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feat: clearer, grouped help output with prose and examples - #2702
Reworks jbang --help / jbang <cmd> --help to be easier to read and more useful:
Grouped options: Source, Dependency, Build, JDK, Runtime and Native image sections instead of one long flat list.
Command's own options first, global options last (-h/--help, --verbose, --config, ... in a Global options section).
Short usage line: Usage: jbang run [OPTIONS] <scriptOrFile> [<userParams>...] instead of every flag inlined.
Positional arguments get their own Arguments: heading, printed right after the usage line.
Prose + examples for run, build, init, edit, export, jdk, alias, app, cache, catalog, config, deps, info, template, trust, wrapper and their useful subcommands.
-h/--help and -V/--version are jbang-owned options (aesh's generated help is no longer used) so they can live in Global options.
fix: jbang edit without a script outside a project now shows usage (and edit --sandbox without a script no longer NPEs).
Corrected the cache clear description (its default also clears the dependency cache).
How
The help formatting toggles are set once as fleet-wide defaults (JBang.HELP_DEFAULTS + JBang.ARGUMENTS_SECTION), applied at every registry/runner build site (Main, renderHelp, parseCommand), instead of repeating attributes on all 63 @CommandDefinitions. Each command implements CommandHelpProvider and acts as its own HelpSectionProvider, with prose()/examples() grouped next to doCall() — no per-command provider classes.
Options:
-h, --help Display this help and exit
--jdk-providers=<jdk-providers>
Use the given providers to manage JDKs
--jdk-distros=<jdk-distros>
Use the given distributions to install new JDKs
-f, --force Force installation even when already installed
--config=<config> Path to config file to be used instead of the default
--insecure Enable insecure trust of all SSL certificates.
--[no-]verbose jbang will be verbose on what it does.
--[no-]quiet jbang will be quiet, only print when error occurs.
-o, --[no-]offline Work offline. Fail-fast if dependencies are missing.
--[no-]fresh Make sure we use fresh (i.e. non-cached) resources.
-x, --[no-]stacktrace Print exceptions stacktraces to stderr (even when quiet).
--netrc=<netrc> Path to a .netrc file for HTTP authentication credentials.
--no-netrc Disable .netrc authentication lookup.
<versionOrId> The version or id to install
<pathOrUrl> Pre installed JDK path or URL/path to installable archive
Installs a JDK.
Installs a JDK by major version or id. Pass a path (or an installable archive)
as well to register a JDK you already have instead of downloading one.
Arguments:
<versionOrId> The version or id to install
<pathOrUrl> Pre installed JDK path or URL/path to installable
archive
Options:
-f, --force Force installation even when already installed
JDK options:
--jdk-providers=<jdk-providers>
Use the given providers to manage JDKs
--jdk-distros=<jdk-distros>
Use the given distributions to install new JDKs
Global options:
-h, --help Display this help and exit
--config=<config> Path to config file to be used instead of the
default
--insecure Enable insecure trust of all SSL certificates.
--[no-]verbose jbang will be verbose on what it does.
--[no-]quiet jbang will be quiet, only print when error occurs.
-o, --[no-]offline Work offline. Fail-fast if dependencies are missing.
--[no-]fresh Make sure we use fresh (i.e. non-cached) resources.
-x, --[no-]stacktrace Print exceptions stacktraces to stderr (even when
quiet).
--netrc=<netrc> Path to a .netrc file for HTTP authentication
credentials.
--no-netrc Disable .netrc authentication lookup.
aesh dependency
Targets released aesh 3.19 (on Maven Central) — no more dev build. 3.19 ships everything this PR relies on:
Every example shown in --help is verified to parse as a real command line.
Help-structure tests: examples present for every covered (sub)command; Options: first / Global options: last; synopsis collapses to [OPTIONS]; edit usage cases.
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New Features
Command-line help now includes descriptions and practical examples across commands and subcommands.
Options are grouped into labeled sections, with global options clearly separated and a more consistent help layout.
The edit command can open a project from the current directory without specifying a script; sandbox mode still requires a script.
Bug Fixes
Cache clearing now includes dependency caches by default.
Sandbox editing reports missing script input when required.
Documentation
Command references now provide clearer usage, examples, and authentication option details.
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The CLI now uses shared Aesh help settings, categorized options, and command-specific prose and examples. The edit command also changes script validation and project-directory lookup when no script is supplied.
