Update Rust crate clap to 3.2.23

Moved deprecations to be behind the deprecated Cargo.toml feature (#3830)
- For now, it is disabled by default though we are considering enabling it by default as we release the next major version to help draw attention to the deprecation migration path

`v3.2.2`

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Fixes

(derive) Improve the highlighted code for deprecation warnings

gated behind unstable-v4

(derive) Default to #[clap(value_parser, action)] instead of #[clap(parse)] (#3827)

`v3.2.1`

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Fixes

(help) Command::print_help now respects Command::colored_help
(derive) Improved error messages

`v3.2.0`

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Compatibility

MSRV is now 1.56.0 (#3732)

Behavior

Defaults no longer satisfy required and its variants (#3793)
When misusing ArgMatches::value_of and friends, debug asserts were turned into panics

Moving (old location deprecated)

clap::{PossibleValue, ValueHint} to clap::builder::{PossibleValue, ValueHint}
clap::{Indices, OsValues, ValueSource, Values} to clap::parser::{Indices, OsValues, ValueSource, Values}
clap::ArgEnum to clap::ValueEnum (#3799)

Replaced

Arg::allow_invalid_utf8 with Arg::value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf)) (#3753)
Arg::validator / Arg::validator_os with Arg::value_parser (#3753)
Arg::validator_regex with users providing their own builder::TypedValueParser (#3756)
Arg::forbid_empty_values with builder::NonEmptyStringValueParser / builder::PathBufValueParser (#3753)
Arg::possible_values with Arg::value_parser([...]), builder::PossibleValuesParser, or builder::EnumValueParser (#3753)
Arg::max_occurrences with arg.action(ArgAction::Count).value_parser(value_parser!(u8).range(..N)) for flags (#3797)
Arg::multiple_occurrences with ArgAction::Append or ArgAction::Count though positionals will need Arg::multiple_values (#3772, #3797)
Command::args_override_self with ArgAction::Set (#2627, #3797)
AppSettings::NoAutoVersion with ArgAction or Command::disable_version_flag (#3800)
AppSettings::NoHelpVersion with ArgAction or Command::disable_help_flag / Command::disable_help_subcommand (#3800)
ArgMatches::{value_of, value_of_os, value_of_os_lossy, value_of_t} with ArgMatches::{get_one,remove_one} (#3753)
ArgMatches::{values_of, values_of_os, values_of_os_lossy, values_of_t} with ArgMatches::{get_many,remove_many} (#3753)
ArgMatches::is_valid_arg with ArgMatches::{try_get_one,try_get_many} (#3753)
ArgMatches::occurrences_of with ArgMatches::value_source or ArgAction::Count (#3797)
ArgMatches::is_present with ArgMatches::contains_id or ArgAction::SetTrue (#3797)
ArgAction::StoreValue with ArgAction::Set or ArgAction::Append (#3797)
ArgAction::IncOccurrences with ArgAction::SetTrue or ArgAction::Count (#3797)
(derive) #[clap(parse(...))] replaced with: (#3589, #3794)
- For default parsers (no parse attribute), deprecation warnings can be silenced by opting into the new behavior by adding either #[clap(action)] or #[clap(value_parser)] (ie requesting the default behavior for these attributes). Alternatively, the unstable-v4 feature changes the default away from parse to action/value_parser.
- For #[clap(parse(from_flag))] replaced with #[clap(action = ArgAction::SetTrue)] (#3794)
- For #[clap(parse(from_occurrences))] replaced with #[clap(action = ArgAction::Count)] though the field's type must be u8 (#3794)
- For #[clap(parse(from_os_str)] for PathBuf, replace it with #[clap(value_parser)] (as mentioned earlier this will call value_parser!(PathBuf) which will auto-select the right ValueParser automatically).
- For #[clap(parse(try_from_str = ...)], replace it with #[clap(value_parser = ...)]
- For most other cases, a type implementing TypedValueParser will be needed and specify it with #[clap(value_parser = ...)]

