Merge pull request #115 from AudriusButkevicius/hidehelp

Make help command optional

app.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type App struct {
 	Flags []Flag
 	// Boolean to enable bash completion commands
 	EnableBashCompletion bool
+	// Boolean to hide built-in help command
+	HideHelp bool
 	// An action to execute when the bash-completion flag is set
 	BashComplete func(context *Context)
 	// An action to execute before any subcommands are run, but after the context is ready
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ func NewApp() *App {
 // Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination
 func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
 	// append help to commands
-	if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil {
+	if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil && !a.HideHelp {
 		a.Commands = append(a.Commands, helpCommand)
+		a.appendFlag(HelpFlag)
 	}
 
 	//append version/help flags
@@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
 		a.appendFlag(BashCompletionFlag)
 	}
 	a.appendFlag(VersionFlag)
-	a.appendFlag(HelpFlag)
 
 	// parse flags
 	set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags)
@@ -135,8 +137,9 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
 func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error {
 	// append help to commands
 	if len(a.Commands) > 0 {
-		if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil {
+		if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil && !a.HideHelp {
 			a.Commands = append(a.Commands, helpCommand)
+			a.appendFlag(HelpFlag)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -144,7 +147,6 @@ func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error {
 	if a.EnableBashCompletion {
 		a.appendFlag(BashCompletionFlag)
 	}
-	a.appendFlag(HelpFlag)
 
 	// parse flags
 	set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags)

app_test.go

@@ -84,12 +84,10 @@ func ExampleAppHelp() {
 	//    describeit - use it to see a description
 	//
 	// USAGE:
-	//    command describeit [command options] [arguments...]
+	//    command describeit [arguments...]
 	//
 	// DESCRIPTION:
 	//    This is how we describe describeit the function
-	//
-	// OPTIONS:
 }
 
 func ExampleAppBashComplete() {

command.go

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type Command struct {
 	Flags []Flag
 	// Treat all flags as normal arguments if true
 	SkipFlagParsing bool
+	// Boolean to hide built-in help command
+	HideHelp bool
 }
 
 // Invokes the command given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags
@@ -38,11 +40,13 @@ func (c Command) Run(ctx *Context) error {
 		return c.startApp(ctx)
 	}
 
-	// append help to flags
+	if !c.HideHelp {
-	c.Flags = append(
+		// append help to flags
-		c.Flags,
+		c.Flags = append(
-		HelpFlag,
+			c.Flags,
-	)
+			HelpFlag,
+		)
+	}
 
 	if ctx.App.EnableBashCompletion {
 		c.Flags = append(c.Flags, BashCompletionFlag)
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ func (c Command) startApp(ctx *Context) error {
 	// set the flags and commands
 	app.Commands = c.Subcommands
 	app.Flags = c.Flags
+	app.HideHelp = c.HideHelp
 
 	// bash completion
 	app.EnableBashCompletion = ctx.App.EnableBashCompletion

help.go

@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ var AppHelpTemplate = `NAME:
    {{.Name}} - {{.Usage}}
 
 USAGE:
-   {{.Name}} [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
+   {{.Name}} {{ if .Flags }}[global options] {{ end }}command{{ if .Flags }} [command options]{{ end }} [arguments...]
 
 VERSION:
    {{.Version}}
 
 COMMANDS:
    {{range .Commands}}{{.Name}}{{with .ShortName}}, {{.}}{{end}}{{ "\t" }}{{.Usage}}
-   {{end}}
+   {{end}}{{ if .Flags }}
 GLOBAL OPTIONS:
    {{range .Flags}}{{.}}
-   {{end}}
+   {{end}}{{ end }}
 `
 
 // The text template for the command help topic.
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ var CommandHelpTemplate = `NAME:
    {{.Name}} - {{.Usage}}
 
 USAGE:
-   command {{.Name}} [command options] [arguments...]
+   command {{.Name}}{{ if .Flags }} [command options]{{ end }} [arguments...]
 
 DESCRIPTION:
-   {{.Description}}
+   {{.Description}}{{ if .Flags }}
 
 OPTIONS:
    {{range .Flags}}{{.}}
-   {{end}}
+   {{end}}{{ end }}
 `
 
 // The text template for the subcommand help topic.
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ var SubcommandHelpTemplate = `NAME:
    {{.Name}} - {{.Usage}}
 
 USAGE:
-   {{.Name}} [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
+   {{.Name}} command{{ if .Flags }} [command options]{{ end }} [arguments...]
 
 COMMANDS:
    {{range .Commands}}{{.Name}}{{with .ShortName}}, {{.}}{{end}}{{ "\t" }}{{.Usage}}
-   {{end}}
+   {{end}}{{ if .Flags }}
 OPTIONS:
    {{range .Flags}}{{.}}
-   {{end}}
+   {{end}}{{ end }}
 `
 
 var helpCommand = Command{