Changes: CLI help and edit behavior
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Shared help configuration and rendering build.gradle, src/main/java/dev/jbang/Main.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/BaseCommand.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/CommandHelpProvider.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/JBang.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/ExternalCommandsProvider.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Completion.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Version.java, docs/genadoc.java, src/test/java/dev/jbang/cli/TestAeshParsing.java
Aesh and readline-api are updated to 3.19. Shared settings configure help layout and argument sections. CommandHelpProvider combines prose and examples for help output. JBang.renderHelp returns help for a command path, and requested help exits before validation or command execution. Tests check help content, examples, and section ordering.
Option help groups src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/BaseBuildCommand.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/BuildMixin.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/DependencyInfoMixin.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/JdkProvidersMixin.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/NativeMixin.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Run.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/RunMixin.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/ScriptMixin.java
Existing options are assigned to named help groups, including Global, Build, JDK, Runtime, Dependency, Source, and Native image options. Other option settings remain unchanged.
Help for common commands src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Alias.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/App.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Cache.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Catalog.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Config.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Deps.java
These commands and selected subcommands add help prose and usage examples. Their command definitions no longer explicitly enable generated help.
Help for build and management commands src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Build.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Export.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Info.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Init.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Jdk.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Run.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Template.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Trust.java, src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Wrapper.java
These commands and selected subcommands add help prose or examples. Their command definitions no longer explicitly enable generated help.
Normal editing allows invocation without a script. Sandbox mode still requires a script. Scriptless project lookup starts from the absolute current directory. The added test checks the invalid-input result and usage output for sandbox mode without a script.
CLI reference pages update command descriptions, examples, synopses, and option documentation. Command titles use spaces, and the JDK navigation label changes to java-env.
Help output and reference pages are reworked, with a few minor documentation inaccuracies and a possible formatting-check failure remaining. None of these is expected to break runtime behavior, so the change is mergeable with follow-up.
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Fully qualified type in renderHelp conflicts with the repository's OpenRewrite gate.
Line 115 uses org.aesh.command.impl.parser.CommandLineParser<?> inline. The build runs rewriteDryRun with ShortenFullyQualifiedTypeReferences and failOnDryRunResults = true. A shortenable FQN can fail formatCheck. Import the type instead. TestAeshParsing already imports CommandLineParser from the same package.
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Review comment at @src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/JBang.java around lines 107 - 127:
In JBang.renderHelp, replace the inline fully qualified CommandLineParser type with its imported short name. Add the corresponding import and leave the parser lookup and help-rendering behavior unchanged.
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Test registry omits argumentsSectionDefault.
testOptionSectionsAreOrderedOptionsFirstGlobalLast builds its registry with only helpDefaults. Production uses .argumentsSectionDefault(JBang.ARGUMENTS_SECTION) as well. The "Arguments:" section is not an options: header, so the check is probably unaffected. Add the setting so the test matches production rendering.
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Update the registry builder in testOptionSectionsAreOrderedOptionsFirstGlobalLast to include the same argumentsSectionDefault setting used by production, alongside helpDefaults, so the test renders the Arguments section consistently with production.
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- Line 628: Update the live-edit example near the `${COMMAND-FULL-NAME}`
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- Around line 616-619: Update the edit command description in Edit so it
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@quintesse wdyt on this ? tried adding more consistent order of all helps + include examples to guide humans (and agents) better on how to use jbang cli.
I also regenerated the docs which is what trigger the high file count. its in a separate commit so you can see the doc changes separate from code.
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… wording
- `jbang edit --sandbox` without a script used to NullPointerException;
now it errors out with the standard "Missing required parameter …
Usage: …" message. `jbang edit` (no args, no sandbox) continues to
open the current directory in the editor, same as `jbang edit .`.
- Help text distinguishes the two modes: normal mode opens the script
in the editor; `--sandbox` creates a temporary IDE project linked to
the script and its dependencies. `--no-open` / `--live` wording
scoped to the mode where they apply.
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Minor · Check the starting directory before searching its parents. · Edit.java:80
src/main/java/dev/jbang/cli/Edit.java:80 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Check the starting directory before searching its parents.
The newly permitted scriptless edit passes the current directory to locateProjectDir(). This line skips that directory.
For example, if /work/outer/inner and /work/outer both contain .vscode, running jbang edit from inner opens outer. With no script argument, the editor also receives no file from inner.
Check the supplied directory for project markers before searching its parents. Preserve parent-based lookup for file inputs.
