help/README.md
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### The "Help" package
This package provides --help flag feature to your cli.
It recognize both short and long flags.
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### Usage
1. Download the package by **go get** command:
```shell
go get code.foilhatguy.casa/pub/help
```
2. Add the package as a tool dependency to your project in
tools.go:
```go
// +build tools
package tools
import (
_ "code.foilhatguy.casa/pub/help"
)
```
3. In the main package add a go:generate directive:
```go
//go:generate go run code.foilhatguy.casa/pub/help
```
4. Run code generator by **go generate** command:
```shell
go generate ./...
```
The package will generate a **help.go** file as a part of
the main package. It will contain code for --help flag detection.
5. Build and run your application with the --help flag.
```shell
go run . --help
```