fix(parse): complete implicit clause integration

[jdx]

Summary

• let command-level relationships resolve arguments inside typed clauses in the compiled parser
• canonicalize typed field selectors when emitting portable KDL so reference parsing preserves those relationships
• render optional repeated clauses correctly in compiled help, Markdown, and manpages
• include clause-scoped flags and arguments in generated documentation

Why

The mise use --postinstall integration exercises implicit clauses end to end. It exposed these remaining gaps after #1343: --force could not require the clause terminal in the compiled parser, the emitted KDL retained the Rust field selector instead of the portable argument name, and generated documentation omitted clause members. These fixes are needed in the first Usage release containing implicit clauses.

Tests

• mise run ci
• cargo test -p usage-conformance --test clause

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Medium Risk
Touches derive-generated parse/validation paths and KDL emission for clause relationships; behavior changes for help text and portable specs, but scope is CLI parsing/docs rather than security-critical infrastructure.

Overview
Command-level flag relationships (requires, conflicts, etc.) can now target arguments inside typed clauses in the compiled parser. The derive layer resolves selectors across clause instances (including in-progress and standing state during try_update_from), and conformance tests cover cases like --force requiring the clause terminal TOOL.

Portable KDL gains canonical_selector on ClauseMeta so relationship fields are emitted with spec-facing names (e.g. TOOL, --postinstall) instead of Rust field selectors, keeping reference-parser round-trips valid.

Usage and docs treat repeated clauses as optional groups: compiled help, SpecClause::usage, manpage synopsis, and Markdown now wrap clause patterns in […] and surface clause-scoped flags and arguments in documentation models.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added portable selector support for command specifications and argument relationships.
  • Improved handling of clause-defined arguments and flags during parsing, validation, and specification generation.
  • Added support for validating relationships involving standing clause values.

• Documentation

  • Updated help, synopsis, and Markdown output to accurately document clause arguments, flags, optional groups, and repeated values.

• Bug Fixes

  • Corrected usage-line rendering for separated and implicit clauses.
  • Improved relationship resolution and error handling for clause fields.
  • Prevented failures when rendering empty clauses.

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• argv/src/spec.rs
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR adds canonical selector resolution for typed clauses, standing clause validation, portable relationship serialization, optional clause usage rendering, and clause-defined argument and flag documentation. Conformance tests cover relationship checks, errors, KDL round-tripping, and reference parsing.

Changes

Clause integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Typed clause selector resolution derive/src/codegen.rs, derive/src/model.rs	Generated command implementations resolve selectors and inspect argument state and matches across clause instances and standing values.
Portable relationship serialization argv/src/spec.rs, argv/src/complete.rs, conformance/src/tables.rs	Clause metadata supplies canonical selectors. Flag and argument relationships use translated selectors when the spec is written.
Clause usage and documentation output lib/src/spec/clause.rs, argv/src/help.rs, lib/src/docs/...	Separated and implicit clauses render optional usage groups. Empty clauses render safely. Manpage and Markdown output includes clause arguments and flags.
Clause relationship conformance conformance/tests/clause.rs	Tests cover selector resolution, update validation, errors, KDL round-tripping, reference parsing, and optional implicit-clause help output.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4a7d1

This PR enables command-level relationships for typed clauses and exposes clause members in generated documentation. It is mergeable with owner awareness of a bounded risk that unknown relationship selectors may be accepted in clause-bearing commands, plus a minor documentation-ordering inconsistency that may need follow-up.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TypedCommand
  participant CommandArgs
  participant ClauseLookup
  participant SpecWriter
  participant Documentation
  TypedCommand->>CommandArgs: expose canonical and standing clause lookups
  CommandArgs->>ClauseLookup: resolve selector and clause state
  ClauseLookup-->>CommandArgs: return state or value match
  CommandArgs->>SpecWriter: provide clause metadata
  SpecWriter->>SpecWriter: write portable relationship selectors
  Documentation->>SpecWriter: use clause usage and fields

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A rabbit maps selectors bright

Clauses group in optional light
Standing values join the queue
KDL carries names made true
Docs show fields in view

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Instruction counts

benchmark	trend	instructions	Δ	wall (min)	Δ
markdown	▃▁▁▃▁▃▁▁▁▁▁███▁▇	337,252,575 → 341,387,233	+1.23% ⚠️	29.89 → 29.99ms	+0.33%
startup	▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▁▅▅█▂	913,033 → 908,982	-0.44%	0.98 → 0.94ms	-4.01%

1 benchmark(s) above the 1% gate: markdown +1.23%

_{Only instruction counts gate. Wall clock is shown for context — on identical hardware it moves 4-20% run to run.}

