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Getting started required piecing together several guides, and some examples no longer matched the current parser or generated SDK APIs. This refresh gives Rust applications, existing CLIs, and scripts clear starting points while retaining the site's current visual identity.

  • Rewrite the README, add a complete KDL walkthrough, and organize navigation into guides, framework documentation, and references.
  • Simplify the landing page, improve article typography and contrast, and put the introduction and actions first on mobile.
  • Correct installation commands, Rust and SDK examples, spec behavior descriptions, completion setup, and broken links. Clarify Go's development status and contributor workflows.
  • Audit all 171 Markdown files, including generated references, fixtures, and shared notices.

Validation:

  • Production VitePress build, all six social-image tests, and metadata checks for 74 pages pass.
  • All 4,235 internal site links and repository Markdown file links resolve.
  • All 88 standalone KDL examples parse; four file-dependent examples pass with their supporting files.
  • Rust quickstart and integration test, clap export example, Bash/Node scripts, and five shell generators pass.
  • Generated Python and TypeScript SDK examples run successfully; TypeScript passes strict type-checking.
  • Authored Markdown formatting, Rust dependency-version checks, and desktop/mobile browser checks pass, including search navigation.

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Documentation, marketing copy, and VitePress theme/config only; no application or library code paths change.

Overview
This PR refreshes documentation and the VitePress site so newcomers have clearer paths (Rust, existing CLI, scripts, spec-first) without changing runtime behavior.

Site structure and landing: Navigation now leads with Get started, uses route-specific sidebars (/, /rust/, /go/), and relabels Go as a development preview. The home hero drops framework/tool tiles in favor of primary CTAs and adds below-the-fold “starting point” and toolkit sections; benchmark content moves off the hero. Typography, contrast, mobile layout, and reduced-motion handling are tuned in the theme CSS.

New and rewritten guides: Adds docs/guide/getting-started.md (install → KDL → lint/explain → docs/man → completions → diff). README, contributing docs, CLI guides (completions, markdown, manpages, scripts, SDK, diff), Rust/Go/spec/integration pages, and corpus READMEs are updated for current usage generate … / --file spelling, cargo install usage-cli --locked, and accurate SDK/Rust examples. Go warnings are standardized to development preview; contributor setup documents mise, docs build, and mise exec for Cargo/mbx bypass.

Reference and integration copy: Spec argv/flag/cmd reference pages get clearer intros and corrected examples (e.g. config snippets nested under config, anchor fixes). clap_usage and Cobra integration READMEs document the hidden --usage-spec export pattern. Root CONTRIBUTING and NOTICE expand local workflow notes and use full GitHub URLs for off-repo links.

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  • Documentation
    • Added a getting-started guide covering CLI installation, KDL specifications, validation, documentation generation, shell completions, and release checks.
    • Expanded CLI guidance for completions, Markdown, manpages, scripts, SDK clients, and specification comparisons.
    • Reorganized navigation and refreshed the landing page with clearer paths for Rust, Go, integrations, and generated artifacts.
    • Improved clap, Cobra, specification, configuration, argument, flag, command, and completion references.
    • Clarified the Go framework’s development-preview status and refreshed contribution guidance.

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The pull request reorganizes repository documentation and the VitePress site. It adds onboarding content, revises CLI and framework guides, clarifies specification references, updates integration examples, and redesigns the landing page and navigation.

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Documentation and site updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Project onboarding and repository guidance
CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/contributing.md, NOTICE.md, README.md, corpus/*
Setup, contribution, build, testing, notice-link, repository-entry, and corpus instructions are updated.
Website navigation and landing page
docs/.vitepress/*, docs/index.md
Navigation, sidebars, home-page content, hero content, responsive styling, and removed hero tiles are updated.
CLI onboarding and command guides
docs/guide/*, docs/cli/*, clap_usage/README.md
CLI installation, completion, documentation generation, scripting, SDK generation, diffing, and clap export workflows are revised.
Rust and Go framework guidance
docs/rust/*, docs/go/*, go/README.md
Framework behavior, quickstart steps, migration notes, testing guidance, validation details, and Go preview notices are updated.
Specification and reference documentation
docs/spec/*
Syntax, argv handling, resolution, compatibility, and reference-node documentation are clarified.
Framework integration documentation
integrations/*, docs/spec/integrations/*
clap and Cobra integration examples, export guidance, executable spec endpoints, and feature-mapping documentation are updated.

