feat(test): a test harness for an adopter's own suite - #1181
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A CLI's observable surface is three things — what a command line parses to, what a user reads when it does not, and what a shell offers while one is being typed — and all three were reachable but unpleasant. `parse_from` wants a `&[&OsStr]` a test cannot write as a literal and hands back a compact code rather than the message a user reads; a help page needed a route rebuilt by hand; a completion answer needed `split` and `candidates` assembled per test. `usage-test`, reached as `usage::test` behind a dev-dependency feature, is those three assertions: - `outcome` returns what `parse()` would have *done* — a struct, a page, a version, or a failure — each with the stream and exit status it would have used, so "an empty command line shows help on stderr with status 2" is one assertion. `parse` is the two-way form: the struct, or the text. - `help` renders one page by the path a user types, aliases included, and panics naming the parent's real subcommands when the path names none. `help_tree` renders every command depth-first, which makes any change to any page in the tree one diff in one snapshot. - `candidates`, `described`, `completion` and `completion_at` answer a half-typed line, including whether the position admits paths. Nothing in the crate formats a page, which is the rule that makes it worth having: a harness that renders its own approximation is a harness whose passing tests mean nothing. Every page comes from `usage_argv::help::page` and every failure from `render_failure` — the same functions the process calls. That function is the other half of the change. Which page a help request becomes — short, long or recursive, by the route the words took or by address, through a view or not — was ~150 lines emitted into every derive, three times over, and is now decided once in usage-argv and called from both places. A facade test holds the two halves together: the page `help(spec, &["build"], Page::Long)` renders is byte-for-byte the one `ex build --help` produces. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR adds testing helpers and centralizes help rendering without any supplied runtime or readiness failure. The documentation still contains inaccurate feature guidance, examples that may not compile as written, and a Markdown formatting issue, which could mislead adopters but do not affect the CLI at runtime; merge is reasonable with follow-up on those docs. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant TestSuite
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TestSuite->>usage_test: request parse, help, or completion result
usage_test->>usage_argv: use production parser and renderers
usage_argv->>CLIHelp: dispatch Page or Page view
CLIHelp-->>usage_argv: return rendered output or candidates
usage_argv-->>usage_test: return structured result
usage_test-->>TestSuite: expose assertion data
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In `@docs/rust/index.md`:
- Line 77: Update docs/rust/index.md lines 77-77 to state that completion
assertions require both the test and completions features. Update
docs/rust/testing.md lines 15-15 with a completion assertion example configured
with features = ["test", "completions"].
In `@docs/rust/testing.md`:
- Line 107: Add the text language label to the fenced code block in the testing
documentation so the Markdown fence is explicitly identified and satisfies
MD040.
- Line 144: Add the missing Shell import in the completion_at example, or
qualify the enum as usage::test::Shell::Bash, so the existing
harness::completion_at call resolves Shell::Bash.
- Around line 156-157: Update the documented dependency block in
docs/rust/testing.md to include usage-parser mapped to the usage-lib package at
version 6, so the usage_parser::Spec reference in the Cli::to_kdl parsing
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rg -n -C 4 'usage-parser|usage_parser|pub use.*Spec' Cargo.toml usage-rs/Cargo.toml test/Cargo.toml test/src/lib.rs || trueRepository: jdx/usage
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rg -n -C 3 '^\[workspace\]|^\[package\]|^name\s*=|usage-rs|usage-parser|usage_parser|pub use|struct Spec|type Spec' \
Cargo.toml docs/rust/testing.md usage-rs/Cargo.toml lib/Cargo.toml lib/src test/Cargo.toml test/src/lib.rs
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printf '%s\n' '--- usage-rs source layout ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- usage-rs manifest and library exports ---'
cat -n usage-rs/Cargo.toml
if [ -f usage-rs/src/lib.rs ]; then
cat -n usage-rs/src/lib.rs
fi
printf '%s\n' '--- all Spec-related public paths and usage_parser references ---'
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from pathlib import Path
import re
docs = Path("docs/rust/testing.md").read_text()
facade = Path("usage-rs/src/lib.rs").read_text()
facade_manifest = Path("usage-rs/Cargo.toml").read_text()
lib_manifest = Path("lib/Cargo.toml").read_text()
argv_manifest = Path("argv/Cargo.toml").read_text()
argv_lib = Path("argv/src/lib.rs").read_text()
assert 'usage_parser::Spec' in docs
assert re.search(r'^\[dev-dependencies\]\s*$', docs, re.M)
doc_dep_block = docs.split("[dev-dependencies]", 1)[1].split("```", 1)[0]
print("documented dependency block:", repr(doc_dep_block.strip()))
print("usage_parser::Spec in example:", True)
print("usage-parser declared in docs block:", "usage-parser" in doc_dep_block)
print("usage-rs facade re-exports Spec:", bool(re.search(r'pub use [^;]*Spec', facade)))
print("usage-rs depends directly on usage-lib:", bool(re.search(r'^\s*usage-lib\s*=', facade_manifest, re.M)))
print("usage-rs depends on usage-argv:", bool(re.search(r'^\s*usage-argv\s*=', facade_manifest, re.M)))
print("usage-lib package name:", re.search(r'^\s*name\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', lib_manifest, re.M).group(1))
print("usage-lib library target name:", re.search(r'^\[lib\].*?^\s*name\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', lib_manifest, re.M | re.S).group(1))
print("usage-parser alias exists in usage-rs dev-dependencies:",
bool(re.search(r'^\s*usage-parser\s*=\s*\{\s*package\s*=\s*"usage-lib"', facade_manifest, re.M)))
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Add the usage-parser dependency to the documented dependency block.
usage-rs does not re-export Spec, so usage_parser::Spec requires usage-parser = { package = "usage-lib", version = "6" }.