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Update the directory lookup in the `locateProjectDir()` flow to check the supplied starting directory for project markers before searching its parents, so scriptless edits use the current directory’s project. Preserve the existing parent-based lookup behavior for file inputs.
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Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-catalog-add.adoc:
- Line 22: Update the example in Catalog.CatalogAdd.examples() to use a URL that
resolves to jbang-catalog.json, such as a raw GitHub URL or a GitHub blob URL
containing the branch and catalog filename, then regenerate the documentation
page.
Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-config-set.adoc:
- Around line 14-15: Update Config.ConfigSet.prose() and regenerate the page to
explain that default-value lookup removes hyphens from option names, so
hyphenated options use the normalized key rather than a literal key such as
run.compile-option; also clarify that debug and jfr settings apply only when
those options are supplied without a value.
Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-export-fatjar.adoc:
- Around line 14-15: Update the service-file merge behavior in
ExportFatjar.handleZipFile so entries from separate files remain valid when the
preceding file lacks a trailing newline, adding a separator where needed while
preserving existing merge behavior. Alternatively, qualify the generated help
text so it does not claim service files are always merged correctly.
Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-export-jlink.adoc:
- Around line 22-23: Update the examples in the `export jlink` documentation to
use a source file with a package declaration, or add a clear note that the
source must declare a package; preserve both command examples and their existing
options.
Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-init.adoc:
- Around line 16-18: Update the help prose for `Init.doCall()` to state that AI
code generation requires a configured AI provider and API key, and that without
them the command warns and creates the normal template instead.
Review comments at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-jdk-install.adoc:
- Around line 14-15: Update the JDK install help prose that generates this page
to clarify that a matching JDK already installed by JBang prevents registration
of the supplied path. State that using --force uninstalls the existing JDK
before proceeding.
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- Line 80: Update the directory lookup in the `locateProjectDir()` flow to check
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Use a URL that resolves to the catalog file.
This example registers the repository URL, but catalog loading appends /jbang-catalog.json without converting it to a GitHub raw URL. The catalog cannot then be loaded. Use a raw URL or a GitHub blob/<branch>/jbang-catalog.json URL in Catalog.CatalogAdd.examples() and regenerate this page. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the example in Catalog.CatalogAdd.examples() to use a URL that resolves to jbang-catalog.json, such as a raw GitHub URL or a GitHub blob URL containing the branch and catalog filename, then regenerate the documentation page.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Document the config-key rules and exceptions.
The stated rule does not apply literally to hyphenated options: the default-value provider removes hyphens before looking up the key. For example, run.compile-option is not the lookup key for --compile-option. Also, debug and jfr settings apply only when those options are supplied without a value. Update Config.ConfigSet.prose() and regenerate this page. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update Config.ConfigSet.prose() and regenerate the page to explain that default-value lookup removes hyphens from option names, so hyphenated options use the normalized key rather than a literal key such as run.compile-option; also clarify that debug and jfr settings apply only when those options are supplied without a value.
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Qualify the service-file merge claim.
If a service file has no trailing newline, ExportFatjar.handleZipFile appends the next file without a separator. The resulting provider name can be invalid, so ServiceLoader can fail at runtime. Fix the merge or document this limitation in the generated help source. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-export-fatjar.adoc around lines 14 - 15:
Update the service-file merge behavior in ExportFatjar.handleZipFile so entries from separate files remain valid when the preceding file lacks a trailing newline, adding a separator where needed while preserving existing merge behavior. Alternatively, qualify the generated help text so it does not claim service files are always merged correctly.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Document that export jlink requires a packaged source.
The example commands use hello.java. A script without a package declaration fails during the build. The build stops with Module code cannot work with the default package, adding a 'package' statement is required before jlink runs. The examples do not state this requirement.
Update the examples to use a source file with a package statement, or add a note that the source must declare a package.
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Review comment at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-export-jlink.adoc around lines 22 - 23:
Update the examples in the `export jlink` documentation to use a source file with a package declaration, or add a clear note that the source must declare a package; preserve both command examples and their existing options.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
State the AI configuration requirement.
If no AI provider or API key is configured, Init.doCall() warns and creates the normal template instead of generating code. State this requirement and fallback in the help prose that generates this page. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @docs/modules/cli/pages/jbang-init.adoc around lines 16 - 18:
Update the help prose for `Init.doCall()` to state that AI code generation requires a configured AI provider and API key, and that without them the command warns and creates the normal template instead.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Explain when an existing JDK prevents registration.