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This documentation refresh clarifies testing helper behavior without changing runtime code. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

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A rabbit hops through guides anew
With KDL paths and commands to do
The site grows bright, the links align
Completions bloom in every line
“Build, test, and ship,” says the hare
“Clear docs now wait everywhere”

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5-6: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Separate subprocess and in-process coverage in the helper overview.

command! runs the compiled binary and captures its output. parse calls the generated parse_from function, while help and completion call the usage_argv helpers in-process. State these coverage types separately so readers do not assume every helper runs a subprocess.

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In `@docs/rust/testing.md` around lines 5 - 6, Update the helper overview to
distinguish subprocess coverage from in-process coverage: document that command!
runs the compiled binary and captures output, while parse uses generated
parse_from and help/completion use usage_argv in-process. Avoid implying that
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In `@docs/guide/getting-started.md`:
- Line 136: Remove the trailing space inside the inline code span in the cursor
instruction, keeping the command text otherwise unchanged so it satisfies
Markdownlint MD038.

In `@docs/spec/reference/complete.md`:
- Around line 3-5: Update the complete-node overview to state that it supplies
candidates for an argument or flag, and refer to an argument or flag when
describing where fixed choices belong. Preserve the existing guidance about
built-in types and run commands.

In `@docs/spec/reference/group.md`:
- Around line 29-30: Update the group placement description near the sentence
beginning “A group lives” to say it lives on the command whose arguments it
names, covering positional, flag, and mixed groups.

In `@docs/spec/reference/index.md`:
- Line 15: Update the reference table around the sigil/clause entry so sigil is
not presented as a node; keep sigil documented as a property of arg, either by
moving it outside the node table or revising the table to describe concepts
rather than nodes.

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In `@docs/rust/testing.md`:
- Around line 5-6: Update the helper overview to distinguish subprocess coverage
from in-process coverage: document that command! runs the compiled binary and
captures output, while parse uses generated parse_from and help/completion use
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Instruction counts

benchmark trend instructions Δ wall (min) Δ
markdown ▁▁▁████████ 386,458,947 → 386,484,128 +0.01% 64.46 → 64.55ms +0.15%
startup ▁▁▁▇▇▇▇▇▇▄█ 952,823 → 959,835 +0.74% 1.17 → 1.19ms +1.01%

No instruction-count regression above 1%.

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 2493216
clap 3101656
framework instructions, cold parse vs usage
usage 8374 —
clap 6314655 754x
bpaf 21909025 2616x
                                              min       p01       p10    median
usage-rs: argv -> struct                     1155      1190      1203      1219  ns
clap: build tree + parse -> struct        1783842   1788040   1794841   1805684  ns
bpaf: build parser + parse -> struct      5623725   5623725   5652926   5700318  ns

usage: argv -> struct                            1411 ns      1.41 µs
clap: build tree + parse -> struct            1810829 ns   1810.83 µs
clap: parse -> struct, tree reused              72036 ns     72.04 µs
clap: build tree only                         1053850 ns   1053.85 µs

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social4hyq pushed a commit to social4hyq/homebrew-core that referenced this pull request Sep 20, 2026
usage 6.8.0

Created-by: HarmonybrewBot
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Description: Created by `brew bump`

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Created with `brew bump-formula-pr`.<details>
  <summary>release notes</summary>
  <pre>This release gives the `usage` CLI native shell completions (including PowerShell), adds a configurable link extension for Markdown docs, and fixes a batch of synopsis and Markdown rendering issues across docs and man pages.