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In `@docs/rust/testing.md` around lines 156 - 157, Update the documented
dependency block in docs/rust/testing.md to include usage-parser mapped to the
usage-lib package at version 6, so the usage_parser::Spec reference in the
Cli::to_kdl parsing example resolves correctly.
The MSRV job looks from the manifests back to its own matrix, which is exactly what caught this: a new published crate declaring 1.91 that no row checked. It is in the 1.91 row now, with the rest of the compiled stack. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`render_failure` asks whether stderr is a terminal, which is right for a process and wrong for a string a test keeps: under `cargo test` in a terminal the message carried ANSI escapes and in CI it did not, so an assertion on it passed or failed by where it ran. Help pages were already forced plain; this is the other half. `usage_argv::render_failure_plain` is the same renderer with that question answered, and it exists in both the `diagnostics` and parser-only builds so the harness can call it without turning the feature on. A regression test sets `CLICOLOR_FORCE` and asserts the text holds no escape sequence — it fails against the previous call, which is the check that makes it worth having. Docs, from review: the fenced tree sample is labelled `text`, completion assertions say they want `completions` beside `test`, the `completion_at` example brings `Shell` into scope, and the spec round-trip test points at the page that owns it rather than restating an example whose dev-dependency this page never mentioned. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A CLI's observable surface is three things — what a command line parses to, what a user reads when it does not, and what a shell offers while one is being typed — and all three were reachable but unpleasant.
parse_fromwants a&[&OsStr]a test cannot write as a literal, and hands back a compact code rather than the message a user reads; a help page needed a route rebuilt by hand; a completion answer neededsplitandcandidatesassembled per test.usage-test, reached asusage::testbehind a dev-dependency feature, is those three assertions.What it is
outcomereturns whatparse()would have done: a struct, a page, a version, or a failure, each carrying the stream and exit status it would have used. That makes "an empty command line shows help on stderr with status 2" one assertion instead of a spawned process.parseis the two-way form — the struct, or the text.helprenders one command's page by the path a user types, aliases included, and panics naming the parent's real subcommands when the path names none: a test asking about a command that has since been renamed should say so rather than quietly assert about a different page.help_treerenders every command depth-first, so any change to any page anywhere in the tree is one diff in one file. Hidden commands are included and marked.candidates,described,completionandcompletion_atanswer a half-typed line, including whether the position admits paths and where the cursor sits inside it.Nothing in it formats a page
That is the rule that makes the crate worth having: a harness that renders its own approximation of a help page is a harness whose passing tests mean nothing. Every page comes from
usage_argv::help::pageand every failure fromrender_failure— the same functions the process calls.Which is the other half of this change. Which page a help request becomes — short, long or recursive, by the route the words took or by address, through an executable view or not — was ~150 lines emitted into every derive, three times over, and is now
help::page/help::page_view, decided once in usage-argv and called from both the generatedparse()and the harness. Less generated IR per adopter, and no second renderer to drift.A facade test holds the two halves together: the page
help(spec, &["build"], Page::Long)renders is byte-for-byte the oneex build --helpproduces.Shape
usage-test(test/), no dependencies beyondusage-argv, MSRV 1.91 like the rest of the compiled stack.test, andcompletionsreaches through it (usage-test?/completions) so a CLI that does not test completions does not pull the completion runtime into its build.usage-rs/tests/harness.rsis the suite, written as an adopter would write theirs — the documentation page points at it.docs/rust/testing.md, plus the nav, crate table and feature table.Verification
cargo test --all --all-features(126 suites),cargo clippy --all --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings,cargo fmt --all --check,prettier -c .— all clean. No snapshot changed, which is the check that matters for the codegen half: the pages every existing test asserts on are the same bytes.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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parse()help handling and public argv APIs, so a regression would change what users see on-h/--help. The new crate is opt-in and does not alter the successful-parse path.Overview
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usage-test(usage::testbehind atestdev-dependency feature) so adopters can assert on parse results, help pages, and completion answers without spawning a process.outcome/parserun the CLI’s ownparse_fromand return a struct, page, version, or the same diagnostic the process would print (always uncoloured).help/help_treerender by user-typed path (aliases included); optionalcompletionshelpers answer a half-typed line.Help selection is no longer duplicated in generated
parse():usage_argv::help::page/page_viewplusPage::{Short,Long,All}decide the page once, so tests and the binary share one renderer.render_failure_plainexists so snapshots do not depend on whether stderr is a TTY.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 557f655. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.
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usage::testinterface for integrating the toolkit.Documentation
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