skip hidden command recursively

clidocstool_man.go

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ func (c *Client) genManTreeCustom(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// Skip hidden command recursively
+	for curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {
+		if curr.Hidden {
+			log.Printf("INFO: Skipping Man for %q (hidden command)", curr.CommandPath())
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	log.Printf("INFO: Generating Man for %q", cmd.CommandPath())
 
 	return doc.GenManTreeFromOpts(cmd, doc.GenManTreeOptions{

clidocstool_md.go

@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ func (c *Client) GenMarkdownTree(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Skip hidden command
-	if cmd.Hidden {
-		log.Printf("INFO: Skipping Markdown for %q (hidden command)", cmd.CommandPath())
-		return nil
+	// Skip hidden command recursively
+	for curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {
+		if curr.Hidden {
+			log.Printf("INFO: Skipping Markdown for %q (hidden command)", curr.CommandPath())
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("INFO: Generating Markdown for %q", cmd.CommandPath())

clidocstool_test.go

@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	dockerCmd          *cobra.Command
-	attachCmd          *cobra.Command
-	buildxCmd          *cobra.Command
-	buildxBuildCmd     *cobra.Command
-	buildxDialStdioCmd *cobra.Command
-	buildxInstallCmd   *cobra.Command
-	buildxStopCmd      *cobra.Command
+	dockerCmd                 *cobra.Command
+	attachCmd                 *cobra.Command
+	buildxCmd                 *cobra.Command
+	buildxBuildCmd            *cobra.Command
+	buildxDialStdioCmd        *cobra.Command
+	buildxImagetoolsCmd       *cobra.Command
+	buildxImagetoolsCreateCmd *cobra.Command
+	buildxInstallCmd          *cobra.Command
+	buildxStopCmd             *cobra.Command
 )
 
 //nolint:errcheck
@@ -97,6 +99,17 @@ func setup() {
 		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		Run:   func(*cobra.Command, []string) {},
 	}
+	buildxImagetoolsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:    "imagetools",
+		Short:  "Commands to work on images in registry",
+		Run:    func(*cobra.Command, []string) {},
+		Hidden: true,
+	}
+	buildxImagetoolsCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "create [OPTIONS] [SOURCE...]",
+		Short: "Create a new image based on source images",
+		Run:   func(*cobra.Command, []string) {},
+	}
 	buildxInstallCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:    "install",
 		Short:  "Install buildx as a 'docker builder' alias",
@@ -223,6 +236,8 @@ format: "default|<id>[=<socket>|<key>[,<key>]]"`)
 
 	buildxCmd.AddCommand(buildxBuildCmd)
 	buildxCmd.AddCommand(buildxDialStdioCmd)
+	buildxImagetoolsCmd.AddCommand(buildxImagetoolsCreateCmd)
+	buildxCmd.AddCommand(buildxImagetoolsCmd)
 	buildxCmd.AddCommand(buildxInstallCmd)
 	buildxCmd.AddCommand(buildxStopCmd)
 	dockerCmd.AddCommand(buildxCmd)
@@ -233,6 +248,11 @@ func TestGenAllTree(t *testing.T) {
 	setup()
 	tmpdir := t.TempDir()
 
+	// keep for testing
+	//tmpdir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "cli-docs-tools")
+	//require.NoError(t, err)
+	//t.Log(tmpdir)
+
 	epoch, err := time.Parse("2006-Jan-02", "2020-Jan-10")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Setenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH", strconv.FormatInt(epoch.Unix(), 10))

clidocstool_yaml.go

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ func (c *Client) genYamlCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, w io.Writer) error {
 
 	// check recursively to handle inherited annotations
 	for curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {
+		if curr.Hidden {
+			cliDoc.Hidden = true
+		}
 		if v, ok := curr.Annotations["version"]; ok && cliDoc.MinAPIVersion == "" {
 			cliDoc.MinAPIVersion = v
 		}

fixtures/docker_buildx_imagetools.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+command: docker buildx imagetools
+short: Commands to work on images in registry
+long: Commands to work on images in registry
+usage: docker buildx imagetools
+pname: docker buildx
+plink: docker_buildx.yaml
+cname:
+    - docker buildx imagetools create
+clink:
+    - docker_buildx_imagetools_create.yaml
+inherited_options:
+    - option: builder
+      value_type: string
+      description: Override the configured builder instance
+      deprecated: false
+      hidden: false
+      experimental: false
+      experimentalcli: false
+      kubernetes: false
+      swarm: false
+    - option: help
+      value_type: bool
+      default_value: "false"
+      description: Print usage
+      deprecated: false
+      hidden: true
+      experimental: false
+      experimentalcli: false
+      kubernetes: false
+      swarm: false
+deprecated: false
+hidden: true
+experimental: false
+experimentalcli: false
+kubernetes: false
+swarm: false
+

fixtures/docker_buildx_imagetools_create.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+command: docker buildx imagetools create
+short: Create a new image based on source images
+long: Create a new image based on source images
+usage: docker buildx imagetools create [OPTIONS] [SOURCE...]
+pname: docker buildx imagetools
+plink: docker_buildx_imagetools.yaml
+inherited_options:
+    - option: builder
+      value_type: string
+      description: Override the configured builder instance
+      deprecated: false
+      hidden: false
+      experimental: false
+      experimentalcli: false
+      kubernetes: false
+      swarm: false
+    - option: help
+      value_type: bool
+      default_value: "false"
+      description: Print usage
+      deprecated: false
+      hidden: true
+      experimental: false
+      experimentalcli: false
+      kubernetes: false
+      swarm: false
+deprecated: false
+hidden: true
+experimental: false
+experimentalcli: false
+kubernetes: false
+swarm: false
+