If JBang already has a matching JDK, jdk install 21 /opt/java/jdk-21 reports that the JDK is installed and does not register the supplied path. Clarify this condition in the help prose that generates this page. Note that --force uninstalls the existing JDK before proceeding. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the JDK install help prose that generates this page to clarify that a matching JDK already installed by JBang prevents registration of the supplied path. State that using --force uninstalls the existing JDK before proceeding.
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Reworks jbang's `--help` output and the generated CLI reference pages
on top of a released aesh 3.19.
Help layout
- Fleet-wide HELP_DEFAULTS (COLLAPSE_SYNOPSIS, DEFAULT_OPTIONS_FIRST,
HEADER_BEFORE_SYNOPSIS) set once in JBang instead of being repeated
on every @CommandDefinition. ArgumentsSection.FIRST places the
Arguments block right after the synopsis.
- Options are tagged with a `helpGroup` (Global, Build, JDK, Runtime,
Dependency, Source, Native image, …) so terminal help renders them
as grouped sections.
- jbang provides its own grouped --help and --version options (instead
of aesh's inherited ones) so they land in the Global options group
and the global --help never renders stray `=<value>` placeholders.
- A command's own options are printed first, inherited globals last.
Prose & examples
- New CommandHelpProvider mix-in lets every command add descriptive
prose and an Examples section between the synopsis and the options
table. Applied across run, build, init, edit, deps, cache, export,
jdk, config, trust, alias, template, catalog, app, completion,
info, version, wrapper (and their subcommands).
- getHeader(DocFormat) override emits the Examples block as a fenced
source block for AsciiDoc/Markdown so each example renders as its
own copyable line; terminal help keeps the two-space-indented plain
layout.
- Prose supports aesh variable tokens (${COMMAND-FULL-NAME}, …).
Reference-page generation
- docs/genadoc.java builds the CommandLineParser via
AeshCommandRegistryBuilder with the target class's HELP_DEFAULTS and
ARGUMENTS_SECTION applied (discovered reflectively), so generated
reference pages pick up the same fleet-wide help toggles. Without
this the synopsis in each page would be a ~750-char expanded option
list instead of `jbang <cmd> [OPTIONS] ...`.
- genadoc now clears stale pages up front so dropped/renamed commands
don't leave leftover docs behind.
- --source-type description lists its accepted Source.Type values
(java, jshell, kotlin, groovy, markdown) since aesh's AsciidocRenderer
doesn't surface enum "Valid values" automatically.
Build / infra
- Target released aesh 3.19 (both aesh and readline-api).
- BaseCommand provides CommandHelpProvider for all commands so help
rendering is uniform without each command having to opt in.
- Tests normalize CRLF before slicing the synopsis; blank lines
around the root help header are evened out.
Upstream aesh gaps that forced some of the downstream workarounds
above are tracked as aeshell/aesh#774 (env defaults leak into docs),
jbangdev#775 (exclusiveWith synopsis drops =<value>), jbangdev#776 (Builder missing
helpDefaults/argumentsSectionDefault), jbangdev#777 (renderers bypass
resolveOptionDescription), jbangdev#778 (renderers ignore helpGroup).
Drop generateHelp (caused duplicate -h/--help), replace SkillHelpProvider
with prose()/examples() like other commands, and add generated CLI
reference pages for skill.
* feat: add 'jbang skill' command to install agent skills (#2625)
Adds install/list/uninstall of JBang agent skills from jbangdev/agent-skills
into detected agents (~/.claude/skills, ~/.agents/skills), with --project,
--agent, --force and --repo options. Installs are marked with a .jbang-skill
file so uninstall works offline and never removes a foreign skill.
* fix: guard skill extraction against path traversal (Zip Slip)
Sanitize archive entries in UnpackUtil.readEntry/listTopFolders by
skipping absolute or '..'-escaping paths, and add a resolveInside()
guard in Skill for all target path resolution (including user-supplied
uninstall names). Adds tests covering traversal entries and the guard.
* test: strengthen zip-slip fixture; ignore .specs in git and spotless
* fix: reject symlinks that escape the extraction root (Zip Slip)
Validate symlink targets in UnpackUtil.untargz/unzip stay within the output
directory before creating them, and normalize the output dir in the entry
containment check. Closes the symlink write-through escape reachable via
'jbang skill install --repo <untrusted>'. Adds a test with an escaping symlink.