Features

Parsed, typed arguments via Arg::value_parser / ArgMatches::{get_one,get_many} (#2683, #3732)
- Several built-in TypedValueParsers available with an API open for expansion
- value_parser!(T) macro for selecting a parser for a given type (#3732) and open to expansion via the ValueParserFactory trait (#3755)
- [&str] is implicitly a value parser for possible values
- All ArgMatches getters do not assume required arguments (#2505)
- Add ArgMatches::remove_* variants to transfer ownership
- Add ArgMatches::try_* variants to avoid panics for developer errors (#3621)
- Add a get_raw to access the underlying OsStrs
- PathBuf value parsers imply ValueHint::AnyPath for completions (#3732)
Explicit control over parsing via Arg::action (#3774)
- ArgAction::StoreValue: existing takes_value(true) behavior
- ArgAction::IncOccurrences: existing takes_value(false) behavior
- ArgAction::Help: existing --help behavior
- ArgAction::Version: existing --version behavior
- ArgAction::Set: Overwrite existing values (like Arg::multiple_occurrences mixed with Command::args_override_self) (#3777)
- ArgAction::Append: like Arg::multiple_occurrences (#3777)
- ArgAction::SetTrue: Treat --flag as --flag=true (#3775)
  - Implies Arg::default_value("false") (#3786)
  - Parses Arg::env via Arg::value_parser
- ArgAction::SetFalse: Treat --flag as --flag=false (#3775)
  - Implies Arg::default_value("true") (#3786)
  - Parses Arg::env via Arg::value_parser
- ArgAction::Count: Treat --flag --flag --flag as --flag=1 --flag=2 --flag=3 (#3775)
  - Implies Arg::default_value("0") (#3786)
  - Parses Arg::env via Arg::value_parser
(derive) Opt-in to new Arg::value_parser / Arg::action with either #[clap(value_parser)] (#3589, #3742) / #[clap(action)] attributes (#3794)
- Default ValueParser is determined by value_parser! (#3199, #3496)
- Default ArgAction is determine by a hard-coded lookup on the type (#3794)
Command::multicall is now stable for busybox-like programs and REPLs (#2861, #3684)
ArgMatches::{try_,}contains_id for checking if there are values for an argument that mirrors the new get_{one,many} API

Fixes

Don't correct argument id in default_value_ifs_os(#3815)

parser

Set ArgMatches::value_source and ArgMatches::occurrences_of for external subcommands (#3732)
Use value delimiter for Arg::default_missing_values (#3761, #3765)
SplitArg::default_value / Arg::env on value delimiters independent of whether -- was used (#3765)
Allow applying defaults to flags (#3294, 3775)
Defaults no longer satisfy required and its variants (#3793)

`v3.1.18`

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Fixes

Fix deprecated arg_enum! for users migrating to clap3 (#3717)
Verify all required_unless_present_all arguments exist
Verify group members exist before processing group members (#3711)
(help) Use ... when not enough value_names are supplied

gated behind unstable-v4

Verify required is not used with conditional required settings (#3660)
Disallow more value_names than number_of_values (#2695)
(parser) Assert on unknown args when using external subcommands (#3703)
(parser) Always fill in "" argument for external subcommands (#3263)
(derive) Detect escaped external subcommands that look like built-in subcommands (#3703)
(derive) Leave Arg::id as verbatim casing (#3282)

`v3.1.17`

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Fixes

Allow value names for arg! macro to have dashes when quoted, like longs

`v3.1.16`

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Fixes

(parser) Arg::exclusive overrides Arg::required, like other conflicts
(error) Don't duplicate arguments in usage
(error) Don't show hidden arguments in conflict error usage
(help) New help_template variable {name} to fix problems with {bin}
(help) Don't wrap URLs

gated behind unstable-v4

Leading dashes in Arg::long are no longer allowed
(help) Use Command::display_name in the help title rather than Command::bin_name

`v3.1.15`

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Fixes

(error) Render actual usage for unrecognized subcommands
(multicall) Improve bad command error
(multicall) Always require a multicall command
(multicall) Disallow arguments on multicall parent command
(multicall) More consistent with rest of clap errors

`v3.1.14`

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Fixes

Panic when calling Command::build with a required positional argument nested several layers in subcommands

`v3.1.13`

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Fixes

Help subcommand and Command::write_help now report required arguments in usage in more circumstances
Unknown subcommand for help subcommand flag now reports an error with more context
More details reported when using debug feature
Allow disabling color feature with debug feature enabled