_{Measured by tak — instruction-counted CLI benchmarks, stored in this repository's git notes.}

Shadow comparison

Parsing mise use -g node@20 against a shadow of mise's committed spec.
Reported, not gated: the shadow grows as the derive learns to express more, so
what to watch is the ratio rather than either column.

framework	stripped binary, bytes
usage	1344728
bpaf	2493280
clap	3101832

framework	instructions, cold parse	vs usage
usage	8530	—
clap	6315570	740x
bpaf	21909031	2568x

                                              min       p01       p10    median
usage-rs: argv -> struct                      437       446       454       464  ns
clap: build tree + parse -> struct         517384    520029    523335    529457  ns
bpaf: build parser + parse -> struct      1623196   1623196   1641886   1682628  ns

usage: argv -> struct                             477 ns      0.48 µs
clap: build tree + parse -> struct             541398 ns    541.40 µs
clap: parse -> struct, tree reused              23934 ns     23.93 µs
clap: build tree only                          326666 ns    326.67 µs

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lib/src/docs/models.rs (1)

672-690: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the ordering convention between args and flags when folding in clause members.

args chains cmd.args.iter() first and cmd.clause arguments second, so a command's own positionals sort ahead of clause positionals on a display_order tie. flags reverses this: cmd.clause flags are chained first and cmd.flags second, so clause flags sort ahead of the command's own flags on a tie. sort_by_key is a stable sort, so this insertion order is exactly what a reader sees whenever display_order is left at its default for both groups.

This asymmetry means a command like RelatedClause (a command flag plus a clause-declared flag) would list the clause's --postinstall before the command's own flags in generated docs, while the equivalent clause argument sorts after the command's own arguments. Confirm this is the intended presentation, or make the two chains consistent (for example, cmd.flags.iter().chain(cmd.clause.iter().flat_map(|c| c.flags.iter())) to match args).

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In `@lib/src/docs/models.rs` around lines 672 - 690, Align the flag collection
order with the argument collection order in the `flags` construction: chain
`cmd.flags.iter()` before clause flags from `cmd.clause`. Preserve stable
sorting by `display_order` so ties consistently place command-defined members
before clause-defined members, matching `args`.

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Inline comments:
In `@argv/src/spec.rs`:
- Line 2029: Update the clause-argument serialization at the write_arg call to
pass ClauseMeta::canonical_selector, and make write_arg canonicalize conflicts,
requires, required_if, required_if_eq, and required_unless relationship
selectors through that resolver, matching write_flag behavior.

In `@derive/src/codegen.rs`:
- Around line 4502-4527: Extend argument_state_standing to overlay Kind::Clause
instances from self.tools, matching the clause-state traversal used by
try_update_from and preserving current/previous clause state as appropriate.
Ensure clause selectors see stored tools when evaluating requires and conflicts,
and add try_update_from coverage for both the missing-required and
missed-conflict scenarios.

In `@derive/src/model.rs`:
- Line 1940: Remove Kind::Clause from the has_opaque exemption alongside
Kind::Flatten and Kind::ArgGroup so unresolved selectors on clause-bearing
commands continue through validation and preserve unknown-selector errors for
conflicts, requires, and conditional relationships. Add regression tests
covering no-match selectors for these relationship checks, while leaving the
existing overrides assertion behavior unchanged.

In `@lib/src/spec/clause.rs`:
- Around line 117-122: Update the no-separator branch in SpecClause::usage to
handle an empty self.args list before accessing self.args[0]. Return the
appropriate defensive fallback for SpecClause::default().usage(), while
preserving the existing cloned-argument behavior when an argument is present.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@lib/src/docs/models.rs`:
- Around line 672-690: Align the flag collection order with the argument
collection order in the `flags` construction: chain `cmd.flags.iter()` before
clause flags from `cmd.clause`. Preserve stable sorting by `display_order` so
ties consistently place command-defined members before clause-defined members,
matching `args`.

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• derive/src/model.rs
• lib/src/docs/manpage/renderer.rs
• lib/src/docs/markdown/cmd.rs
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[jdx]

Addressed the review in 4a7d15b: clause argument selectors serialize canonically, update relationships see stored clause instances, empty default clauses render defensively, and command-defined flags precede clause flags on equal display order. I retained the clause opaque-selector exemption because the parent derive cannot inspect the nested clause type; removing it would reject valid clause selectors. Local cargo clippy --all --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings and mise run ci both pass.\n\nAI-assisted — Tool: Codex; model: unavailable/unavailable; version: unavailable.