Add documentation for repeated flags functionality #2316
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Resolves spf13#2298 - Added comprehensive "Repeated Flags" section to user guide - Documented CountVarP for SSH-style verbose flags (-v, -vv, -vvv) - Documented StringArrayVarP for multiple value collection - Provided complete code examples and usage patterns 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thank you for this. However a giant AI-generated text is easy to create but long to read. Can you write your own short description please. You also have to sign the CLA |
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| // CountVarP allows the flag to be repeated to increment the counter | ||
| rootCmd.PersistentFlags().CountVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", "verbose output (can be repeated: -v, -vv, -vvv)") |
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Awesome! I wasn't even aware of this.
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This PR contains the following updates: | Package | Change | [Age](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | [Confidence](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | |---|---|---|---| | [github.com/spf13/cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) | `v1.10.1` -> `v1.10.2` |  |  | --- ### Release Notes <details> <summary>spf13/cobra (github.com/spf13/cobra)</summary> ### [`v1.10.2`](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/releases/tag/v1.10.2) [Compare Source](spf13/cobra@v1.10.1...v1.10.2) #### 🔧 Dependencies - chore: Migrate from `gopkg.in/yaml.v3` to `go.yaml.in/yaml/v3` by [@​dims](https://github.com/dims) in [#​2336](spf13/cobra#2336) - the `gopkg.in/yaml.v3` package has been deprecated for some time: this should significantly cleanup dependency/supply-chains for consumers of `spf13/cobra` #### 📈 CI/CD - Fix linter and allow CI to pass by [@​marckhouzam](https://github.com/marckhouzam) in [#​2327](spf13/cobra#2327) - fix: actions/setup-go v6 by [@​jpmcb](https://github.com/jpmcb) in [#​2337](spf13/cobra#2337) #### 🔥✍🏼 Docs - Add documentation for repeated flags functionality by [@​rvergis](https://github.com/rvergis) in [#​2316](spf13/cobra#2316) #### 🍂 Refactors - refactor: replace several vars with consts by [@​htoyoda18](https://github.com/htoyoda18) in [#​2328](spf13/cobra#2328) - refactor: change minUsagePadding from var to const by [@​ssam18](https://github.com/ssam18) in [#​2325](spf13/cobra#2325) #### 🤗 New Contributors - [@​rvergis](https://github.com/rvergis) made their first contribution in [#​2316](spf13/cobra#2316) - [@​htoyoda18](https://github.com/htoyoda18) made their first contribution in [#​2328](spf13/cobra#2328) - [@​ssam18](https://github.com/ssam18) made their first contribution in [#​2325](spf13/cobra#2325) - [@​dims](https://github.com/dims) made their first contribution in [#​2336](spf13/cobra#2336) **Full Changelog**: <spf13/cobra@v1.10.1...v1.10.2> Thank you to our amazing contributors!!!!! 🐍 🚀 </details> --- ### Configuration 📅 **Schedule**: Branch creation - Between 12:00 AM and 03:59 AM ( * 0-3 * * * ) (UTC), Automerge - Between 12:00 AM and 03:59 AM ( * 0-3 * * * ) (UTC). 🚦 **Automerge**: Disabled by config. Please merge this manually once you are satisfied. ♻ **Rebasing**: Whenever PR becomes conflicted, or you tick the rebase/retry checkbox. 🔕 **Ignore**: Close this PR and you won't be reminded about this update again. --- - [ ] <!-- rebase-check -->If you want to rebase/retry this PR, check this box --- This PR has been generated by [Renovate Bot](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate). <!--renovate-debug:eyJjcmVhdGVkSW5WZXIiOiI0Mi43OC4xIiwidXBkYXRlZEluVmVyIjoiNDIuNzguMSIsInRhcmdldEJyYW5jaCI6Im1haW4iLCJsYWJlbHMiOlsiS2luZC9EZXBlbmRlbmN5VXBkYXRlIiwicnVuLWVuZC10by1lbmQtdGVzdHMiXX0=--> Reviewed-on: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/1279 Reviewed-by: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@gmx.de> Co-authored-by: Renovate Bot <bot@kriese.eu> Co-committed-by: Renovate Bot <bot@kriese.eu>
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PR Summary
This PR resolves #2298 by adding documentation for Cobra's repeated flags functionality, covering:
CountVarP()for SSH-style verbose flags (-v,-vv,-vvv) with logging level examples.StringArrayVarP()andStringSliceVarP()for collecting multiple values (e.g.,--input file1.txt --input file2.txtor--input file1.txt,file2.txt).