feat: added basic task markdown generation

.markdownlintignore

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ target/
 CHANGELOG.md
 docs/node_modules/
 node_modules/
+test/

Cargo.toml

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ toml = { version = "0.8", features = ["parse"] }
 toml_edit = { version = "0.22", features = ["parse"] }
 url = "2.5.0"
 #usage-lib = { path = "../usage/lib" }
-usage-lib = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["clap"] }
+usage-lib = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["clap", "docs"] }
 versions = { version = "6.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
 vfox = "0.1"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"

docs/.vitepress/cli_commands.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export const commands: { [key: string]: Command } = {
       "github-action": {
         hide: false,
       },
+      "task-docs": {
+        hide: false,
+      },
     },
   },
   "global": {

docs/cli/generate/task-docs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+## `mise generate task-docs [OPTIONS]` <Badge type="warning" text="experimental" />
+
+```text
+[experimental] Generate documentation for tasks in a project
+
+Usage: generate task-docs [OPTIONS]
+
+Options:
+  -m, --multi
+          render each task as a separate document, requires `--output` to be a directory
+
+  -i, --inject
+          inserts the documentation into an existing file
+          
+          This will look for a special comment, <!-- mise-tasks -->, and replace it with the generated documentation.
+          It will replace everything between the comment and the next comment, <!-- /mise-tasks --> so it can be
+          run multiple times on the same file to update the documentation.
+
+  -I, --index
+          write only an index of tasks, intended for use with `--multi`
+
+  -o, --output <OUTPUT>
+          writes the generated docs to a file/directory
+
+Examples:
+
+    $ mise generate task-docs
+```

docs/cli/index.md

@@ -550,6 +550,35 @@ Examples:
     $ git push # runs `mise run ci` on GitHub
 ```
 
+## `mise generate task-docs [OPTIONS]` <Badge type="warning" text="experimental" />
+
+```text
+[experimental] Generate documentation for tasks in a project
+
+Usage: generate task-docs [OPTIONS]
+
+Options:
+  -m, --multi
+          render each task as a separate document, requires `--output` to be a directory
+
+  -i, --inject
+          inserts the documentation into an existing file
+
+          This will look for a special comment, <!-- mise-tasks -->, and replace it with the generated documentation.
+          It will replace everything between the comment and the next comment, <!-- /mise-tasks --> so it can be
+          run multiple times on the same file to update the documentation.
+
+  -I, --index
+          write only an index of tasks, intended for use with `--multi`
+
+  -o, --output <OUTPUT>
+          writes the generated docs to a file/directory
+
+Examples:
+
+    $ mise generate task-docs
+```
+
 ## `mise implode [OPTIONS]`
 
 ```text

docs/tasks/running-tasks.md

@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ If there are multiple commands, the args are only passed to the last command.
 :::tip
 You can define arguments/flags for tasks which will provide validation, parsing, autocomplete, and documentation.
 
-* [Arguments in File Tasks](/tasks/file-tasks.html#arguments)
-* [Arguments in TOML Tasks](/tasks/toml-tasks.html#arguments)
+* [Arguments in File Tasks](/tasks/file-tasks#arguments)
+* [Arguments in TOML Tasks](/tasks/toml-tasks#arguments)
+
+Autocomplete will work automatically for tasks if the `usage` CLI is installed and mise completions are working.
+
+Markdown documentation can be generated with [`mise generate task-docs`](/cli/generate/task-docs).
 :::
 
 Multiple tasks/arguments can be separated with this `:::` delimiter:

mise.usage.kdl

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ The "--" separates runtimes from the commands to pass along to the subprocess."#
     arg "[COMMAND]..." help="Command string to execute (same as --command)" var=true
 }
 cmd "generate" subcommand_required=true help="[experimental] Generate files for various tools/services" {
-    alias "gen"
+    alias "g"
     cmd "git-pre-commit" help="[experimental] Generate a git pre-commit hook" {
         alias "pre-commit"
         long_help r"[experimental] Generate a git pre-commit hook
@@ -387,9 +387,22 @@ when you push changes to your repository."
         }
         flag "-w --write" help="write to .github/workflows/$name.yml"
     }
+    cmd "task-docs" help="[experimental] Generate documentation for tasks in a project" {
+        after_long_help r"Examples:
+
+    $ mise generate task-docs
+"
+        flag "-m --multi" help="render each task as a separate document, requires `--output` to be a directory"
+        flag "-i --inject" help="inserts the documentation into an existing file" {
+            long_help "inserts the documentation into an existing file\n\nThis will look for a special comment, <!-- mise-tasks -->, and replace it with the generated documentation.\nIt will replace everything between the comment and the next comment, <!-- /mise-tasks --> so it can be\nrun multiple times on the same file to update the documentation."
+        }
+        flag "-I --index" help="write only an index of tasks, intended for use with `--multi`"
+        flag "-o --output" help="writes the generated docs to a file/directory" {
+            arg "<OUTPUT>"
+        }
+    }
 }
 cmd "global" hide=true help="Sets/gets the global tool version(s)" {
-    alias "g" hide=true
     long_help r"Sets/gets the global tool version(s)
 
