				}, {
+					Name:      "spanish",
+					ShortName: "sp",
+					Usage:     "sends a greeting in spanish",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						cli.StringFlag{"surname", "Jones", "Surname of the person to greet"},
+					},
+					Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+						println("Hola, ", c.String("surname"))
+					},
+				}, {
+					Name:      "french",
+					ShortName: "fr",
+					Usage:     "sends a greeting in french",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						cli.StringFlag{"nickname", "Stevie", "Nickname of the person to greet"},
+					},
+					Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+						println("Bonjour, ", c.String("nickname"))
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}, {
+			Name:  "bye",
+			Usage: "says goodbye",
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+				println("bye")
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	app.Run(os.Args)
+}

help.go

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ USAGE:
 COMMANDS:
    {{range .Commands}}{{.Name}}{{with .ShortName}}, {{.}}{{end}}{{ "\t" }}{{.Usage}}
    {{end}}
-
 OPTIONS:
    {{range .Flags}}{{.}}
    {{end}}