`v3.1.12`

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Fixes

Regression in 3.1.11 where the (output) streams were crossed

`v3.1.11`

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Fixes

Implied conflicts override Arg::required, making the behavior consistent with how we calculate conflicts for error reporting
Members of a mutually exclusive ArgGroup override Arg::required, making the behavior consistent with how we calculate conflicts for error reporting
Arg::overrides_with always override Arg::required, not just when the parser processes an override

`v3.1.10`

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Features

Expose Command::build for custom help generation or other command introspection needs

`v3.1.9`

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Fixes

Pin the clap_derive version so a compatible version is always used with clap

`v3.1.8`

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Fixes

Add Debug impls to more types

`v3.1.7`

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Fixes

(derive) Abort, rather than ignore, when deriving ArgEnum with non-unit unskipped variants

`v3.1.6`

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Fixes

Don't panic when validating delimited defaults (#3541)
Make it clearer that cargo feature is needed
Documentation improvements

`v3.1.5`

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Fixes

Dependency upgrade

`v3.1.4`

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Features

(help) Show PossibleValue::help in long help (--help) (gated behind unstable-v4) (#3312)

`v3.1.3`

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Fixes

Don't panic when validating delimited defaults (#3514)

`v3.1.2`

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Fixes

(derive) Allow other attribute with a subcommand that has subcommands

Documentation

(examples) List example topics
(derive) Clarify syntax and relation to builder API

`v3.1.1`

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Fixes

Fix deprecated arg_enum! for users migrating to clap3 (#3717)
Verify all required_unless_present_all arguments exist
Verify group members exist before processing group members (#3711)
(help) Use ... when not enough value_names are supplied

gated behind unstable-v4

Verify required is not used with conditional required settings (#3660)
Disallow more value_names than number_of_values (#2695)
(parser) Assert on unknown args when using external subcommands (#3703)
(parser) Always fill in "" argument for external subcommands (#3263)
(derive) Detect escaped external subcommands that look like built-in subcommands (#3703)
(derive) Leave Arg::id as verbatim casing (#3282)

`v3.1.0`

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Compatibility

Changes in behavior of note that are not guaranteed to be compatible across releases:

(help) help subcommand shows long help like --help, rather than short help (-h), deprecated clap::AppSettings::UseLongFormatForHelpSubcommand (#3440)
(help) Pacman-style subcommands are now ordered the same as usage errors (#3470)
(help) Pacman-style subcommands use standard alternate syntax in usage (#3470)

Deprecations

clap::Command is now preferred over clap::App (#3089 in #3472)
- clap::command! is now preferred over clap::app_from_crate (#3089 in #3474)
- clap::CommandFactory::command is now preferred over clap::IntoApp::into_app (#3089 in #3473)
(help) help subcommand shows long help like --help, rather than short help (-h), deprecated clap::AppSettings::UseLongFormatForHelpSubcommand (#3440)
(error) Deprecate clap::AppSettings::WaitOnError, leaving it to the user to implement
(validation) clap::Command::subcommand_required(true).arg_required_else_help(true) is now preferred over clap::AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp (#3280)
(builder) clap::AppSettings are nearly all deprecated and replaced with builder methods and getters (#2717)
(builder) clap::ArgSettings is deprecated and replaced with builder methods and getters (#2717)
(builder) clap::Arg::id and clap::ArgGroup::id are now preferred over clap::Arg::name and clap::ArgGroup::name (#3335)
(help) clap::Command::next_help_heading is now preferred over clap::Command::help_heading (#1807, #1553)
(error) clap::error::ErrorKind is now preferred over clap::ErrorKind (#3395)
(error) clap::Error::kind() is now preferred over clap::Error::kind
(error) clap::Error::context() is now preferred over clap::Error::info (#2628)

Note: All items deprecated in 3.0.0 are now hidden in the documentation. (#3458)

Features

(matches) Add clap::ArgMatches::value_source to determine what insert the value (#1345)
(help) Override derived display order with clap::Command::next_display_order (#1807)
(error) Show possible values when an argument doesn't have a value (#3320)
(error) New clap::Error::context API to open the door for fully-custom error messages (#2628)
- (error) clap::error::ErrorKind now implements Display

