clikt v2.0.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2019-05-12 // almost 5 years ago-
2019-05-12
➕ Added
- Bash autocomplete script generation. A property named
completionCandidateshas been added toArgumentandOptioninterfaces, and corresponding parameters have been added to the various implementation constructors, as well as theconvertfunctions. You can use this to control the values autocomplete that will be suggested. option().split(), and the correspondingOptionWithValues.valueSplit.- 🗄 Marking options as deprecated with
option().deprecated() - You can manually set the pattern to split envvars on by passing a pattern to the
envvarSplitparameter ofoption() - Option groups, mutually exclusive groups, co-occurring groups, and choice options with groups
- 👌 Support for Command line argument files a.k.a "@-files"
🔄 Changed
- 📜 If multiple
--tokens are present on the command line, all subsequent occurrences after the first are now parsed as positional arguments. Previously, subsequent--tokens were skipped. - 👀 The
PlaintextHelpFormatterhas been replaced withCliktHelpFormatter, which is more customizable. See the docs for more info, or the new sample for an example of customizing help output to use ANSI colors. - Some of the properties and constructor parameters for
OptionWithValuesandProcessedArgumenthave changed. - The
OptionDelegateinterface has changed, andGroupableOptionandParameterHolderinterfaces have been added to work with option groups. - Parameter validation now occurs after all parameter delegates have set their values, so the lambdas passed to
validatemay reference other parameters.
- Bash autocomplete script generation. A property named