feat(earthfile): support ARG --description (and comment description) and enhance earth doc rendering - #949
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ChangesArgument metadata and documentation output
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participant EarthfileParser
participant EarthfileInfo
participant DocCommand
participant ConfiguredWriter
EarthfileParser->>EarthfileInfo: Parse ARG and output commands
EarthfileInfo->>DocCommand: Return target metadata
DocCommand->>DocCommand: Parse comments and referenced globals
DocCommand->>ConfiguredWriter: Render target documentation
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Long-form documentation can hide that a base argument explicitly defaults to an empty string; preserve that distinction before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@internal/earthfile/lex.go`:
- Line 880: Update the flag-termination condition in the lexer’s relevant
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🟡 Minor · Preserve explicit empty defaults in base-target documentation. · doc_cmds.go:819-848
cmd/earth/subcmd/doc_cmds.go:819-848
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winPreserve explicit empty defaults in base-target documentation. The implicit
+basetarget reachesdocumentSingleTarget, whereParseArgpreservesARG FOO=""as a non-nil default.unquoteconverts it to an empty string.printArgsTablethen omits the default cell, so long documentation rendersFOOas if it had no displayed default. Preserve an explicit empty default, such as by rendering""instead of suppressing the row content.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cmd/earth/subcmd/doc_cmds.go`:
- Around line 819-848: Update the argument documentation flow used by
documentSingleTarget and printArgsTable so an ARG default that ParseArg
preserves as non-nil remains distinguishable after unquote returns an empty
string. Render an explicit empty default as "" in the default cell instead of
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Really cool! I've definitely wished for this in the past. UX-wise, I think just doc comment is more consistent, right? So similar to how target docs work, where: # target-name This is the doc for target name, it must start with exactly `# target-name` to match
target-name:
FROM foo
# ...
# this is a comment that won't appear in doc
another-target:
FROM barI think that it would be more consistent to skip the doc-target:
# FOO_VERSION sets the version of foo
ARG FOO_VERSION="0.1.1"
# this is just a comment and won't appear in doc
ARG SOMETHING_ELSE="bar"Plus to my eyes I think the comment form is a little nicer than ARG --description="sets the version of foo" FOO_VERSION="0.1.1" |
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The implementation supports both approaches. Let's discuss the Earthfile and Dockerfile in the next call. In my view, the Earthfile is (nearly) a superset of the Dockerfile. Keeping the grammar parity with the Dockerfile improves the UX: it makes it easier for users to start using Earthfile. They know the syntax already. The doc-target:
# FOO_VERSION sets the version of foo
ARG FOO_VERSION="0.1.1"
# BAR_VERSION sets the version of bar
ARG --required BAR_VERSION
# $ earth doc
# ...
# ARG DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
# --FOO_VERSION 0.1.1 FOO_VERSION sets the version of foo
# --BAR_VERSION (required) BAR_VERSION sets the version of bar
ARG --description="sets the version of foo" FOO_VERSION="0.1.1"
ARG --description="sets the version of bar" --required BAR_VERSION
# $ earth doc
# ...
# ARG DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
# --FOO_VERSION 0.1.1 sets the version of foo
# --BAR_VERSION (required) sets the version of barWhen using a comment-style description, we could drop the ARG name from the description to eliminate stuttering: |
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support ARG --description and clean up doc output
This change cleans up the grammar, the data structures, and the presentation.
The Design
Inline Documentation (
ARG --description="..."):Authors can now document arguments directly at the declaration site:
If both a doc comment and
--descriptionare present, the explicit flag takes precedence.Structured Terminal Output:
Instead of jamming options into a long, wrapping line,
earth docnow prints a clean, 3-column table (ARG,DEFAULT,DESCRIPTION) with aligned multi-line descriptions.Target-Scoped Argument Filtering:
A target should only show arguments that are meaningful to it.
earth docnow walks the target's AST to identify referenced arguments ($VAR,${VAR},--flag, andCOPY (+target --arg)). Global arguments from+baseonly appear in a target's table if that target actually references them.$ earth doc$ earth doc --longSummary by CodeRabbit
earth docsupports compact and detailed output with arguments, defaults, descriptions, artifacts, images, and target information.ARGsupports descriptions, global arguments, and required arguments.#are parsed correctly.earth docoutput.