Fixes

(builder) Some functions were renamed for consistency and fixing spelling issues
(builder) Allow clap::Command::color to override previous calls (#3449)
(parse) Propagate globals with multiple subcommands (#3428)
(validation) Give ArgRequiredElseHelp precedence over SubcommandRequired (#3456)
(validation) Default values no longer count as "present" for conflicts, requires, clap::Command::arg_required_else_help, etc (#3076, #1264)
(assert) Report invalid defaults (#3202)
(help) Clarify how to handle -h conflicts (#3403)
(help) Make it easier to debug the addition of help flags (#3425)
(help) Pacman-style subcommands are now separated with spaces (#3470)
(help) Pacman-style subcommands are now ordered the same as usage errors (#3470)
(help) Pacman-style subcommands use standard alternate syntax in usage (#3470)
(error) Be consistent in showing of required attributes between errors / usage (#3390)
(error) Show user's order of possible values, like in --help (#1549)
(error) Allow customizing error type in clap::error::Result (#3395)

Performance

(error) Reduced stack size of clap::Error (#3395)

Documentation

(builder) Correct data take accepted for clap::Arg::validator
(derive) Clarify parse attribute
(tutorial) Demonstrate custom parsing
(example) Consistently list out required feature flags (#3448)

`v3.0.14`

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Features

Added ArgMatches::args_present() to check if any args are present
Added Error::kind() as we work to deprecate direct member access for Error
Added App::get_version
Added App::get_long_version
Added App::get_author
Added App::get_subcommand_help_heading
Added App::get_subcommand_value_name
Added App::get_after_help
Added App::get_after_long_help

Performance

Misc binary size reductions

`v3.0.13`

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Fixes

Show optional flag values wrapped in []

`v3.0.12`

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Features

(derive) Support for default_value_os_t

`v3.0.11`

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Fixes

Ensure conflicts work when they target a group with a default value

`v3.0.10`

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Fixes

Resolve panic! from v3.0.8 when using global_setting(PropagateVersion).

`v3.0.9`

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Features

Added App::find_subcommand_mut

`v3.0.8`

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Fixes

Respected DisableColoredHelp on cmd help help
Provide a little more context when completing arguments for cmd help
Provide more context for some asserts
Small documentation improvements

`v3.0.7`

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Fixes

Shift more asserts from parsing to App building (ie will now run in App::debug_assert)

derive

Documentation fixes

`v3.0.6`

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Fixes

derive

Don't assume user does use clap::ArgEnum (#3277)
Documentation fixes

`v3.0.5`

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Fixes

Provide hack to workaround inability to detect external subcommands aliasing when escaped (#3264)

docs:

Cleaned up code blocks in tutorials (#3261)
Clean up quotes in ArgMatches asserts
List correct replacement for deprecated Parser::from_clap (#3257)

`v3.0.4`

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Features

For very limited cases, like cargo, expose ArgMatches::is_valid_arg to avoid panicing on undefined arguments

`v3.0.3`

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Fixes

Specify cause of debug assert failure

`v3.0.2`

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Fixes

Ignore Last when checking hyphen values (see #3249 for details)
Help catch bugs with #[must_use]

`v3.0.1`

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Features

Added ArgMatches::args_present() to check if any args are present
Added Error::kind() as we work to deprecate direct member access for Error
Added App::get_version
Added App::get_long_version
Added App::get_author
Added App::get_subcommand_help_heading
Added App::get_subcommand_value_name
Added App::get_after_help
Added App::get_after_long_help

Performance

Misc binary size reductions

`v3.0.0`

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Note: clap v3 has been in development for several years and has changed hands multiple times. Unfortunately, our changelog might be incomplete, whether in changes or their motivation.

Highlights

A special thanks to the maintainers, contributors, beta users, and sponsors who have helped along this journey, especially kbknapp.

StructOpt Integration

StructOpt provides a serde-like declarative approach to defining your parser. The main benefits we've seen so far from integrating are:

Tighter feedback between the design of clap and the derives
More universal traits. Crates exist for common CLI patterns (example) and we've re-designed the StructOpt traits so crates built on clap3 can be reused not just with other derives but also people using the builder API. People can even hand implement these so people using the builder API won't have the pay the cost for derives.

Custom Help Headings

Previously, clap automatically grouped arguments in the help as either ARGS, FLAGS, OPTIONS, and SUBCOMMANDS.

You can now override the default group with Arg::help_heading and App::subcommand_help_heading. To apply a heading to a series of arguments, you can set App::help_heading.

