Claude, any thoughts here? I was just about to push a release candidate... Gary
On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM Damien Carbonne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > When using the new HelpFormatter (commons-cli-1.10.0), option groups are > poorly formatted. > > This looks like a regression. > The following code shows the difference between the new HelpFormatter > and the deprecated one: > ------------------------------------- > import java.io.IOException; > > import org.apache.commons.cli.Option; > import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionGroup; > import org.apache.commons.cli.Options; > > public class CliTest { > public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { > // create options and groups > final Option o1 = new Option("o1", "Descr"); > final Option o2 = new Option("o2", "Descr"); > > final Options options = new Options(); > options.addOption(o1); > options.addOption(o2); > > final OptionGroup group = new OptionGroup(); > group.addOption(o1); > group.addOption(o2); > options.addOptionGroup(group); > > //format options with new formatter > final org.apache.commons.cli.help.HelpFormatter newFormatter = > org.apache.commons.cli.help.HelpFormatter.builder().setShowSince(false).get(); > newFormatter.printHelp("Command", null, options, null, true); > > // format options with old formatter > final org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter oldFormatter = > new org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter(); > oldFormatter.printHelp("Command", null, options, null, true); > } > } > ------------------------------------- > > The output is: > ------------------------------------- > usage: Command [-o1] [-o2] > Options Description > -o1 Descr > -o2 Descr > > > usage: Command [-o1 | -o2] > -o1 Descr > -o2 Descr > ------------------------------------- > > Groups are not shown any more. > I would expect the new formatter output to look like this: > ------------------------------------- > usage: Command [-o1 | -o2] > Options Description > -o1 Descr > -o2 Descr > -o3 Descr > ------------------------------------- > > Regards, > Damien Carbonne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