* style: shorten fully-qualified type names (OpenRewrite)
* fix: resolve symlinked ancestors when guarding archive extraction
Lexical path checks miss chained symlink escapes (e.g. a -> . then
a/b -> ..). Resolve real paths of parent directories during extraction so
any entry whose real location escapes the root is rejected, in both untargz
and unzip. Drop the now-unused checkValidParent. Adds a chained-symlink test.
* fix: restore file-vs-directory conflict detection in unzip
The symlink-ancestor hardening dropped checkValidParent, which Export's
ZipFileHandler relies on: a file where a directory is expected must raise
FileAlreadyExistsException so the handler can warn and skip instead of
letting a raw FileSystemException escape. Restore checkValidParent in the
unzip dir/file branches alongside the real-path security guards.
* fix: prevent unzip from extracting through escaping symlinks via handler
* fix: align 'jbang skill' help with grouped help from #2702
Drop generateHelp (caused duplicate -h/--help), replace SkillHelpProvider
with prose()/examples() like other commands, and add generated CLI
reference pages for skill.
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What
Reworks
jbang --help/jbang <cmd> --helpto be easier to read and more useful:-h/--help,--verbose,--config, ... in aGlobal optionssection).Usage: jbang run [OPTIONS] <scriptOrFile> [<userParams>...]instead of every flag inlined.Arguments:heading, printed right after the usage line.run,build,init,edit,export,jdk,alias,app,cache,catalog,config,deps,info,template,trust,wrapperand their useful subcommands.-h/--helpand-V/--versionare jbang-owned options (aesh's generated help is no longer used) so they can live inGlobal options.jbang editwithout a script outside a project now shows usage (andedit --sandboxwithout a script no longer NPEs).cache cleardescription (its default also clears the dependency cache).How
The help formatting toggles are set once as fleet-wide defaults (
JBang.HELP_DEFAULTS+JBang.ARGUMENTS_SECTION), applied at every registry/runner build site (Main,renderHelp,parseCommand), instead of repeating attributes on all 63@CommandDefinitions. Each command implementsCommandHelpProviderand acts as its ownHelpSectionProvider, withprose()/examples()grouped next todoCall()— no per-command provider classes.Example:
jbang jdk install --helpInstalls a JDK. Usage: jbang jdk install [-hfx] [--jdk-providers=<jdk-providers>] [--jdk-distros=<jdk-distros>] [--config=<config>] [--insecure] [--[no-]verbose | --[no-]quiet] [--[no-]offline | --[no-]fresh] [--[no-]stacktrace] [--netrc | --no-netrc] <versionOrId> [<pathOrUrl>]Options:
-h, --help Display this help and exit
--jdk-providers=<jdk-providers>
Use the given providers to manage JDKs
--jdk-distros=<jdk-distros>
Use the given distributions to install new JDKs
-f, --force Force installation even when already installed
--config=<config> Path to config file to be used instead of the default
--insecure Enable insecure trust of all SSL certificates.
--[no-]verbose jbang will be verbose on what it does.
--[no-]quiet jbang will be quiet, only print when error occurs.
-o, --[no-]offline Work offline. Fail-fast if dependencies are missing.
--[no-]fresh Make sure we use fresh (i.e. non-cached) resources.
-x, --[no-]stacktrace Print exceptions stacktraces to stderr (even when quiet).
--netrc=<netrc> Path to a .netrc file for HTTP authentication credentials.
--no-netrc Disable .netrc authentication lookup.
<versionOrId> The version or id to install
<pathOrUrl> Pre installed JDK path or URL/path to installable archive
aesh dependency
Targets released aesh 3.19 (on Maven Central) — no more dev build. 3.19 ships everything this PR relies on:
collapseSynopsis, chore(deps): bump com.diffplug.spotless from 5.7.0 to 5.10.0 #718 aligned long-only options, fix: jbang-native setup on Windows #747defaultOptionsFirst(replaced theorder = 0workaround), Mutiny lib: Compilation error #716--aesh-doc ... -- <subcommand>.HelpSectionProvider, removing the per-command provider classes.Arguments:section (ArgumentsSection.FIRSThere).aesh.help.width→COLUMNS→ terminal → 80). The test task pinsaesh.help.width=80so help-output assertions stay deterministic.Tests
--helpis verified to parse as a real command line.Options:first /Global options:last; synopsis collapses to[OPTIONS];editusage cases.Summary by CodeRabbit