Deprecations

While a lot of deprecations have been added to clean up the API (overloaded meaning of Arg::multiple) or make things more consistent, some particular highlights are:

clap_app! has been deprecated in favor of the builder API with arg! (clap-rs/clap#2835)
Arg::from_usage has been deprecated in favor of arg! (clap-rs/clap#3087)
- Porting example
The YAML API has been deprecated in favor the builder or derive APIs (clap-rs/clap#3087)

Migrating

From clap v2

Add CLI tests, -h and --help output at a minimum (recommendation: trycmd for snapshot testing)
Update your dependency
1. If you use no-default-features: add the std feature
Resolve compiler errors
Resolve behavior changes
1. Refactor your App creation to a function and add a test similar to the one below, resolving any of its assertions
2. Look over the "subtle changes" under BREAKING CHANGES
3. If using builder: test your application under various circumstances to see if ArgMatches asserts regarding AllowInvalidUtf8.
At your leisure: resolve deprecation notices

Example test:

fn app() -> clap::App<'static> {
    ...
}

#[test]
fn verify_app() {
    app().debug_assert();
}

From structopt 0.3.25

Add CLI tests, -h and --help output at a minimum (recommendation: trycmd for snapshot testing)
Replace your dependency from structopt = "..." to clap = { version = "3.0", features = ["derive"] }
1. If you use no-default-features: add the std feature
Resolve compiler errors, including
1. Update your use statements from structopt and structopt::clap to clap
Resolve behavior changes
1. Add a test similar to the one below, resolving any of its assertions
2. Look over the "subtle changes" under BREAKING CHANGES
At your leisure: resolve deprecation notices

Example test:


#[derive(clap::StructOpt)]
struct Args {
    ...
}

#[test]
fn verify_app() {
    use clap::IntoApp;
    Args::into_app().debug_assert()
}

From clap v3.0.0-beta.5

Add CLI tests, -h and --help output at a minimum (recommendation: trycmd for snapshot testing)
Update your dependency
1. Add in derive, env, cargo, or unicode feature flags as needed
Resolve compiler errors
1. If you use yaml, clap_app!, or usage parser: revert any changes you made for clap3
2. Change Arg::about Arg::long_about back to help and long_help and change PossibleValue::about to help (clap-rs/clap#3075)
3. Change AppSettings::HelpRequired to AppSettings::HelpExpected
4. Change PossibleValue::hidden to PossibleValue::hide
5. Change App::subcommand_placeholder to App::subcommand_value_name / App::subcommand_help_heading
Resolve behavior changes
1. Add the above listed test appropriate for your application and resolve any problems it reports
2. If using derive: see the structopt breaking changes section for Vec changes
3. If using builder: test your application under various circumstances to see if ArgMatches asserts regarding AllowInvalidUtf8.
At your leisure: resolve deprecation notices

BREAKING CHANGES

From clap 2

Subtle changes (i.e. compiler won't catch):

AppSettings::UnifiedHelpMessage is now default behaviour
- {flags} and {unified} will assert if present in App::help_template
- See clap-rs/clap#2807
AppSettings::EnableColoredHelp is now the default behavior but can be opted-out with AppSettings::DisableColoredHelp (clap-rs/clap#2806)
App::override_usage no longer implies a leading \t, allowing multi lined usages
Arg::require_equals no longer implies ArgSettings::ForbidEmptyValues (#2233)
Arg::require_delimiter no longer implies ArgSettings::TakesValue and ArgSettings::UseValueDelimiter (#2233)
Arg::env, Arg::env_os, Arg::last, Arg::require_equals, Arg::allow_hyphen_values, Arg::hide_possible_values, Arg::hide_default_value, Arg::hide_env_values, Arg::case_insensitive and Arg::multiple_values no longer imply ArgSettings::TakesValue (#2233)
ArgMatches::is_present no longer checks subcommand names
Some env variable values are now considered false for flags, not just "not-present" (clap-rs/clap#2539)
Changed ...s meaning in usage parser. Before, it always meant multiple which is still true for --option [val].... Now [name]... --option [val] results in ArgSettings::MultipleOccurrences.
Usage exit code changed from 1 to 2 (clap-rs/clap#1327)
Reject --foo=bar when takes_value(false) (clap-rs/clap#1543)
No longer accept an arbitrary number of - for long arguments (-----long)

