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Render prompt descriptions as muted text #295

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions packages/cli/src/features/prompts/prompt-adapter.ts
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
select,
text,
} from "@clack/prompts";
import { renderCliMutedText } from "../../utils/terminal-format";
import type {
ConfirmPromptOptions,
PasswordPromptOptions,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -67,8 +68,7 @@ function withPromptDescription<
if (!description) return options;
return {
...options,
message: `${options.message}\n${description}`,
description: undefined,
description: renderCliMutedText(description),
};
}

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29 changes: 22 additions & 7 deletions packages/cli/tests/prompt-adapter.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -7,18 +7,25 @@ import type {
PromptBackend,
SelectPromptOptions,
} from "../src/features/prompts";
import { renderCliMutedText } from "../src/utils/terminal-format";

describe("prompt adapter", () => {
it("renders prompt descriptions after the question", async () => {
const messages: string[] = [];
it("passes prompt descriptions separately with the muted CLI style", async () => {
const prompts: Array<{ message: string; description?: string }> = [];
const adapter = createPromptAdapter(
backend({
text: async (options) => {
messages.push(options.message);
prompts.push({
message: options.message,
description: options.description,
});
return "answered";
},
confirm: async (options) => {
messages.push(options.message);
prompts.push({
message: options.message,
description: options.description,
});
return true;
},
}),
Expand All @@ -33,9 +40,17 @@ describe("prompt adapter", () => {
description: "Keeps agent changes out of the main checkout.",
});

expect(messages).toEqual([
"Workspace name\nNames this local devos workspace.",
"Use isolated worktrees?\nKeeps agent changes out of the main checkout.",
expect(prompts).toEqual([
{
message: "Workspace name",
description: renderCliMutedText("Names this local devos workspace."),
},
{
message: "Use isolated worktrees?",
description: renderCliMutedText(
"Keeps agent changes out of the main checkout.",
),
},
]);
});

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