 Displays the contents of global config after writing.

src/cli/generate/mod.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ use clap::Subcommand;
 
 mod git_pre_commit;
 mod github_action;
+mod task_docs;
 
 /// [experimental] Generate files for various tools/services
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
-#[clap(visible_alias = "gen")]
+#[clap(visible_alias = "g")]
 pub struct Generate {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     command: Commands,
@@ -15,13 +16,15 @@ pub struct Generate {
 enum Commands {
     GitPreCommit(git_pre_commit::GitPreCommit),
     GithubAction(github_action::GithubAction),
+    TaskDocs(task_docs::TaskDocs),
 }
 
 impl Commands {
     pub fn run(self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         match self {
             Self::GitPreCommit(cmd) => cmd.run(),
             Self::GithubAction(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+            Self::TaskDocs(cmd) => cmd.run(),
         }
     }
 }

src/cli/generate/snapshots/mise__cli__generate__task_docs__tests__task_docs.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+source: src/cli/generate/task_docs.rs
+expression: output
+---
+# `filetask`
+
+## Flag `--user <user>`
+
+The user to run as

src/cli/generate/task_docs.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+use crate::config::settings::SETTINGS;
+use crate::config::CONFIG;
+use crate::{dirs, file};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// [experimental] Generate documentation for tasks in a project
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
+#[clap(verbatim_doc_comment, after_long_help = AFTER_LONG_HELP)]
+pub struct TaskDocs {
+    /// render each task as a separate document, requires `--output` to be a directory
+    #[clap(long, short, verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    multi: bool,
+    /// inserts the documentation into an existing file
+    ///
+    /// This will look for a special comment, <!-- mise-tasks -->, and replace it with the generated documentation.
+    /// It will replace everything between the comment and the next comment, <!-- /mise-tasks --> so it can be
+    /// run multiple times on the same file to update the documentation.
+    #[clap(long, short, verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    inject: bool,
+    /// write only an index of tasks, intended for use with `--multi`
+    #[clap(long, short = 'I', verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    index: bool,
+    /// writes the generated docs to a file/directory
+    #[clap(long, short, verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    output: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+impl TaskDocs {
+    pub fn run(self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        SETTINGS.ensure_experimental("generate task-docs")?;
+        let tasks = CONFIG.load_tasks_in_dir(dirs::CWD.as_ref().unwrap())?;
+        let mut out = vec![];
+        for task in &tasks {
+            out.push(task.render_markdown()?);
+        }
+        if let Some(output) = &self.output {
+            if self.multi {
+                if output.is_dir() {
+                    for (i, task) in tasks.iter().enumerate() {
+                        let path = output.join(format!("task-{}.md", i));
+                        file::write(&path, &task.render_markdown()?)?;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return Err(eyre::eyre!(
+                        "`--output` must be a directory when `--multi` is set"
+                    ));
+                }
+            } else {
+                let mut doc = String::new();
+                for task in out {
+                    doc.push_str(&task);
+                    doc.push_str("\n\n");
+                }
+                if self.inject {
+                    let mut contents = file::read_to_string(output)?;
+                    let start = contents.find("<!-- mise-tasks -->").unwrap_or(0);
+                    let end = contents[start..]
+                        .find("<!-- /mise-tasks -->")
+                        .unwrap_or(contents.len());
+                    contents.replace_range(start..end, &doc);
+                    file::write(output, &contents)?;
+                } else {
+                    file::write(output, &doc)?;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for task in out {
+                miseprintln!("{}", task);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+static AFTER_LONG_HELP: &str = color_print::cstr!(
+    r#"<bold><underline>Examples:</underline></bold>
+
+    $ <bold>mise generate task-docs</bold>
+"#
+);
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use test_log::test;
+
+    use crate::test::{cleanup, reset, setup_git_repo};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_task_docs() {
+        reset();
+        setup_git_repo();
+        assert_cli_snapshot!("generate", "task-docs");
+        cleanup();
+    }
+}

src/cli/global.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::config::Settings;
 ///
 /// Use `mise local` to set a tool version locally in the current directory.
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
-#[clap(verbatim_doc_comment, hide = true, alias = "g", after_long_help = AFTER_LONG_HELP)]
+#[clap(verbatim_doc_comment, hide = true, after_long_help = AFTER_LONG_HELP)]
 pub struct Global {
     /// Tool(s) to add to .tool-versions
     /// e.g.: node@20

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl Config {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
     }
 
-    fn load_tasks_in_dir(&self, dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<Task>> {
+    pub fn load_tasks_in_dir(&self, dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<Task>> {
         let configs = self.configs_at_root(dir);
         let config_tasks = configs
             .par_iter()

src/task/mod.rs

@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ impl Task {
                 .collect())
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn render_markdown(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        let (spec, _) = self.parse_usage_spec(None)?;
+        Ok(spec.render_markdown()?)
+    }
 }
 
 fn name_from_path(root: impl AsRef<Path>, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<String> {