Easier to catch changes:

When using no-default-features, you now have to specify the std feature (reserved for future work)
Gated env support behind env feature flag
- Impacts Arg::env, Arg::env_os, Arg::hide_env_values, ArgSettings::HideEnvValues
- See clap-rs/clap#2694
Gated crate information behind cargo feature flag
- Impacts crate_name!, crate_version!, crate_authors!, crate_description!, app_from_crate!
AppSettings::StrictUtf8 is now default behaviour and asserts if AppSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8ForExternalSubcommands and ArgSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8 and ArgMatches::value_of_os aren't used together
- AppSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8 has been removed
- clap-rs/clap#751
Arg::short and Arg::value_delimiter now take a char instead of a &str
ArgMatches panics on unknown arguments
Removed VersionlessSubcommands, making it the default (see clap-rs/clap#2812)
Completion generation has been split out into clap_complete.
Removed ArgSettings::EmptyValues in favor of ArgSettings::ForbidEmptyValues
Validator signatures have been loosed:
- Arg::validator now takes first argument as Fn(&str) -> Result<O, E: ToString> instead of Fn(String) -> Result<(), String>
- Arg::validator_os now takes first argument as Fn(&OsStr) -> Result<O, OsString> instead of Fn(&OsStr) -> Result<(), OsString>
Arg::value_name now sets, rather than appends (see clap-rs/clap#2634)
Upgrade yaml-rust from 0.3 to 0.4
Replaced ArgGroup::from(BTreeMap) to ArgGroup::from(yaml)
Replaced ArgMatches::usage with App::generate_usage
Replaced Arg::settings with Arg::setting(Setting1 | Setting2)
App and Arg now need only one lifetime
Removed deprecated App::with_defaults, replaced with app_from_crate
Removed deprecated AppSettings::PropagateGlobalValuesDown (now the default)
Some App functions, like App::write_help now take &mut self instead of &self
Error::message is now private, use Error::to_string
Arg::default_value_if, Arg::default_value_if_os, Arg::default_value_ifs, Arg::default_value_ifs_os now takes the default value parameter as an option (clap-rs/clap#1406)
Changed App::print_help & App::print_long_help to now return std::io::Result
Changed App::write_help & App::write_long_help to now return std::io::Result
Changed Arg::index, Arg::number_of_values, Arg::min_values, Arg::max_values to taking usize instead of u64
Changed Error::info to type Vec<String> instead of Option<Vec<String>>
Changed ArgMatches::subcommand to now return Option<(&str, &ArgMatches)>
Renamed ErrorKind::MissingArgumentOrSubcommand to ErrorKind::DisplayHelpOnMissingArgumentOrSubcommand
Renamed ErrorKind::HelpDisplayed to ErrorKind::DisplayHelp
Renamed ErrorKind::VersionDisplayed to ErrorKind::DisplayVersion
Added #[non_exhaustive] to clap::{ValueHint, ErrorKind, AppSettings, ArgSettings} (clap-rs/clap#3167)

From structopt 0.3.25

By default, the App isn't initialized with crate information anymore. Now opt-in via #[clap(author)], #[clap(about)], #[clap(version)] (clap-rs/clap#3034)
#[clap(default_value)] is replaced with #[clap(default_value_t)] (clap-rs/clap#1694)
Subcommands nested under subcommands now needs a #[clap(subcommand)] attribute (clap-rs/clap#2587)
Vec<_> and Option<Vec<_>> have changed from multiple to multiple_occurrences

On top of the clap 2 changes

Performance

From clap 2

Split out non-default unicode feature flag for faster builds and smaller binaries for ASCII-only CLIs.
Split out non-default env feature flag for faster builds and smaller binaries.