## Added

- **(cli)** Native shell completions ([#1388](jdx/usage#1388), @jdx). `usage --completions <shell>` now emits native scripts that call the installed binary's compiled completion handler instead of caching a spec and relying on the bash-completion helpers. Bash, Zsh, Fish, and a new PowerShell script are all supported, and scripts use `command usage` so a shell function or alias can no longer shadow the executable. All four scripts are published alongside the CLI spec as signed Packslip resources. General `usage generate completion` behavior is unchanged.
- **(docs)** Configurable Markdown link extension ([#1394](jdx/usage#1394), @jdx). Generated Markdown links previously always ended in `.md`, forcing consumers who serve HTML or extensionless pages to rewrite links after generation. A new `--link-extension` flag (and `MarkdownRenderer::with_link_extension`, default `.md`) controls the suffix on command and configuration links without changing output filenames:

  ```
  usage generate markdown --file mycli.usage.kdl --link-extension .html
  ```

  Custom templates now also receive `link_extension` and `config_link` in their context.

## Fixed

- **(docs)** Render optional subcommands and mount synopses ([#1393](jdx/usage#1393), @jdx). Generated synopses showed `<SUBCOMMAND>` even when a command could run without one; the shared usage string now honors `subcommand_required` (using `[SUBCOMMAND]` when optional) and custom placeholder names, keeping terminal help, Markdown, man pages, JSON, and SDK docs consistent. Unresolved mounts can also declare a display-only `synopsis` (for example `mount run="mycli tasks --usage" synopsis="[TASK] [ARGS]…"`) to document dynamic arguments without running discovery; parsing and completion are unchanged.
- **(docs)** Preserve Markdown code blocks and headings ([#1392](jdx/usage#1392), @jdx). Indented help text was converted to code fences by stripping four spaces from every matching line, which could corrupt nested lists and existing fenced examples. Markdown code-block boundaries are now parsed so only real indented code blocks are converted, fences are chosen longer than any embedded backtick runs, and HTML escaping recognizes longer fences. Hidden subcommands are now filtered out before the Subcommands heading, and the duplicate synopsis line was removed from the multipage index.
- **(manpage)** Render mount synopses and custom command names ([#1395](jdx/usage#1395), @jdx). Completes the man-page side of the synopsis fixes above. The man-page renderer now carries declarative mount synopses and custom subcommand names into its own synopsis (instead of hard-coded `<COMMAND>`/`[COMMAND]`), includes mount fragments in root and subcommand synopses without running discovery, and emits a detail section for a command whose only documentation is a mount synopsis.

## Changed

- **(docs)** Refreshed guides, navigation, and landing page ([#1391](jdx/usage#1391), @jdx). A new getting-started guide walks from install through KDL, lint/explain, docs/man, completions, and diff. Navigation is reorganized into guides, framework docs, and references with route-specific sidebars; the landing page is simplified with clearer starting points for Rust apps, existing CLIs, and scripts. Installation commands, Rust and SDK examples, and completion setup were corrected, Go is now labeled a development preview, and broken links across all 171 Markdown files were fixed.

**Full Changelog**: jdx/usage@v6.7.1...v6.8.0

## 💚 Sponsor usage

usage is built and maintained by [@jdx](https://github.com/jdx), an open source developer at [**entire.io**](https://entire.io/), the title sponsor of his open source work.

If `usage` powers CLI specs, docs, or completions for a tool you maintain or use, please consider becoming an [individual or company sponsor](https://jdx.dev/sponsors.html). Your support funds ongoing development and helps keep usage fast, free, and independent.
</pre>
  <p>View the full release notes at <a href="https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/tag/v6.8.0">https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/tag/v6.8.0</a>.</p>
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See merge request: Harmonybrew/homebrew-core!18569
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