fix(shortcuts): clarify single-stdin constraint in flag help and error hint

Input flags advertised '(supports @file, - for stdin)' per flag, leading
AI agents to write '--a - <x --b - <y' where the second '<' silently
clobbers the first and the first flag reads the wrong payload. A process
has a single stdin, so at most one flag per call can use '-'.

- Reword the generated help hint to '- reads stdin (one flag per call;
  use @file for others)'.
- Add an actionable .WithHint to the stdin-conflict validation error
  pointing callers to @file for the extra flags.
- Assert the new hint in TestResolveInputFlags_DuplicateStdin.
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xiongyuanwen-byted
2026-06-17 11:35:37 +08:00
parent fc44564b01
commit 2e4033a1a0
2 changed files with 15 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -1147,7 +1147,8 @@ func resolveInputFlags(rctx *RuntimeContext, flags []Flag) error {
}
if stdinUsed {
return ValidationErrorf("--%s: stdin (-) can only be used by one flag", fl.Name).
WithParam("--" + fl.Name)
WithParam("--"+fl.Name).
WithHint("a process has a single stdin, so only one flag per call may use '-'; pass the others as @file (e.g. --%s @/path/to/file)", fl.Name)
}
stdinUsed = true
data, err := io.ReadAll(rctx.IO().In)
@@ -1262,7 +1263,13 @@ func registerShortcutFlagsWithContext(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, f
hints = append(hints, "@file")
}
if slices.Contains(fl.Input, Stdin) {
hints = append(hints, "- for stdin")
// "- reads stdin" intentionally avoids implying each flag has
// its own stdin: a process has a single stdin, so at most one
// flag per call may use "-" (the rest must use @file). The old
// per-flag "- for stdin" wording led AI agents to write
// `--a - <x --b - <y`, where the second `<` silently clobbers
// the first and `--a` reads the wrong payload.
hints = append(hints, "- reads stdin (one flag per call; use @file for others)")
}
desc += " (supports " + strings.Join(hints, ", ") + ")"
}

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@@ -216,10 +216,15 @@ func TestResolveInputFlags_DuplicateStdin(t *testing.T) {
if err == nil {
t.Fatal("expected error for duplicate stdin usage")
}
assertValidationParam(t, err, "--b")
vErr := assertValidationParam(t, err, "--b")
if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "stdin (-) can only be used by one flag") {
t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
}
// The hint must steer an AI agent to the fix (@file for the extra flags),
// since `--a - <x --b - <y` is the exact misuse this guards against.
if !strings.Contains(vErr.Hint, "@file") {
t.Errorf("hint %q should mention @file as the fix", vErr.Hint)
}
}
func TestStripUTF8BOM(t *testing.T) {