Features

From clap 2

Integration of structopt::StructOpt via clap::Parser (requires derive feature flag)
Custom help headings
- App::help_heading (apply to all future args)
- Arg::help_heading (apply to current arg)
- App::subcommand_help_heading along with App::subcommand_value_name (apply to subcommands)
- See clap-rs/clap#805
- AppSettings::UnifiedHelpMessage is now default behaviour (clap-rs/clap#2807)
Deriving of ArgEnum for generating Arg::possible_values (requires derive feature flag)
Disable built-in help/version behavior with AppSettings::NoAutoHelp and AppSettings::NoAutoVersion
Change an existing arg with new builder method mut_arg (particularly helpful for --help and --version)
Provide extra context in long help messages (--help) with before_long_help and after_long_help (clap-rs/clap#1903)
Detect missing help descriptions via debug asserts by enabling AppSettings::HelpExpected
Aliases for short flags (clap-rs/clap#1896)
Validate UTF-8 values, rather than panicing during ArgMatches::value_of thanks to AppSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8ForExternalSubcommands and ArgSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8
- Debug builds will assert when the ArgMatches calls do not match the UTF-8 setting.
- See clap-rs/clap#751
clap::PossibleValue to allow
- Hiding (clap-rs/clap#2756)
- Completion help for possible values for args (clap-rs/clap#2731)
Allow arguments to conflict with all others via Arg::exclusive (clap-rs/clap#1583)
Validate arguments with a regex (required regex feature flag)
- See clap-rs/clap
Arg::default_missing_value for cases like --color[=<WHEN>] (clap-rs/clap#1587)
clap::App::color / clap::ColorChoice to specify color setting for the app
Custom error reporting with App::error
App::debug_assert test helper
Replace Arg::multiple(bool) with Arg::multiple_values / Arg::multiple_occurrences
- Positionals can be either
Added support for flag subcommands like pacman (clap-rs/clap#1361)
Partial parsing via AppSettings::IgnoreErrors (clap-rs/clap#1880)
Enable cmd help to print long help (--help instead of -h) with AppSettings::UseLongFormatForHelpSubcommand (clap-rs/clap#2435)
Allow long arg abbreviations like we do with subcommands via AppSettings::InferLongArgs (clap-rs/clap#2435)
Detect subcommands among positional arguments with AppSettings::SubcommandPrecedenceOverArg
Give completion scripts hints with Arg::value_hint (clap-rs/clap#1793)
Allow unsetting defaults with
Arg::default_value_if, Arg::default_value_if_os, Arg::default_value_ifs, Arg::default_value_ifs_os (clap-rs/clap#1406)
Interpret some env variable values as false for flags, in addition to "not-present" (clap-rs/clap#2539)
- n, no, f, false, off, 0
Added arg! macro for creating an Arg from a compile-time usage parser
(Experimental) Busybox-like multi-call support
- See AppSettings::Multicall behind unstable-multicall feature flag
- See clap-rs/clap#1120
(Experimental) Alias an argument to anything group of arguments
- See App::replace behind unstable-replace feature flag
- See clap-rs#1603
(Experimental) Grouping of multiple values within multiple occurrences
- See ArgMatches::grouped_values_of behind unstable-grouped feature flag
- See clap-rs/clap#1026

From structopt 0.3.25

Allow defaulting with native types via new default_value_t [= <expr>] attribute (clap-rs/clap#1694)
New update API
New arg_enum attribute for integrating with ArgEnum trait

On top of the clap 2 changes

Fixes

From clap 2

Correctly handle colored output on Windows
Only generate version flags when App::version, App::long_version are set (see clap-rs/clap#2812)
General completion script improvements
Limited default help text wrapping to 100 when wrap_help feature is not enabled
Be more specific than Arg::multiple with Arg::multiple_values and Arg::multiple_occurrences
app_from_crate! defaults to separating multiple authors with ", "
Ensure all examples work
IgnoreCase is now unicode aware (requires unicode feature flag)
Always respect ColorChoice::Never, even if that means we skip colors in some cases
ArgMatches panics on unknown arguments
Gracefully handle empty authors field in Cargo.toml with app_from_crate
Do not show --help in cmd help with DisableHelpFlag (clap-rs/clap#3169)
Do not show --help in cmd help help that doesn't work (clap-rs/clap#3169)

From structopt 0.3.25

Support SubcommandsNegateReqs by allowing required Option<_>s (clap-rs/clap#2255)
Infer AllowInvalidUtf8 based on parser (clap-rs/clap#751)
Gracefully handle empty authors field in Cargo.toml
Don't panic with default_value_os but treat it like default_value (clap-rs/clap#3031)
When using flatten and subcommand, ensure our doc comment always overrides the nested container's doc comment, whether it has only about or about and long_about (clap-rs/clap#3175)

On top of the clap 2 changes

Minimum Required Rust

As of this release, clap requires rustc 1.54.0 or greater.

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